TPiercing the Heavens
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
Sequel to Flying Sky-High. A lot has happened, but now Rainbow Dash finally has a chance to fulfill her dream and become a Wonderbolt. As the process begins, will her relationship with Soarin be a blessing? Or will it be a curse?
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Chapter 178 Continuity error fixed · 3:07pm Jan 12th, 2021

This morning I realized i made a big oops in chapter 178 regarding P.L.'s origin discussion. If what was described happened than it would not have been possible for him to know Silver and Blizzard or for him to have taken part in the Griffon Drake conflict that occurred a decade before the story.

If you have not read the chapter yet, completely disregard this blog since it has been fixed, but if you have already read it, i have made the following change.

Before the change it said this:

We were both sealed in the moon… and a thousand years later we both emerged.” Luna sighed heavily as she explored the bad memories. “We… did not know he was still alive. When we were released from the seal we came right to Canterlot for revenge, leaving him behind without even a glance in his direction, only to be swiftly defeated by you and your friends.”

Luna paused and looked over at P.L. This was the umpteenth time he had been looked at by the two of them and he lifted an eyebrow in response.

“Our first few weeks free of the miasma were a personal ordeal,” Luna went on. “Our divine alicorn power had to reconstitute itself after being torn asunder by the miasma corruption, leaving us in a smaller, frailer state than the one you see before you. We felt small… pathetic… and though our sister had explained, we felt the eyes of all those around us… it hurt, and we were alone in this new world a thousand years removed from the one we knew. But…” Luna smiled. “That’s when he found us again. P.L. found his way back to Canterlot in the dead of night and appeared before us, immediately kneeling at our hooves and expressing relief. We can still remember how happy we were to see him. We threw ourself at him and hugged him tightly, and we must’ve cried for an hour on his shoulder.”

Baby P.L. was always planned to be part of the origin to explain his weird name, but i tripped right over previous parts of his origin when piecing this together, so the new text says:

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We were both sealed in the moon…” Luna sighed heavily as she explored the bad memories.

Luna paused and looked over at P.L. This was the umpteenth time he had been looked at by the two of them and he lifted an eyebrow in response.

“After being defeated by you and your friends, our first few weeks free of the miasma were a personal ordeal,” Luna went on. “Our divine alicorn power had to reconstitute itself after being torn asunder by the miasma corruption, leaving us in a smaller, frailer state than the one you see before you. We felt small… pathetic… and though our sister had explained, we felt the eyes of all those around us… it hurt, and we were alone in this new world a thousand years removed from the one we knew. But…” Luna smiled. “P.L. suddenly appeared before us, immediately kneeling at our hooves and expressing relief. We were shocked, and in disbelief. He was clearly older, but how could he be alive? We thought we were dreaming, but... we was there, we could see him and touch him, it was as if our wish for comfort had been granted in our darkest hour. We can still remember how happy we were to see him. We threw ourself at him and hugged him tightly, and we must’ve cried for an hour on his shoulder.”

She looked back down at Dash and smiled weakly, sniffling once as if the memory itself was about to make her cry.

"We later learned that he had been expelled from the Lunar seal years before we broke free... the magic of the Elements freeing him in an effort to keep hold of our ever growing power under the influence of the Miasma. But despite our absences, he continued his duty, personally rebuilding the tattered Lunar Guard in hopes of our return someday and playing key roles in many events, including the last major conflict between the griffons and drakes. Knowing that his devotion never wavered, and that he continued to honor our name despite our disgrace it... sometimes it makes us feel as if we don't deserve him."

Luna turned her head away briefly rubbing an arm against her eyes and shaking her head out before continuing.

“So… he is very special to us. We owe him more than we could ever tell him, but he would never allow us to feel in debt to him… for he swears by his duty to always be by my side and watch over me…” she finished with the light blush reappearing again, which Dash picked up on… because she really wanted to get a clear answer on this subject.

Hope that clears things up. It's a bit rushed out, but i completely missed this (as did my editors) during the proofing process so we're slapping a band-aid on it. Mark this up to one of those instances where the story is so long that sometimes important things i need to remember go right over my head.