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// Loop 10 Part 1 
// Story: The Time Thief 
// by Reading4HalfMyLife 
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"And you're saying I wrote this?" Starlight looked at the note suspiciously. But both Twilight and Astral were completely serious as they watched her. Everything Astral said checked out, and there was no way she could of have forged this note.

"So, you said the ball with Twi's magic exploded? That's weird, the magic balls are usually built to prevent that from happening. The amount of raw magic needed to break through the glass- it's- it's" she sighed and shook her head. "It's mind blowing. Thank Gods no ponies were in the room, or they would of have instantly overloaded on magic." She paused when Astral flinched, but decided to ignore it. If she didn' want to talk about it, then she didn't have to.

It was then that Twilight decided to join in the discussion. "From what I can gather, the rules of the loops are as follows; whatever room Astral's is in is a safe zone, and everything outside it resets, npony can join Astral, every loop Astral's magic increases for . . . some reason, and Astral has to keep any objects she wants close by." She paused for a breath, and glanced at the filly. "Did I get everything?"

Astral shrugged. "More or less."

"Okay then," Twilight collected her thoughts for a moment. "I'll be honest sweetie, I'm not sure how to solve this one, at least right now. The odds of you getting the right loop are infinitesimal at best, so I'm writing a letter to Celestia and Luna asking for help. Maybe they'll know something about all this that they've decided to keep from the public" she shook her head. "Again."

Seeing her daughters crestfallen look, Starlight interjected. "Hey, I have an idea, why don't you play a prank on your class? I mean, I know you've thought about it a few times."

Astral hesitated, thinking. It's not like I can actually face real consequences, she reminded herself. And it doesn't have to be a harmful prank, it could be a simple one. 

The deciding factor was the growing feeling of boredom that had been festering in the background recently. Relving the same moments over and over again was nothing if not boring, and she hated it.

"Yeah, yeah okay."





The sound of trumpets caught the attention of everypony in the classroom, and Cheerilee paused in her writing, turning to face the door just in time to see pure white stallions dressed in the Royal Armour file into the room and line up on either side of the door. One of them stepped forwards and pulled out a scroll. "All rise for Princess Astral Plane, heir to the throne of Friendship and Magic!"

The students, which had been scrambling to their hooves at the word 'Princess' stopped dead in their tracks, and watched with mounting disbelief as Astral Plane came prancing in, nose stuck high in the air. She came to a stop just in front of the entire classroom. "Hello subjects!" She said, using her sound spell to give her the Royal Canterlot Voice effect. "We have just returned from a lovely meal with Princess Luna, and as such have decided to grace you all with my presence. We presence. O- Our presence. Ahem."

"Oh, bear us no mind," she continued on to the flabbergasted class. "Just treat us like thou would if we were any other pony who will just so happen to grow up to rule over you."

The flash of a camera was all the warning the class got as one of the royal guard members pulled out a camera and took a picture.