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// Chapter 59: The Reformed Characters (Part 1) 
// Story: The Cassandra Chronicles 
// by CassandraMyOCisBestpony 
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It was the Summer Sun Celebration and Cassandra was in full-swing, as she was in charge of the Ponyville celebration.  A letter came from the citizens of Our Town, asking Cassandra to do theirs too.  Cassandra thanked Derpy and gave her a kiss on the forehead before she flew off.

"What a dilemma," remarked Twilight, "how are you ever going to choose which town to help?  Nopony could ever pull off that monumental multitasking that you need to help them both."

"Twilight, you silly filly," chuckled Cassandra, "I have level 99 multitasking skills, I could do this in my sleep!  But, Starlight, why don't you take this on?  This would be a good opportunity for you to give back to the ones you hurt."

"Why that's a great idea!  I'll bring along my smartest, sexiest, best friend..." said Starlight.  Twilight's eyes sparkled with glee. "...by which I mean Trixie!"  

"I should have known there was a reason you dramatically paused, then led us over to Trixie's cart without speaking,” said Twilight, looking deflated.

"The grrrreat and powerful Trixie is honored that you would choose her to go on this quest of daring doom and then fool around with her."  

"Hold on a minute, that's not-" started Twilight

"- a problem" interjected Starlight.

"Twilight, what's the matter?" asked Cassandra, who could always tell when something was the matter with her friends.

"If Starlight likes Trixie, then that would make her bisexual.  I'm intolerant of bisexuals."

"Twilight, that's a horrible thing to say!" exclaimed Cassandra, "somepony you know very closely is a bisexual!"

"Who?"

"I am!  Twilight, it's wrong to discriminate against ponies based on sexual orientation."

"I'm sorry Cassandra, I had no idea that words can hurt.  I also forgive you for yelling at me."

"I'm glad you can.  Now, it's not often we get the castle to ourselves, so how would you like to have a private reading session?"

"With you?" beamed Twilight, "yes!  I'd love to!" And it was the best reading session ever.





Meanwhile, Starlight and Trixie went back to Starlight's old town, expecting an angry mob.

"Starlight, you're here!" exclaimed Party Favor.

"We're so glad to see you!" said Sugar Belle.

"Y-you mean you're not mad?" said Starlight.

"Well, we were," said Double Diamond, "but Cassandra wrote us a letter saying what a great job you've been doing to reform yourself, and that you almost never use mind control spells anymore."

"That Cassandra, she's always looking out for her friends," said Starlight, lovingly.

"Now here's a list of everything that Cassandra volunteered to do," said Night Glider, unrolling a very long scroll that stretched halfway across town.

"Well, I, um... wow that's a lot of stuff... I guess I could try to-" she was interrupted by a puff of smoke and in an instant the great and powerful Cassandra appeared.

"No fear everypony, I'm here.  I just finished setting up Ponyville's celebrations, and now I'm here to help you!" she turned to Trixie, "I owe you a smoke bomb"

"Think nothing of it" said Trixie, "Trixie could never get them to work right anyway.  Trixie makes mistakes sometimes, not that she’d confide in anypony but the Element of Trust Cassandra."

"Why don't you two go on home, I've got this from here," said Cassandra.





They went back to Ponyville where they were greeted by Applejack

“How do you do, fellow ponies?” said Applejack.

“Well, we ran all the way back here, so we’re a little tired but-”

“I too enjoy obtaining sustenance from food rather than intangible concepts.”

“Does something seem off about her?” asked Starlight.

“She seems rather articulate.  She’s supposed to be the dumb one right?”

“You’ll have to be more specific, none of Twilight’s friends are particularly bright.”

“Hey, are you two talking smack about Twilight’s friends?”  Starlight and Trixie jumped.

“Cassandra!!”

“I got done with the preparations in Starlight’s town, so I went to the Crystal Empire to check on their preparations, then came back here.”

“Cassandra, there’s something weird in the neighborhood” said Starlight.

“I know,” said Cassandra, “Twilight and her friends have been captured by the Changelings!!!”



TO BE CONTINUED