Jul
17th
2021
Continuing Ch. 3 · 10:32pm Jul 17th, 2021
Well, it finally happened.
Somepony asked me when the next chapter of Queen’s Nymph is coming out.
The answer is: I’ve had some issues concerning when I introduce Pinkie, and who to do it with first.
In the comments of this blog post, I will attempt to dream up two clips; one for each of these two avenues.
I will be taking into account how you react to them.
Another thing holding me back is a lack of proofreader. Szilu quit on me, and I can’t reach him.
Pinkie Meets Unseen Lightning (Harry)
Harry Potter, under the disguise of Unseen Lightning, walked through the bright streets of Ponyville in amazement.
As his first excursion from the hive, he was amazed at how different the atmosphere was.
Pegasi, Unicorns and Earth Ponies were chatting in the streets about the celebration, and many other things caught his eye; a mint green unicorn sitting like a human, a purple unicorn speaking to two armoured white pegasi, a blue pegasus lazing about on a cloud-
Wait, Lightning thought, armoured white pegasi?!
Harry’s mind snapped back to something his mother had said as they were walking down the tunnel: if you see any white ponies in gold armor, do not let them find you out as a changeling! They’re Celestia’s royal guards!
And, as Lightning saw, they were talking to a purple unicorn with a starburst cutie mark. He began to walk casually in her direction, and listened to them.
He noticed a small dragon whelp as he got close, and heard them say, “Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about!,” and gesture to a pink mare with a fluffy mane… just as he bumped into her. “Come on, Twilight, just try.”
He saw the mare’s eyes dart between him and the unicorn, who he suspected was Twilight, and felt a little scrutinized.
“Uh… hello?,” Twilight greeted, and no sooner than she did, the pink mare gasped, jumped up in the air, and shot off past her.
He noticed the pegasi had taken their leave, but he was still apprehensive, so he said, “Um… hello, miss.”
Twilight shrugged and derisively said, “Well, that was interesting, alright,” before she turned to Harry and said, “Hey, kid. From your accent, I’d say you’re not local. What’s your name?”
“Oh, uh… Unseen Lightning. Me and my mother were visiting from Trottingham for the Summer Sun Celebration, with our pet cat Pearltongue.”
At this, Pearltongue meowed and hopped down, getting Twilight’s attention. “Well,” she said, “it’s nice to meet you, Lightning, but we have to get going. I’m very busy.”
As Twilight trotted off, Spike piped up again. “I’m Spike, Twilight’s personal assistant. You’ll have to excuse her; she’s not very sociable.”
As Spike ran off to catch up with Twilight, Lightning sighed before opening up a link. Mom, some royal guards just dropped off a purple unicorn and a baby dragon in a chariot. They didn’t test me, but a pink mare sped off when she saw us.
After a bit, Crystalline Cloud spoke back to him. I’m familiar with the mare from scout reports. She’s the town party planner. She’s also right in front of me, preparing us some cupcakes.
At this, Lightning blinked. Cupcakes?
Cloud giggled. Harry, one thing about being a changeling is that, if you find some love directed to you and you haven’t had any in a while, you may blow our cover. Fortunately, Changelings can digest sugar to substitute for love. A couple cupcakes each should keep us until the whole Nightmare Moon incident blows over.
Satisfied, Lightning declared, I’m going to see if I can tail the unicorn and the dragon. If she’s on business here, she must have been sent to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, before he began to trot after Twilight and Spike.
Pinkie Meets Crystalline Cloud (Chrysalis)
Sets the scene at the tunnel entrance a small margin later, so that Twilight and Pinkie have already come face to face. I did imply the tunnel was in sight to Sugarcube Corner, after all.
As Crystalline Cloud stepped up to the door of Sugarcube Corner, she was bowled over by a pink blur saying, “New pony, new pony! Okay, focus, Pinkie. Party Cannon loaded? Check! Punch? Check. Cupcakes?… Right! Let’s do this!”
When Cloud had got to her hooves and checked herself over, seeing no hint of black chitin, she breathed a sigh of relief and went up to the front counter. “Hello?”
Before she could react, Cloud was face to face with a pink mare with a fluffy mane, staring at her with wide eyes before darting back into the kitchen saying, “More cupcakes! Need more cupcakes for the party!”
Soon after, a blue pony with a warm smile came to the counter and said, “You’ll have to excuse Pinkie Pie. She’s particularly enthusiastic about meeting new ponies and throwing parties for them. I’m Cup Cake.”
Shaking off her surprise, Cloud replied, “Crystalline Cloud. Me and my son are visiting from Trottingham for the Summer Sun Celebration. Can I get seven assorted cupcakes?”
Cup Cake nodded, and before she could even tell Pinkie, seven different cupcakes were placed on the counter; raspberry with blueberry frosting, chocolate with cherry frosting, vanilla with apple frosting, mango with coconut frosting, grape with raspberry frosting, black currant with a marshmallow in the shape of a moon, and orange with banana frosting.
Cup Cake paused for a moment before saying, “That’ll be fourteen bits.”
Cloud smiled as she handed over the bits, put the cupcakes in her saddlebag, and made to leave, half listening to Pinkie saying, “Just apple cupcakes for the party!”
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Pinkie Meets Unseen Lightning 2: Crystalline Cloud Meets Pinkie Alt.
Midway through the second option, I surmised both of them could theoretically exist in the same timeframe. After I finished, I decided to flex my creativity in editing the Crystalline Cloud scenario, which sets the time of ingress later to account for Twilight meeting Pinkie, to take place just before Lightning’s call-in.
A few seconds earlier…
As Crystalline Cloud put the cupcakes in her saddlebag and made to leave Sugarcube Corner, she was bowled over by a pink blur saying, “New ponies, new ponies! Okay, focus, Pinkie. Party Cannon loaded? Check! Punch? Check. Cupcakes?… Right! Let’s do this!”
When Cloud had got to her hooves and checked herself over, seeing no hint of black chitin, she breathed a sigh of relief that her disguise had held… before noticing the cupcakes had spilled on the floor and going back towards the front desk.
Before she could react, Cloud was face to face with a pink mare with a fluffy mane, staring at her with wide eyes and saying, “Oh, jeez! I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you there and- Oh, Celestia, another new pony! Now I need to make more cupcakes for the party- Oh, horseapples,” she said after looking behind Cloud, “I ruined your cupcakes! Here, let me make you some more!”
She then darted into the kitchen, and the sounds of rapid mixing, filling, and strangely enough, a fast-paced song about cupcakes echoed from the back room.
Confused, Chrysalis heard Lightning speak through the hive-link. Mom, some royal guards just dropped off a purple unicorn and a baby dragon in a chariot. They didn’t test me, but a pink mare sped off when she saw us.
A purple unicorn with a baby dragon?, Cloud thought. Associated with Royal Guards? I wonder who that could be… although by corroboration in the timing, she must have met the pink mare alongside Lightning.
After a bit, Cloud answered him. I’m familiar with the mare from scout reports. She’s the town party planner. She’s also right in front of me, preparing us some cupcakes.
At this, Lightning paused before replying, Cupcakes?
Cloud giggled in her head. Harry, one thing about being a changeling is that, if you find some love directed to you and you haven’t had any in a while, you may lose your disguise and blow our cover. Fortunately, Changelings can digest sugar to substitute for love. A couple cupcakes each should keep us until the whole Nightmare Moon incident blows over.
Satisfied, Lightning declared, I’m going to see if I can tail the unicorn and the dragon. If she’s on business here, she must have been sent to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration.
Skeptical but curious, Cloud simply closed the link and hoped for the best.
Soon after the link was closed, a blue pony with a warm smile came to the counter and said, “You’ll have to excuse Pinkie Pie. She’s particularly enthusiastic about meeting new ponies and throwing parties for them. I’m Cup Cake.”
Shaking off her surprise, Cloud replied, “Crystalline Cloud. Me and my son are visiting from Trottingham for the Summer Sun Celebration. Anyway, Pinkie offered to make me another six cupcakes to replace the ones I dropped.”
Cup Cake nodded, but before she could confirm what kind they were, six different cupcakes were laid on the counter; raspberry with cherry frosting, vanilla with apple frosting, mango with coconut frosting, grape with raspberry frosting, black currant with blueberry frosting and a marshmallow in the shape of a moon, and orange with banana frosting.
Blinking, Cup Cake said, “Were these the cupcakes?”
Dumbfounded by how Pinkie guessed completely right, Cloud nodded and put the cupcakes in her saddlebag before turning to leave again, half listening to Pinkie saying, “Just apple-vanilla cupcakes for the party!”
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