Stories up For Adoption. · 8:50pm Oct 16th, 2020
I think I should take this moment to apologize. I know that a good number of people who read my stories started with my Bizarro displaced story, and I know that some of you have been waiting for an update on that story. I’m sorry to say that I won’t be updating my story, someone else will.
When I first started writing my story, I had no clear direction for it. At first, I planned on having Bizarro become a traveling assistant with Trixie, which would have been a slow burning romance, but I scrapped that idea in favor of writing a generic RGR Harem anthro story. I think I lost my love of writing Bizarro’s story when I almost turned Rainbow Dash into a fedora tipping white night for the sake of a joke. I struggled with the direction of it for a while, and eventually I lost interest in it. I tried to come back at it again and again, but I couldn’t find the old passion I had for it.
So, it’s with a heavy heart that I need to let it go, and ask if anyone is willing to adopt him. Also, I’m putting up another story for adoption, one that went unpublished that I planned to release alongside Bizarro’s story as a sister story. For those of you that remember, Michael (Bizarro) had a sister that liked to watch MLP. For the sister story, I planned to have her displaced into another word as Daniel Phantom, a parallel to Danny Phantom. The idea came from the thought that she would be the Butch Hartman equivalent of Bizarro, and I had planned for it to be revealed that she had been sent to the past of Bizarro’s world and set up his personal playground. I also wrote a version where her reality was completely separate from his, and I actually did like that one more.
The point of this blog post is to tell you all that I’m letting them go, and that I’m offering them to whoever I think can do some good with them. Leave a comment below or PM me if you want them. As of now, no one has stepped forward to ask to continue or restart Bizarro's adventure, so I'll wait patiently until the day someone steps forward. Of course, I don't plan to just pass it along to someone with zero stories or who has a long list of incomplete stories that fill pages of their stories tab. If someone adopts it, I'd like to make sure that it's someone who can take it and create something good.
Now, I present to you, the unpublished story of the Phantom of Friendship.
Chapter 1.
Hi there, my name is... Well that's a bit complicated. My birth name is Lilly Goodman, buy most ponies know me as Dani Phantom; the best friend/"imaginary" friend of Twilight Sparkle and kicker of any Mare's ass who dares to mess with her.
Ok, let me explain. It all started ten or so years ago at Wizard World Comic Con, back when I was still Lilly Goodman, an eleven-year-old girl living in Pennsylvania. It had been a year since my brother, Michael Goodman, disappeared. And when I say disappeared I mean just gone. No, he didn't run away and abandon us! He was going to come home; the police even found a bunch of Equestria Girls toys he bought for me in the trunk of his car. He was going to come home!... he was... I know he was, no matter what dad said, Michael was going to come home.
At least, I hope he did. Now that I’m stuck in Equestria I’ll never see him again. I’ll never know what happened or where he went, or if he ever got home. It hurts, but not as much as it used to…
After Michael disappeared things got pretty bad. Mom and dad would argue more and more about things like funeral expenses, his one year of college debt, and what to do with his room. I refused to believe he was dead. He was out there dammit. He was out there...
Anyway, like I said it had been a year since he was gone. During that time, I nose-dived deeper into the actual My Little Pony franchise after I ran out o Equestria Girls episodes to rewatch. After binging on MLP like a sugar addict in a candy store, I moved onto cartoons Michael liked when he was a kid. It was the typical old 2000’s cartoons like Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Ed, Edd, & Eddy, Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and my personal favorite Danny Phantom. I envied Danny for having the ability to just disappear and come back whenever he wanted to, especially when he could use those powers to fly and fo through walls, and I really liked his relationship with his sister Jazmine and his clone/sister Dani.
So, deciding to go to Wizard World Comic Con with some friends, I went dressed up as Dani Phantom. I wore two boots I spray painted white, black pants, a black right-handed glove and a white left handed glove, and a custom half black and half white Navel Top long sleeve shirt with Danny Phantom’s signature Ghost D (Phrasing) ironed on the center of my chest. I was also wearing a white wig to cover my black hair and put in some emerald green eye contacts to hide my natural eye color.
My mom didn’t approve of me going out with an exposed stomach, so I was also wearing a black thermal underwear shirt underneath my costume to cover up my stomach. While my costume was nearly 100% custom, my friends Rob and Jenny just bought their costumes online. My cousin Rob was dressed up as Link from Zelda, while his girlfriend, and my best friend, went as Blossom from The Power Puff Girls. Even though they were seven years older than me, they were both my best friends. They helped me out a lot while I was trying to get over Michael's absence. They were always there for me through thick and thin, keeping me from doing something… stupid, on more than one occasion.
My mom thought it would help me if I went to the convention, saying it would help give me closer. Personally I thought that was stupid but hey I wasn’t going to argue with her. The last time I did that I ended up being forced to watch one of those crappy PSA videos from the 80s about manners. Celestia damn were those boring as hell.
So, long story short I went to the convention with Rob and Jenny on the last day of the convention. It was nice that they let me walk around on my own, it made me feel more grown up and responsible whenever they put their trust in me. Like when they trusted me to walk home by myself, or whenever they’d ask if I could help them with something difficult. They never treated me like I was just some kid. And I let them down too…
I was walking around the convention looking for… I don’t know what. Part of me was hoping to miraculously see Michael there still in his Bizarro costume. It was a dumb hope but it was my dumb hope.
As much as I didn’t want to, I had to stop myself from chasing ghosts that weren’t there. So, I distracted myself by checking out what some of the vendors were selling. Most of the vendors had already left before the last day of Comic Con, and the ones that were left ranged from alright to subpar. But, one stand caught my immediate interest. It was a large stand with three thick black curtains hanging about twenty feet in the air and were supported by a metal frame that was hidden underneath the curtains. On the black curtains were rows and rows of props, costume pieces, and accessories.
Oddly enough, there wasn’t a single costume that was complete in the stall, and all of the props were from games, movies, comics, anime, or other mediums. It was pretty much a hodgepodge of random stuff that was set up without any rhyme or reason. Though, that wasn’t as weird the guy at the stand.
Standing behind a glass retail counter filled with even more random and obscure props was a fairly tall man wearing a leather trench coat and hoodie, along with a purple scarf that covered his face. For some reason my legs begun to move towards the mysterious man on their own.
“Hello stranger. What're you buyin?" He asked. I felt a chill run down my spine as he spoke to me. My brain was screaming “STRANGER DANGER” but I couldn’t move.
“Hmmm. Nice costume, Dani Phantom right?” He asked as he stroked his chin. I could only nod in response.
Suddenly he clapped his hands together. “Great! I haven’t seen a costume like yours in some time. There were a few Danny Phantoms here and there but all of their stories were so boring that they weren’t even worth retelling.” He told me as he reached inside the glass counter.
“But you, you’re different then them. You’re new, interesting, and best of all you have a good eye.” He said as he pushed the Fenton Thermos across the table.
“So, whatdaya say? Wanna buy a prop?” He asked me.
My body was screaming at me to say yes, while my mind was telling me to run and not look back. “Oh, I uh, don’t need it actually. My friends are waiting for me so—“ I was cut off when he placed another item on the table, a metal boomerang.
“Oh, you seem like someone who needs the pot sweetened. I can tell that you’re not just looking for items. No, you’re looking for something else entirely. This little number may help you a bit.” He said as he slowly pushed it next to the Fenton Thermos.
“H-h-how much?” I asked, although I’m still not completely sure why. Why didn’t I walk away, why was I still standing there?… Why did I need those props he put on the table?
“Well I’m feeling generous today since it’s the last day of the convention. I haven’t hit my quota sales like I originally wanted to, but with your help I could at least get something out of this. So how about $10? $5 for the thermos and $5 for the Booo-Merang?” He asked.
I felt like I regained control of my body after he made his offer. I should have run away, called out for Rob or Jenny, but I didn’t. His offer was just so… Tantalizing. I HAD to have those props. So without thinking about it, I dug out $10 and gave it to the weirdo before scooping up the props in my arms and bolting out of there. I made it four steps before I was hit with a terrible case of vertigo and I suddenly fell into a deep and dark sleep.
Chapter 2.
DANI POV
I’m not sure how long my body and mind were trapped inside the dark abyss before this explosion of color threw me out of it. A giant bucking rainbow just suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hit me like a truck, sending me flying across the then visible sky. I went sailing through the air and eventually crashed through the roof of some type of building. I expected the crash to kill me, but for some reason I only felt slightly dazed and weakened.
Looking around the room I immediately noticed a giant flank purple Barney the Dinosaur on the other side of the room poking its head through the ceiling. I ducked under one of the chairs in the classroom as weird purple lighting was flying everywhere. It went on for about a full minute before there were a few weird sounding explosions, and then all the lightning just stopped.
“Twilight Sparkle.” Said a motherly voice.
“I’m so sorry, I didn’t—“ Said a high pitched voice. I peeked out from my hiding spot and saw something I never thought I would see. It was the scene from My Little Pony where Twilight was going to get her Cutie mark and become Princess Celestia’s personal student. But it was different.
For starters neither of them were really ponies. They looked more like their Equestria Girls counter parts with horns, wings, tails, and a pair of fluffy pony ears on their heads.
Celestia was an alabaster white woman, or I guess mare, standing nearly six and a half feet tall. It was kinda weird seeing her as white as a sheet of paper considering that her Equestria Girls counterpart had a light pink hue to her skin. She was also wearing a long flowing white silk dress that had her cutie mark depicted on her right hip, and she wore pair of golden six-inch heels adding onto her height to make her 7 feet tall. She also had a pair of golden silk gloves that reached up to her elbow, and her royal crown sitting nicely in her ethereal rainbow mane. Aside from that, she still had her long unicorn horn, wings, ears, and rainbow tail.
Twilight was sitting on the floor in awe of Celestia. She was wearing a light blue t-shirt underneath her red sweater vest. She also wore a pair of blue knee-high socks, a pair of black dress shoes, a surprisingly blank purple shirt, and the most Bucking adorable thick square rim glasses. Aside from that, everything was the same. Same lavender skin, same horn, same dark mare and tail with the same two tones of purple running through them. I took my eyes off of Twilight as Celestia continued to speak.
“You have a very special gift. I don’t think I’ve EVER come across a unicorn with your raw abilities.” Celestia said.
“huh?” Twilight asked.
“But you need to learn to tame these abilities through focused study.”
“Huh?”
“Twilight Sparkle, I’d like to make you my own personal portage here at the school.” Celestia finished as she gestured to the rest of the classroom. I ducked down, worried that she would see me only to just then realize that I was completely invisible.
“HUH!?” Twilight exclaimed.
“Well?” Celestia asked.
After a brief silence, Twilight leapt up and yelled “YES!” Before Celestia held up a hand and caught Twilight in her magic.
“One other thing Twilight.” Celestia added on.
“More?” Twilight asked. In response Celestia pointed at Twilight’s skirt. I was slack jawed at what I saw, on her old blank skirt was now a purple star burst with several smaller white stars abound it. Twilight gasped and quickly looked at her hip underneath her skirt before gasping even louder and shouting, “My Cutie mark! Yesyeysyesyesyesyes!” She said as she hopped around both her parents and Princess Celestia for about an hour.
I was confused as to how her Cutie mark both appeared on her hip and on her clothes. Later, I found out that Cutie marks are able to brand themselves to a pony’s clothes in several different ways. Sometimes they’ll appear on the hip, shoulder, chest, or just turn into a nice hair pin or other accessory to wear. Don’t ask me how that works, I tried and the only answer I got was “It’s magic”. That was even Rarity’s response.
Rarity, the Mare who will talk for hours on end about a single type of sewing technique wasn’t the least bit interested in learning how someone’s Cutie mark will appear on one of her dresses when they put them on. I would think she’d study it religiously to see how the possible placement would affect the dress. But no, she just trusts the Cutie mark to go in a good position.
Anyway, back to young Twi. Most people would think she would be ecstatic to become Celestia’s personal student, which she was. But that all soon ended when she barricaded herself in her room and had what I like to call, “Twilight’s first Twilight moment.” Which was especially bad because Spike wasn’t old enough to talk Twilight down out of her near panic attack. So, I did something stupid and revealed myself to her in her room.
TWILIGHT POV
I remember all those years ago when I first created Dani. I was having a panic attack over what had just happened. What would my friends think? Would they give me special treatment? Would they not want to be my friends anymore? What if I failed Celestia? What if—
“Hey, don’t cry.” Said a mysterious voice. I looked around the room but didn’t see anypony.
“H-hello?” I asked the empty room and was terrified when it answered back.
“Hi there.” It said. I leapt out of my skin and dived under my covers in a futile attempt to protect myself.
“W-w-w-where a-a-are you?” I asked the disembodied voice.
“I’m uhhh… I’mmmmm in your head! Yup, totally normal. nailed it."
“YOU’RE IN MY HEAD!?” I shouted out in terror.
“Wait, wait, wait! Don’t worry because…. because I’m… I’m your imaginary friend!” It exclaimed.
“My what?” I said, my young inquisitive mind slowly replacing my paralyzing fear as I peeked out from under the covers of my bed.
“Y-yeah! I’m your imaginary friend named… Dani Phantom. I was…. created by your imagination.”
“You mean you’re not real. *GASP* DOES THAT MEAN I’M GOING CRAZY!? OH NO, I CAN’T BE PRINCESS CELESTIA’S PERSONAL PROTEGE IF I’M CRAZY!” I shouted.
“Nononononono! You’re not crazy Twilight! You’re just scared and… and your brain created a way to cope with your stress by giving you a friend to talk to! You’re not crazy or anything Twilight.” Dani said, before my big brother Shinning Armor came rushing in through the door.
“Twily! Is everything ok!? I heard screaming!” Shining Armor said as he frantically looked around the room.
“I’m not crazy!” I yelled at him. He had a dumbfounded look on his face after hearing me.
“What?” He asked.
“I-I have this voice in my head saying it’s my imaginary friend, and I-I—“ I stuttered before Shining Armor interrupted me.
“Aw~. My little Twily finally made herself an imaginary friend. That’s a step up from having books as friend.” He said playfully. I pouted at his remark as he walked over to the space next to me and held out his hand after kneeling down.
“Hi there, I’m Shining Armor, are you my LSBFF’s new friend?” He asked the empty space.
“Uhhhh, Shining, who are you talking to?” I asked, causing him to freeze in embarrassment.
“Ummm… Talking to your imaginary friend?”
“But… you’re talking to the air.” I said.
“Oh, well where is she then?” He asked.
I tapped on the side of my head. “She’s inside my head.”
Shinning Armor stood up and rolled his eyes. “Right. Leave it to you to explain how an imaginary friend really works. Well, I’m gonna head back downstairs and help get dinner ready.” Shining said as he walked over towards the door.
Well, if Shining Armor isn’t worried about it, then maybe I was overreacting a bit.
For some reason, once the door closed all the way Dani let out a sigh of relief.
“Hey Twi. Do you think you could keep me secret for a bit?” Dani asked.
“W-why? Do you not want to be my friend?” I asked with tears in my eyes. I don’t know why this upset me, a minute before that I was terrified of the voice, and then I wanted it to be my friend for some reason.
“No! It’s not that at all. I want to be your friend. It’s just… It would be better if we could be super secret friends.” Dani told me. I gasped in joy.
“I’ve never had a super secret friend before!” I exclaimed.
“Well, now you do. Hey, close your eyes for a second.” I did as Dani asked when I heard a strange noise. It sounded somewhat like a teleport but much weirder and prolonged.
“Ok. Open em up.” Dani said.
As I opened my eyes I gasped at the sight in front of me. Standing there was an odd-looking Earth Pony filly who was about my height. She had tan colored skin, Emerald green eyes that shone like diamonds, and a beautiful white mane. She was wearing these weird black and white clothes. She had two mismatching gloves, a pair of white boots, black pants, a half black and half white shirt with her Cutie mark on her chest. It was a weird design of the letter D, but it wasn’t nearly as weird as her lack of primary ears or tail. I was about to ask her where her other ears and tail were when she stuck her hand out to me.
“Let’s try introductions again. Hi, I’m your Imaginary friend Dani Phantom.” She said to me. I smiled as I accepted her hand shake.
“Twilight Sparkle, new personal protege of Princess Celestia and I guess your creator.”
“And I humbly thank thee for thine gift of life, dear Twilight Sparkle.~” She said as she gave me a slight bow. I giggled a bit at her antics before I noticed something.
“Wait, if you’re imaginary then how can I touch you?” I asked. Dani went wide eyed as her pupils shrank to pin pricks.
“Ummmmmm…. Magic?” She offered with a sheepish smile.
“Oh, that makes sense.” Dani seemed relieved by my acceptance of her magical properties. I mean, it wasn’t too hard to grasp. My magic could already use levitation and transmogrification, so giving an incorporeal imaginary filly temporary tangibility wasn’t outside the realm of possibility. It was actually quiet fascinating. If I had a lab at the time, I would have spent weeks studying the complexity of her magically infused imaginary body.
DANI POV
And so begun our friendship. I was there to help Twilight whenever she needed someone to listen to her problems and anxieties. Thankfully, because of my ghost powers I was able to convince Twilight that I was her imaginary friend by following her around when I was invisible and basically learning everything she did. Including her magic lessons, lessons about Spike’s anatomy, and how to properly take care of a baby dragon.
Spike himself still looked like he did in My Little Pony. He wasn’t a human, or a dog, or anything else that special. Just an ordinary dragon like any other in My Little Pony. It was really weird that he remained the same while everyone else was completely different, so looked for answers at the library a few weeks later. Apparently only equine or four legged creatures from the show like Ponies, Changelings, Yaks, Griffons, and other previously four legged animals became human versions of themselves similar to Equestria Girls with the exception of their horns, wings, tails, pony ears, and other animal apendages.
Speaking of which, did you know that Ponies have both pony ears and human ears? Crazy right? Kinda weird to look at, but most ponies cover their human ears with their hair. When Twilight asked me why I didn’t have extra ears or a tail, I just said it was because her imagination forgot to add them. Stupid thing to say to a perfectionist like Twilight. She apologized for hours for “forgetting” to add pony ears and a tail as I tried to reassure her that I would be fine without them and actually preferred not having them. Needless to say, I started to watch my mouth around her, I sure as hell didn’t want to be the cause of a Twilight freak out.
Anyway, since only ponies and other creatures like them from the show changed everything else remained the same. Minotaurs were still bipedal two hoofed half bull half human creatures and dragons didn’t turn into dogs or humanized dragons. To be fair, both species already had really human like characteristics. The only species that both changed and didn’t turn into humanized versions of themselves were Diamond Dogs, which were just slightly larger dogs who acted more like moles than dogs. While in the show they’re at least semi-intelligent and could talk, Diamond Dogs here were about as smart at the average dog. They’re kind of adorable in their own hideous way. They’re really good at finding stuff buried deep, so good that I had to move my horde of weapons to a lot of different spots because Diamond Dogs just kept finding them. Oh, I should probably talk about my horde of weapons, armor, and random junk.
Over the years I came across these weird things that didn't make sense. A light saber, an odd looking monster mask, a giant hammer, swords, gauntlets and a lot of other random junk. All of them had one thing in common, they all spoke to me when I touched them.
Some of them claimed to be characters from movies, tv shows, and comics, and others just had normal names like "Jesse" or “Adam”. And a lot of them referred to themselves as something called a Displaced. They claimed to have powers that I could call upon to help fight tough battles and defend Equestria from the forces of evil....
Riiiiight. I'm toootally going to trust the talking random objects that definitely aren't cursed or anything. Especially the weapons of villains like Darth Vader and the Joker who claim to be good guys with hearts of gold. I mean really? How stupid do you have to be to fall for something stupid like that? Even Pinkie Pie wouldn't be that naive. It’s bad guy 101 to lie and offer "power beyond your wildest dreams." or some other changeling dung like that. I will admit, some of their lies were way out there. Darth Vader said he was married to Nightmare Moon, the Joker claimed to be a court jester for Cadence, and a whole list of outrageous claims. It was all too weird.
Like anyone would just offer their assistance for free anyway. Even if they were lying about everything else but were telling the truth about offering me power they'd probably steal my soul or something afterwards. And believe me, when you're a ghost that's pretty much all you've got. So, I did the smart thing and buried all of the shit I found so nopony would get their hands on it. I didn't want more evil Trixie wannabes popping up left and right to screw over the timeline. I've already had a tough enough time maintaining the Celestia Damned thing. OH! Speaking of the time line, here's a fun game! It's called guess how many assassination attempts there were on Princess Celestia's personal student the first year alone. The answer: TOO CELESTIA DAMN MANY!
Basically, a bunch of Nobles thought they could hurt Celestia by killing off her new prized pupil. Luckily for Celestia and Twilight I was able to stop most of them while the guards and Castle staff were able to catch the other attempts that slipped by me. I made sure to haunt those pricks as they sat in their cells, letting out ghostly moans, lowering the temperature, and occasionally touching them to freak them out. It started up a rumor that the ghost of a Pony Executioner from a thousand years ago came back from the grave to terrorize anypony who would be locked up in the dungeons.
The rumors spread and a bunch of “Ghost Hunters” came to investigate. Thankfully Pony magic ain’t got jack on good ol’ Ghost powers, so they came up with squat. Although it was pretty fun to scare them a little bit by rattling chains and moaning loudly. And I know, I know, it’s mean to scare innocent ponies like them, but I was soooooo bored. Don’t get me wrong, Twilight and I hung out as often as we could during her studies, but when night time came and I was able to force her to take a break and actually go to sleep I was left with nothing to do. Turns out I don’t need to sleep, eat, or do anything a normal human needs. I think it’s because I don’t actually have a human half like Dani or Danny had back in the show.
I tried going… what would the opposite of going Ghost be? Going Alive? Screw it, I tried “Going Alive” only for nothing to happen. So, after reading all of Twilight’s books, cleaning her room, and doing other random tasks I decided to enjoy myself by terrorizing the Nobles. Sue me.
The funniest was when this one Unicorn Noble Mare tried to pay me to stop haunting her. Sorry lady, but if you call Twilight a peasant behind her back imma haunt your flank.
It was slightly less funny when she offered to use her butlers as blood sacrifices, and then it was flat out disgusting when she offered her own daughter. Taking temporary possession of one of the Butlers I told the local guard that my “Boss” was losing her mind and offering to sacrifice her filly to an imaginary spirit. I’ll admit I felt bad about possessing that butler, but I compensated him handsomely with a few certain numbers and the directions to a hidden safe in the manor that may or may not have had a flank load of bits in it.
The butler I possessed later changed his name to Fancy Pants later on and married this nice Pony named Fleur De Lis. They were a cute couple, but I couldn’t help that I knew them from somewhere. There were a lot of MLP Episodes, so maybe they were just background Ponies or something.
Everything was going great, until Blueblood the Bitch decided to make fun of Twilight for her lack of friends and for being a commoner. Twilight wasn’t really offended by the whole commoner thing since Nobles brought that up whenever they got the chance when Celestia wasn’t around. But him saying that she had no friends struck a nerve, and and she said that she and I were best friends. Blueblood laughed at her for being eleven and having an imaginary friend. Causing Twilight to run away with tears streaming out of her eyes. I desperately wanted to blast BlueBitch with some plasma blasts, but if I did that I could cause some serious damage to the timeline. However, that wouldn’t stop me from pranking him and haunting the shit out of him as payback.
When I caught up to Twilight she was already being consoled by her big brother, Shinning Armor.
“Shhh. Shhh. It’s ok Twily. There’s nothing wrong with having an imaginary friend.” Shinning Armor told Twilight.
“But-But he said—“
“I know Twily. And he’s just being a royal pain. Besides it’s not like you’ll have Dani forever. One day you’ll grow up and she’ll make friends with all the other imaginary friends.”
“W-well what if I don’t want an imaginary friend! What if I’m better off without one!” Twilight shouted. I’ll be honest, I felt my heart break when she said that. I knew I couldn’t just pretend to be her imaginary friend forever but… but I wanted to…
Deciding that i needed time away from Twilight, I went off for a few months just exploring Equestria to clear my head. I went just about everywhere between Appleloosa to Yakyakistan. The only places I didn’t end up visiting were the Storm Kingdom and the Dragon Lands. The former because I didn’t know where it was and the latter because I didn’t want to see if dragon fire or lava could hurt a ghost.
When I came back to Canterlot Twilight had become more reclusive. I never made myself known to her after that, and it seemed that she was fine just moving on without me as she dove deeper into her studies. She was learning a lot but not really mastering any of it. It was a typical “Jack of all trades, master of none.” scenario. She knew almost every spell from every book but never took the time to actually practice or memorize them. Part of me wondered if this was Celestia’s style of teaching or Twilights style of learning. As I found out over the years, it was a pretty even balance of both. Celestia always seemed to walk on eggshells around Twilight, probably because of what happened with Sunset Shimmer all those years earlier. Meanwhile, Twilight was a bit too eager to show Celestia how many spells she could do to actually take the time to learn them. While they were busy practicing magic and doing lessons, I was occupying myself with learning about my body.
After years and years of practice I pretty much mastered all of Danny Phantom's powers. You know, being invisible, intangible, flight, possession, laser blasts, Ice vision/Ice blasts, shapeshifting, wall walking, duplication, heck I even learned his Ghost Wail that can’t really do much to any pony who’s alive but I could definitely use it on a ghost or something. It was actually kinda funny to see all the Nobles freak out when they heard my ghost wail echoing across the wind.
Unfortunately it takes a lot out of me, and I can’t just use it willy nilly like it was my greatest weapon. On the downside though I never figured out how Danny or Dani were able to make ghost shields, probably because I never had any projectile training where something was coming at me. I also learned how the Fenton Thermos worked as well. The Fenton Thermos pretty much acted like an infinite storage bag, as long as it could fit in my thermos, I could put it in and take it back out no problem. I mainly used it to hold the Booo-Merang, which I never really got to work. I tried getting it to go to Celestia, Twilight, Cadence, heck, I even tried to get it to come back to me after I threw it. But no matter what I did, who I tried to send it to, or how I threw the Booo-Merang it would always fly for a bit before dropping to the ground like a stone. Even after all of those years I couldn’t get it to work even as a normal boomerang, let alone a magical boomerang that can find anyone I want.
Speaking of the years progressing, it turned out that my body aged at a normal pace while also updating my attire for me. When I turned 18, my looks had turned into a less “Kid friendly” costume. My mid section was now once again visible like the original Dani Phantom. My once half and half shirt had now turned fully black with the Phantom D on my chest now being an emerald green like my eyes and plasma. I also had a kickass white leather jacket with a black right sleeve, along with black skinny spandex with a green waist band, white boots with a green trim, and a pair of black and white leather gloves. My hair had also turned into an ethereal mane of flowing white fire like Evil Future Danny. No pony would mess with the new and improved badass Dani Phantom.
Oh, how wrong I was...
Chapter 3.
DANI POV
Twilight was sitting outside reading the story of the Mare in the Moon as I relaxed in one of the branches of the the Chinese tree she was sitting under. Or as ponies call it a Xiao Ma tree. So far the timeline had been going pretty smoothly and I barely needed to interfere at all. Twilight found the book on the Mare in the Moon, would read it and look into the Elements of Harmony, and would be sent to Ponyville by Princess Celestia so she and she others could claim their respective Elements. Then they would defeat Nightmare Moon and everything would be right with the world until the next bad guy of the week popped up and was stopped. Well, I hoped that they would all be stopped.
I hadn’t watched all of season nine before I left so I had no idea what will actually happen. I mean I knew that the bad guys would be beaten, they always were. But I just didn’t know how that would happen, and that worried me. I was also starting to forget a few episodes and their plots. Mind you, I had been in Equestria for… Yup, ten years. So of course I started to forget. Thankfully, I’m not a total dumbflank and I decided to write down what I could remember so I could reference it later. It took a while to find a good hiding place for my book because of a certain book crazed mare. I swear she has a spider sense for books or something.
As Twilight ran off to her tower to look into the Elements of Harmony I decided to just let history take it’s course and just get to Ponyville before her, and clean up the Everfree a bit to make it easier to get to the Castle of the Two Sisters. I know that Timberwolves are a serious threat in the Everfree Forest, and since I didn’t see any in the first episode than that meant something kept them away from the path. Meaning I would have to be that something to keep them off the path.
As I flew over Canterlot I looked down and saw a certain new Captain of the Royal Guard escorting a certain Princess of Love down the street. Deciding that a little bit of eavesdropping was long overdue, I flew down to the lovely couple as they were crossing the street. Captain Shining Armor was wearing his personal custom made purple and gold armor that was a secret anniversary gift from Cadence.
He wore a purple roman gladiator helmet with a dark and light blue plume that matched his mane and tail colors. The helmet also had holes for his ears and long horn, apparently Shinning Armor has an exceptionally long horn when it came to unicorns, meaning that he was naturally more proficient in magic. The rest of his uniform was the average stuff you’d see on a knight like gauntlets, iron plating, shin guards, etc., except it was all painted purple with gold trimmings.
The one design feature that caught my attention the most was a shield in the center of his chest that had a design that looked nearly identical to Twilight’s Cutie mark. Apparently his Cutie mark appeared in that spot when he donned the armor, however thanks to a few enchanting spells here and there he was able to change it to his sister’s Cutie mark so she would, “Alway be near his heart.” It was sappy but also pretty sweet. It reminded me a lot of my brother Michael and how much he would care about me.
I smiled as I saw the similarities between Shining Armor and my brother. They were both men of action, always willing to put their family before themselves, and loved their little sisters, even if we could be a pain in the flank from time to time. Not to mention they’re both pretty tall, Cadence was only a hair shorter than Shinning Armor if they were measured by head height, but Cadence did have a slightly longer horn so she was technically the taller of the two. I didn’t think the horn should count but hey, I wasn’t the one who made the rules.
I looked over at Cadence and marveled at her dress, It was a sleek pink dress with gold trimmings that had a diamond heart on her left hip, and a pair of elegant golden slippers that barely made any noise as she walked. She was also wearing her little golden Tiara and had her pink, purple, and yellow Mane brushed off to the right and and foregone the use of any eyeshadow, which was good because I didn’t think light blue eyeshadow looked good on her when she wore it. Purple was always more of her color, I know it’s mine.
“I don’t understand why Celestia doesn’t want me there. I mean, I’m Captain of her Royal Guard. I should be with her when the Summer Sun Celebration starts so I can protect her.” Shinning Armor told Cadence.
“I’m sure Aunt Celestia has her reasons Shiny. Besides, now you and I can spend some time together.” Cadence said as she held onto Shinning’s left arm causing his face to go red.
“C-Cadence. You know how the Nobles will react if they see—“
“And I’ve already told you Shiny that I don’t care. It’s dumb that we have to keep our relationship a secret. We’ve been dating for nine years and nothing bad has happened.” Cadence said.
“That’s because it’s a well kept secret. If others knew about our relationship they’d use it to target you.”
“Shiny, our ‘secret’ relationship is about as subtle and secret as Aunt Celestia’s cake addiction.” Cadence responded. It was true, everyone and their dog knew about their relationship. Mares didn’t interfere because pissing off the Princess of Love was a one way ticket to ending up alone forever, and Stallions didn’t even look at Cadence after what Shinning did to the Mayor of Manehattan. To be fair, the guy had it coming and if Shining Armor didn’t do something then I definitely would have. Nopony says my friend’s former foal sitter looks old.
friend…
It wasn’t easy being around Twilight after that day. Every day I wanted to say something to let her know I was there, to just say hi or ask how her day was or make a joke when she would accidentally say something that could be perceived as suggestive. But I couldn’t do that. What we had was gone, all because of BluePrick. Speaking of that Flankhole, guess who was sleeping in the dungeons, again.
Yup, Prince BlueBalls was currently sleeping in a nasty cell in the dungeons of Canterlot. You may be asking yourself, “How did Blueblood get in there?” The answer is he regularly “sleep walks” there and locks himself in the worst cells at least twice a week. Every time he wakes up he always thinks that he was secretly overthrown in his sleep, it’s priceless. Blueblood was often the guinea pig of my powers. Hey, can’t learn possession without practicing it on someone.
Blueblood tried everything to stop himself from “sleep walking” to the dungeons, including having twelve guards stationed outside his door. But somehow he always managed to get to the dungeons. It’s almost like he could walk through walls, disappear, and fly. Or like somepony could make him do it.
My favorite time pranking him was when he handcuffed himself to the bed frame and enchanted them so only one key could unlock the cuffs. Let’s just say it took them a while to find that key. Here’s a hint, he needed to go to the bathroom to get it. And yeah, yeah that’s evil and wrong and blah blah blah. Like I care, Blueblood’s a prick.
“Even so Cadey, you know—“ Shinning tired to say to Cadence before she grabbed his face with both hands so she could look him directly in the eyes.
“Shiney. I. Don’t. Care. I love you Shiney, and if I want to show you how much I love you I will. And there’s nothing you can do to stop me.” Cadence said. I had no idea how she was able to make love sound like a threat. I guess that’s why she’s the princess of love and I’m not.
I decided to give Shining Armor a little push, in a quiet literal sense as I pushed his face closer to Cadence. Cadence took this as her sign to lean in and close the gap with their lips becoming interlocked at the middle. It was a really sweet moment as Cadence leaned in more and lifted one leg in the air behind her. I really wish I had a camera on me at the time so I could capture the moment. Of course, a certain BlueBitch had to ruin it.
“Princess Mi Amore Cadenza! What are you doing with that guard?!” Blueblood shouted, breaking the tender moment that I was enjoying.
“I come out of the… From my nap, and take a stroll outside to clear my head and this is what I see? Cousin, we are royalty. It is our duty to marry into Noble families and continue the bloodline. Not to get involved with commoners turned guards. even if you yourself were born a commoner.” Shinning Armor’s fists clenched tightly as Blueblood continued to speak.
“Honestly Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, I was hoping all those silly rumors that you ‘loved’ a Royal Guard were just awful libel lies.” Blueblood said. I knew Shining Armor couldn’t keep his cool for long, so I decided to help him out a bit.
Jumping into Shinning’s body I took a moment to straighten my posture before I spoke. “Slander.”
“Beg for my pardon?” Blueblood asked as he glanced at me/Shining Armor.
“Slander is spoken lies. Libel is written lies. I thought a royal pain in the flank like you would at least know the difference since you have to lie and say it’s all ‘slander’ when the maids say you abuse them and ‘libel’ when the Newspapers report on your shady dealings.” I said with a cold bite in Shinning’s voice. Not the coolest thing to say but hey, I don’t make a habit of intimidating ponies with words.
“Now you listen here gau—“
“No, you listen Prince BlueBalls. My name is Captain Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guard and I have had enough of your shit. I didn’t say a word when you took my soldiers so they could stop you from sleep walking, I didn’t say a word when you temporarily suspended them for failing to keep you out of the dungeon, where by the way I personally think you belong.
“But, if you think for a second I’ll let you insult my Marefriend and tell her she needs to date somepony else then we’re going to have much more than words. Do I make myself clear your Highness?” I asked Blueblood as I glared daggers into his soul. He meekly nodded before running away like a total wuss.
After that I hopped out of Shinning Armor’s body and let him get tackle hugged by Cadence.
“Shiny that was amazing! I half expected you to just beat Blueblood to a pulp or stop me from doing it to him first. How in Equestria did you do that.” Cadence asked Shinning Armor with glee.
Shining for his part shook the last of the grogginess away, slowly remembering what happened moments ago. “I… I’m not sure. When he started talking I just… Felt like I lost control? It was like I was just watching a play as my body acted on its own.” Shining Armor said.
“It must have been the adrenaline from talking to royalty like that. I mean really, BlueBalls? I gotta remember that one for later. And speaking of adrenaline and balls. You. Me. Bedroom. Now.” She said lighting up her horn and teleporting her and Shining Armor away to one of their private spots.
Funny how the Princess of Love is also the Princess of Lust. Well, funny and slightly horrifying since I’ve accidentally found some of their hiding spots while floating through the castle. I’ll just say that 50 Shades of Hay ain’t got shit on some of Cadence’s playrooms.
I shivered at the memory of her “Birthday Surprise” from two years ago, I would never be able to look at pie the same way again. Trying to block out those haunting memories, I flew back off into the sky and headed towards Ponyville.
The flight wasn’t anything special, though I did spot a certain Rainbow maned Pegasus lying on a cloud. Rainbow Dash was wearing a blue jean jacket with matching pants, red sneakers, and a white tank top with her Cutie mark on her chest, a fluffy white cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt coming out of it.
Rainbow Dash’s mane was cut to her shoulders, a short length considering how most Ponies let their manes grow to the base of their spine. The again it was probably to help with her flying. I could imagine that a lot of Ponies get hurt from wing related accidents. It was like my cousin Rob said, “No Watches, Rings, or Dangly things when working with power tools.” Otherwise they could get caught on something and end up ripping off a person’s flesh. Rob learned that the hard way when he nearly lost his arm after his sleeve got caught on the buzz saw. Thank Celestia he was able to tear off his shirt before any real damage could have been done. He could have easily died if he hadn’t gotten away.
Trying to not focus on my cousin’s near death experience I flew down to Ponyville to see how the town differed from the show. Aside from there being more appropriately sized buildings everything was essentially the same, thatch roofs and all. I was actually curious why ponies would bother with thatch roofs when shingles were a thing, so like everything else I was curious about I looked into it.
Apparently Ponies in Ponyville are a lot like Amish people back on Earth. Except instead of not liking technology, music, or other most modern day things, Ponies just don’t like using things that weren’t made by the Equestrian government. It’s not really a racially motivated thing or anything, well at least for most ponies. The ones who aren’t pricks just think that by purchasing things made by other countries they’re harming Equestria’s economy. But not everypony goes along with this line of thinking and have broken the mold by having roofs that are made of tiles and sometimes buying fish from traveling Griffon butchers.
That was something else I found interesting. It turns out Ponies are omnivores like humans but the only meat they eat is chicken or fish, but not everypony does. Chicken is somewhat taboo considering that Griffons are part bird and one third of Ponies have wings. Fish is also slightly taboo considering that Hippogriffs are part fish, and even though nopony has seen a Hippogriff in decades most Ponies still tend to avoid fish. If you ask me, they’re missing out. Fish in Equestria is Soooo much better than fish back on Earth. Than again nearly everything is better here. Apples are juicer, skies are prettier, air is cleaner, and the stars, oh Sweet Luna the night skies here are absolutely breathtaking.
I had never seen to many stars in the sky back on Earth. The closest I ever got to seeing something like that back home were pictures online. And let me just say, no amount of resolution or pixels does it justice.
I was brought out of my pleasant memories of staring off into the night sky by a chill running up my spine caused by the voice of a certain pink Earth Pony named Pinkie Pie. She was one of the only Ponies I was actually terrified of because of her ability to do the impossible with her Celestia Damned “Pinkie Sense”. I was worried that her senses would warn her when I arrived and it looked like my fears were confirmed.
A pink earth pony mare with curly dark pink hair was currently looking under a large bolder near the town. She was wearing a bright brown t-shirt, blue jeans, pink shoes, along with a brown and white stripped apron and a matching brown visor cap. Pinkie Pie also had a ridiculously large pink pin button on her apron that had two blue balloons on the sides and one yellow balloon in the center.
“Hello? Anypony here?” Pinkie Pie asked as she dropped the rock and moved onto a trashcan.
Deciding that I had literally no time for any of Pinkie Pie’s antics, I made my way towards the Everfree forest to start doing some pest control. It took all day and almost all night to clear out most of the animals, still needed to keep at least one Manticore in the area so Fluttershy could help it. When I was finally finished my task of scaring the animals away from Ponyville and the Castle of the Two sisters I sat down on the Castle steps to catch my breath. I may be a Ghost but I can still get tired after using too much energy for too long.
As I stared up at the sky I finally noticed a certain missing dark Alicorn silhouette. Deciding that my job was done for the night I got up and started to float towards Ponyville when my breath suddenly felt colder than normal. And then I heard the unmistakable voice of Nightmare moon.
“Trespassing spirit. What are you doing at my Castle steps?” The evil Alicorn asked me as it emerged from the shadows.
She was a head taller than Cadence and a head and a half shorter than Princess Celestia. She was dressed in a dark victorian funeral dress with a black veil draped over her face and horn. But even then I could see her piercing green slitted eyes behind her veil staring at… Well I would say my soul but I’m literally a soul. Not much else to stare at. I was also able to get a good look of her wings as she spread them out. Instead of being fluffy and soft like a normal Pony’s feathers they were sharp and pointed, almost like the wings of a crow. All in all, she looked more terrifying than imposing so I tried turn invisible and fly away, but I was caught by a black tendril that wrapped around my body like a boa constrictor. As I struggled to get out of my new confines Nightmare moon walked closer.
“You are a strange spirit. I do not believe I have ever seen anything like you before. Who are you?” She asked.
“First name Nonya, last name Business.” I told the evil mare.
“Very well Nonya Business, you have my permission to bask in the glory of your new Queen, Queen Nightmare moon.” She said to me as he tendril shifted slightly and knocked the Fenton Thermos off my belt.
As it rolled over to her foot she picked it up with another tendril and placed it in her hands. “Hey, put that down!” I yelled at Nightmare moon as she was looking at my Fenton Thermos.
“Such an odd device. What does it contain inside?” She asked as she unscrewed the cap.
“Wait! Do—“ My pleas fell on deaf and arrogant ears as Nightmare Moon opened up the thermos allowing a blue beam to shoot off into the sky. Surprised by the blue beam Nightmare moon jumped back, dropping the thermos and myself. Unfortunately the thermos was pointed directly as me and begun to suck me inside it. As my nails dug into the dirt I could feel my body being slowly torn apart as it was forcefully dragged inside the Fenton Thermos. When I couldn’t fight it anymore I was sucked into the thermos and the lid closed right behind me.
I couldn’t see Nightmare moon from inside the Fenton Thermos, but I had a pretty good feeling that she was wearing the most smug smile of all time after I was sucked in.
TWILIGHT POV
“You little foal. Thinking you could defeat me? Now you will never see your princess, or your sun. The Night, Will last, FOREVER! HAHAHAHAH!” Nightmare moon boasted loudly. She was right, we had failed. The Elements were gone and there was nothing we could do to stop her.
She won… We can’t fight back against an evil Alicorn, her magic is too powerful. We don’t have anything against her. Nothing is stronger than…
My thoughts trailed off as I heard the voices of the other five Mares I came here with coming up the stairs behind me. I was reminded of everything we did in Ponyville before Nightmare moon arrived, all the challenges we faced together getting to this point, and how we all helped each other.
I looked Nightmare moon dead in the eyes. “You think you can destroy the elements of harmony just like that? Well you’re wrong! Because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right HERE!” I shouted as the shattered elements begun to fly towards my new friends.
“What?” Nightmare moon asked.
“Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt represents the spirit of Honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the Manticore with her compassion represents the spirit of Kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger represents the spirit of Laughter! Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of Generosity! And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart’s desire represents the spirit of Loyalty!” I exclaimed as the shattered elements circled around my friends. “The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us.
“You still don’t have the sixth element! The spark didn’t work!” Nightmare moon said to us.
“But it did, a different kind of spark!” I said before I turned around to look at my friends.
“I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you. To see you. How much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me, when I realized that you all…” I turned around and looked Nightmare moon dead in the eyes one final time. “Are my Friends!”
The final element then descended from the sky and hovered over me as I gave my final speech to Nightmare moon. “You see Nightmare moon, when those elements are ignited by the… the spark, that resides inside the hearts of us all, creates the sixth element. The Element of Magic!” I finished as all our eyes lit up and we floated into the air.
“HA! You are no match for me, even with the Elements of Harmony! For I have a new weapon, Behold!” Nightmare moon shouted as she held up a strange metal cylinder at us. “This is a powerful weapon I took from a spirit named Nonya Business, and with it I shall vanquish you all!” She said as she unscrewed the top of the cylinder.
When we released out friendship beam she opened the mysterious cylinder, retaliating with her own green beam. Thankfully whatever weapon she used appeared to backfire as it suddenly curved and headed straight towards her.
“WHAT?!” She shouted as both the friendship beam and the mysterious green energy hit her simultaneously.
DANI POV
Ow… Note to self, never EVER get sucked back into the Fenton thermos.
The show made the Phantom Zone look way cooler than it actually was. It was just a constant series of meteors crashing into my body from all directions until some pony opened the thermos and I leapt out of it to my salvation… Only to see a GIANT FLANK RAINBOW TORNADO COMING AT ME!
I quickly turned around trying to fly away from the rainbow of doom, only to be caught in it alongside Nightmare Moon. When I saw her also get blasted by the rainbow I instantly knew what it was, it was the friendship cannon the elements blast! I tried to phase through the blast only to be met with an incredible amount of pain that caused me to black out.
I’m not sure how long we were all unconscious for, but it couldn’t have been more than an hour or so since the moon was still out. I looked around and noticed that I was lying on top of a five and a half foot Azul blue skinned Alicorn mare with a light blue mane mane and tail. She also had blue wings that matched her skin color, a horn that was almost as long as Cadence’s, and was wearing an old victorian like black dress with a crescent moon on her hip. I was lying on top of Princess Luna’s unconscious body.
My attention was brought to the Main six after I heard a few groans followed by a very distinct gasp. I locked eves with Twilight as she stared at me. I don’t know how the others were looking at me, probably with a mixture of worry and fear, bur that didn’t matter to me at the time. What mattered was how Twilight was looking at me. I couldn’t read her facial expression, it was too many emotions. There was obvious fear, worry, sadness, and a few other negative emotions I didn’t want to see in her eyes.
"D... Dani? I… Is that you? Y-you're real?" Twilight asked in disbelief as she looked at me.
I was petrified in fear. She could see me, they could ALL see me sitting there like a complete idiot. I looked at Twilight worryingly. How would she react!? Would she be afraid, would she hate me, would—
I didn’t get a chance to wonder what would happed before she rushed over and hugged me. "YOU'RE REAL!"
Huh... I did not expect that.
Can I put a displaced idea here in comment form for another person to make or not?
I'm sad to have you no longer making it, but very happy with your choice to release it for adoption. So many authors never continue their stories and simply let them collect dust. Your choice shows high maturity and care for the story, and those who read it; and I'm pleased by it. It's a sad, but very sensible and caring choice. I'm very glad for your action.
Dovakhiin Master's respect for you has increased.
Well you did say that you wasn't sure how long you was going to continue it when you started it. So I figured you were having trouble with it cause of the lengthy time from the last update.
I hope whoever picks it up puts as much effort into it as you did.
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Sure, why not?
5379302
Thanks. I was thinking a lot about this decision, and I finally decided to rip the bandaid off. I wanted to put it up for adoption, but seeing how that worked out for stories like the Displaced Metroplex made me hesitant to offer to give it away. But, I'm sure there's someone who can take something from my work and make it their own unique experience for others to enjoy.
5379326
Thanks, that means a lot to me!
Please. For the love of Faust! Make an announcement if someone actually adopts Bizarro! I'm begging you. I NEED to know because I love the story to death.
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A Marceline the Vampire Queen displaced story.
that was a great story, really hope to see it continue in some way.
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I will. I still haven't received a PM or any offers to take the story. If someone does, I'd like to ask them where they planned to take the story as to avoid a situation similar to the Metroplex displaced. The person who adopted that story only sexualized it, made it anthro, and forgot to edit out most of the references to their quadrupedal forms. Also, I'm glad to hear that you really enjoyed my story.
I’m sad that you are not continuing with this story, but it is understandable. I am very happy that you are putting it up for adoption, so we might see this story continued. :) This story was very good when you were writing it! ...I wonder what this would mean in the context of the story, changing writers.
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Thank you very much. ^^
Yeah, after reading this I can see on why you wanted these stories adopted. Although I am a bit surprised by the adult jokes/suggestions in Dani’s fimfic.
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I was going through.... A phase.
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I won't lie hope someone takes up that Dani story looks like fun. Also want to let you know quite enjoyed what I read there.
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has anyone adopted the story yet?
5457411
You mean this Dani Phantom fic? Nope, no one has stepped forward for this fic or the Bizarro fic. If someone wants it, they'd need to PM me and it'd be theirs.
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I meant the bizarro story
5457429
Same thing. No one has stepped forward yet to adopt it.
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Anyone adopt ether fic yet?
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I await the day with bated breath. When they're adopted, I'll make a blog post announcement and link BaNE to the new story.