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// To Canterlot. 
// Story: Supernova Shadow 
// by professor space n time 
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Saturday passed quickly, as Supernova said the electroshock left her in that state all day, after Twilight went to pick up her clothes she just sat in front of a window drinking tea and watching people go by or reading the newspaper, At three twenty-five in the afternoon the spell passed and she simply went to read a little in the library, she did not answer anything Twilight asked except to thank her for her apologies and her care, she locked herself in the kitchen to prepare something of food that twilight couldn't recognize and then locked herself in her room the rest of the day, only going out one last time to make her dinner and then she go to sleep.

On Sunday morning Twilight woke up quickly, without wasting time she woke up Spike and they went to the kitchen while Twilight used her magic to pack her things, when they got to the kitchen they were speechless, Supernova was calmly eating her breakfast, next to her another two plates of food for Twilight and Spike and on the floor there was a backpack full of documents that surely belonged to her, Supernova had her hair cut and the lock of hair was missing from her tail, she was wearing a nightgown like Maud's only black and with a gray ribbon, on her hind legs she had what Spike recognized as black sports boots with a light blue stripe at the level of the shin, similar to those worn by griffons like Gabby and Gallus.

Supernova looked away from the bowl of cereal in front of her "oh, it's you, finally woke up huh? Come sit down I made you breakfast"

Twilight put her backpack aside and sat next to Supernova, Spike did the same, Twilight took a bite of her violets sandwich "since when are you here?"

Supernova looked at her and stretched her hands “well, I got up an hour ago, took a shower, changed and went to the hairdresser for a haircut, then I came back here I completed some documents and made breakfast, ah! I also sent letters to your friends to see us at the train station"

"Oh... well thanks what time is the train coming?" Spike kept eating his omelet.

Supernova looked at the clock on the wall "in half an hour if it doesn't start to rain sooner"

Twilight finished her sandwich and wiped herself with a napkin "then we better get going now, come on Spike" Twilight took her plate to the dishwasher, grabbed her backpack and went down the hall to get some things.

Spike quickly finished his breakfast, went to the dishwasher, washed what was inside, and followed Twilight. Supernova just finished her breakfast, picked up her backpack, and headed to the door to wait for Twilight.


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"Is it my idea or are they taking too long?" Rainbow Dash was flying restlessly over the rest of the girls, the ends of the ribbon that gathered her hair fluttering through the air.

"There are only 10 minutes left, do you think we should go find em'?" Applejack said looking at the station clock.

"I don't think it's anything darling, surely Twilight must be going through her to-do list for the eighth time" Rarity said applying some sunscreen despite the apparent storm that was approaching.

"I just hope they arrive soon, I wouldn't want them to miss the train"

"Which combination is better? Red and white, black and white, or black and red?" Pinkie said pulling out colored paper swatches from her mane.

"Pinkie, what are you talking about darling?"

"Well on Thursday I tried to throw a surprise welcome party for Supernova" she said returning the pieces of paper to her mane.

"you tried?"

"Yup, I tried, apparently she already knew I was going to throw a surprise party for her"

"but how? No one has ever been able ta' anticipate your surprise parties"

"Apparently she used her crazy deduction to find out" 

"deduc-what?"

"You know deduction, that detective novel thing, she's a kind of Sherlock Holmes"

"Sherclop who? I don't think I know what you're talking about Pinkie"

"I do, Twilight explained it to me yesterday when she came to look for a request that she made me, as far as I understood a deduction is a conclusion or inference to which she can reach by putting into practice a reasoning method which will start from general concepts, universal principles or probable things. Or at least that was what I understood, apparently she found a stain of turquoise dye in my house and that together with a lot of insignificant details allowed her to know that I had a private order and not only that, she could also know the color, the shape about the dress, who asked for it, where and for what it was, all without leaving my boutique livingroom"

"Are you sure we're talking about the same pony?"

"Flutters is right, I don't think we're talking about Supernova"

"Ah' think you are right, the mare ah' speak ta' is not smart enough to do somethin' like that, ah' would rather describe her as cheerful, friendly and a bit clueless"

“Yeah... wait what?! No! Supernova was shy, scary, she's good with animals, I'd say she looked like me when we all met, but much more shy and nervous"

“AJ, Fluttershy, what the heck are you talking about?! Supernova is kind of… super cool! Well 20% less cool than me but equally cool, the girl challenged me to a race on land, she was provoking me all the time and to win the race she was in a straight line dodging ponies and climbing houses, she almost killed herself ... hundreds times!"

"You darlings are the ones who are wrong, she is cold, distant, serious, she has no emotions, she does not care about others and she does not have the slightest trace of ponity"

"Rarity! We may be wrong but you have no right to talk about her like that!"

"No dear she literally has no emotions, Twilight explained it to me yesterday, she thinks with logic and emotions cause prejudices according to her so she eliminatde them to be able to "reason correctly" although between us she confessed that Supernova told Spike that she was a sociopath and they judged her when she was young for how she looked and how she thought, apparently she didn't care about it until according to what Twilight told me "she saved them from an uncontrollable threat and they couldn't bear that she was a hero" apparently they tried to kill her and after that her emotions and other ponys stopped being important to her, she literally has no emotions she is pure logic, isn't it true Pinkie?"

"Yep, back to the point, I'm planning a party for Supernova when we get back so I want to decide what colors to use, red and white, black and white or black and red?"

"I would say black and red, it's cooler"

"I agree" 

"Eeyup" 

"Well... I think the others are right"

"Perfect!" Pinkie bounced happily.

"but? How come we all have different versions of Supernova personality? And who is right?"

"Watch out down there!" shouted two familiar voices from the sky, two colorful spots approached the ground and landed quickly but gracefully.

"Hello girls, sorry for the delay, how are you all?"

"We're fine Twilight, where is... 'she'"

"here" Supernova said, making her way among some ponies that scared away from the creature "good morning ladies, I hope you had a nice week"

All of them had their blood run cold, Rarity looked away and tried to cover her face, Pinkie kept jumping happily and the other three looked at Supernova each confused for their own reasons.

At that moment the train arrived at the station invading the place with the sound of machinery and steam "Ah! Just in time! If there is nothing to say I think we should board, Miss Pie" Supernova with a gesture gave way to Pinkie who trotted happily into the car "ladies" with a sign Supernova invited them to enter, Rarity entered quickly without looking at her, Twilight and Spike entered quietly and finally Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy walked slowly still stunned due to Supernova's behavior, she finally entered, some ponies were horrified, some foals looked in amazement and curiosity before their mothers make them look away and beings of another species looked at her in amazement and confusion.

Supernova went to the seat in front of the girls, put her backpack on the ground and sat down to watch the other passengers enter, someone at the door of the locomotive shouted "Everyone aboard!". When the wagon was full a young stallion passed by asking for everyone's tickets then he left, the whistle blew, the locomotive started moving and the train moved away from the station, in a short time the landscape changed to the trees of the Everfree forest at the right and the upper tower of Twilight castle on the left between the trees.

There was a long and uncomfortable silence, at least for Twilight and her friends, Supernova kept looking at the landscape, Spike nervously smiled "nice landscape, right?... right? he, he"

"Meh, I've seen better, if you want to see good views I recommend you go to the jungles of the Yucatán Ponynsula"

"You were in the Yucatán Ponynsula! I read about that place in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore it must be great to see it in person"

"Well, actually two pegasi kidnapped me and threw me from a flying carriage in the middle of the jungle, when I was able to leave the jungle following a river I found some ponies living in a temple in Tehuti"

"Darling that sounds horrible"

"It was not so bad, I was able to get out of the jungle before dark and it can be very beautiful when there are no jaguars trying to eat you, besides the Mexicoltan food is a delight"

"He-hey, girl Wh-what happened to your accent?" 

"Nothing, it did not exist, I was acting"

"Sorry, what?"

"The art of disguise consists of hiding in plain sight, after things went wrong with Rarity and Pinkie Pie and after Twilight went to her castle library to investigate my lack of emotions I decided to go an easier way, acting, so I created a fake personality based on all of your personality traits to make you empathize with me, a cheerful and ignorant countrymare for Applejack, a self-centered and rude jock for Rainbow Dash, and a mare so shy she would have fear of her own shadow for Fluttershy, if I had makeup and clothes on hand I could have even changed my appearance, but hey, what can I do?"

“But, I don't understand. How could you act like that, is it because you are… hmm… how to say… part changeling? And why didn't you just not change shape?"

“This is not how it works, the changeling parts are just an addition, they are just part of my appearance, their function to keep me alive I don't have the ability to change shape or imitate people, I learned how to do it as a filly, I like to analyze people and I started to create behavior patterns based on how ponies act in general, for example a hoofballer is relaxed, young, a bit self-centered, over-acts a lot, they usually have their hair cropped or they shave their entire head, unless whether they are from school teams or from places like Monacolt,Mexicolt or they are Zebras, they have a good constitution in their legs, many have the habit of kicking things down the street and walking with other footballers. An engineer is also relaxed but in a bad way, they are very ordinary people, without manners and extremely self-centered for simply being engineers, they believe they are the most important in construction, although architects are the ones who do the most work, they are fat, robust and not very athletic In most cases, and when they are young they are the opposite in terms of physique, skinny, athletic, but they believe they are the greatest entrepreneurs that exist. Once you learn to recognize these patterns, you can imitate any pony with a little practice, and I and Luna were in theater groups.She liked being able to be someone else and live all kinds of adventures and it helped me to improve my performance, I also learned to do makeup, prosthetics and costumes, which is my favorite part when it comes to dressing up"

"So you don't have changeling powers?"

"No"

"Is everything Pinkie and Rarity said about you true?"

"Effectively"

"That means you lied ta' us three"

"Did I? Can it be considered a lie if no one knows who I really am? I am a blank book I could be a doctor, an artist or a lame, one-eyed chef with a Chicoltgo accent, none of you know anything truly undoubted and true about me, so using logic, is it still lying if they don't know me? Aren't people supposed to act like someone better to make a good first impression? And what's wrong with me doing it?"

"Well, maybe you're right ... but don't do it again, okay?"

"I do not promise anything, but I will try not to do it with you"

"Okay, we'll have to work on that"

"just one more thing"

"Uh? Okay, shoot dear"

"You said something about a theater and Princess Luna"

"Yes, we were both in a theater group"

"When was that?"

"The truth is I can't give an exact date, I don't know how long it's been since I left so I'll give you as much information as I can and you can create an approximate date Luna and I were 12 years old, Grogar still hadn't returned from his first attempt of banisment, Starswirl was still in charge of raising both sun and moon… Ah! Right, Celestia and Luna were still earth ponies, I think with that you can create a good timeline and tell me how much time has passed"

The girls gaped at her and Spike spat the apple juice he was sipping onto the floor “WHAT?!!" Twilight began to scratch her hair, tousling it, muttering something to herself.

"Hmm... Twilight? Are you okay?"

"I think I broke her... well can someone else give me a date?"

"Darling we told you not to lie to us"

"I do not know what you're talking about"

“We are talking about the crazy things you just said, you and Princess Luna at 22 years old? First attempt to banish Grogar? Celestia and Luna earth ponies? The only thing you are even minimally right about is Starswirl"

"Dash is right girl, ah' won't be a history expert but ah'm sure what you said doesn't make any sense"

"Please Supernova... you don't have to act anymore..."

"Yeah Supernova that's not funny anymore, well it's still entertaining but not funny"

“Ladies I don't know what you're talking about but what I'm saying is completely true, isn't it, Twilight? I think they will believe it if they hear it from your own mouth"

"Ho-how did you kno-?"

"Eyes and brain Twilight, eyes and brain, means observation and deduction, when I mentioned that princesses were still earth ponies your pupils contracted, you turned pale and your pulse quickened, your micro expressions showed impression so you did not expect that mentioned, so you know that what I say is true and that surely I should not know, Celestia and Luna surely told you as a secret, now please do me a favor and explain to your friends that what I say is true"

"I-it's true girls, at least that Celestia and Luna were earth ponies once"

"WHAT?!!" They all screamed at the same time, including Spike but this time the juice came out of his nose.

"AAHHH!!, this burns! It burns a lot!"

"Ce-Celestia and Luna wanted to talk to me privately after naming me princess, they said that they had only told that secret to the closest friends of the royal family, Shining Armor and Cadence were the only living ponies who knew about it. The princesses They took me to their rooms and cast a spell so that no one outside could hear us, they told me that they were once earth ponies, that when they became princesses of Equestria their advisers recommended that they not tell their origins because at that time there was still a certain division among pony breeds, and later when they thought the time had come to be able to tell it, well... millenia had passed already, if they made it public the ponies could feel betrayed for hiding such a secret from people, so they left it as a secret from the royal family and their closest and most trusted friends"

"A logical decision, if they had revealed it it would have become a great scandal, people would have said 'if they are capable of hiding this from us, how can we trust them? What else are they hiding from us?' Can you imagine what would have happened? An uprising!, anarchy everywhere, they could have overthrown and exiled them as far as possible!... or maybe there would just be a little resentment in the show and the news if everything was explained well, it is also good to see that Celly and Lulu learned to use logic and reason during the time I left "

"Twilight, are you really believing what this girl is saying? Although what the princesses said is true, what she says is impossible, surely she is lying to us she must be using her changeling powers or is using some mind reading spell to know all that about us, isn't it Supernova? If that's your real name” Rainbow Dash approached and looked at Supernova threateningly.

"HA HA HA! MIND READING MAGIC?! HA HA HA! Dear Rainbow Dash that's impossible, mind control magic maybe, but only the best unicorns can use it and changeling queens, but that is a side effect of the brainwashing of the extraction of love, I just use eyes and brain"

"prove it"

"Okay, Twilight please place a magic inhibitor spell on my horn to prove Miss Dash my deduction skills"

Twilight nodded and magenta magic ribbons wrapped around Supernova's horn, then the ribbons were locked with a magic padlock "Thank you"

"is nothing"

"Let's see if you're half as smart as you say you are"

"Very good, now, since you are an Equestria hero, I will rule out talking about your public life, I will tell you something about your personal life"

"Okay, take your time. Do you need me to model for you? You know, to be able to 'observe' better" she said in an ironic and mocking tone.

"No thanks, I don't need to look at you, I realized as soon as I saw you at the station, yesterday you were in a bar for high class people, you were wearing makeup and you were wearing a cheap but classy dress which you got dirty and you were cleaning it last night until it color faded  you drank a lot but not enough to be totally drunk and you still have a hangover, you had sex with somepony... but it was not a stranger, it was... Soarin."

Rainbow Dash paled and her face flushed so much that her cheeks glowed like a ruby ​​"Ho-how?"

"Eyes and brain darling, eyes and brain. Your breath smells like whiskey and fine wine, but you don't smell like a canteen, you have traces of uncleaned makeup on your face, especially eyeliner on your eyelashes, your right hoof has three stains of cheap dress dye on the inside, that tells me that you wore a dress and washed it vigorously to remove a surely wine stain, you still have a hangover because it shows in your eyes and dark circles, also some loud screams seem to bother you, I know you slept with Soarin because the lint on your abdomen has parts are more silky and shiny than others, that shine is that of a special gel that pegasi that fly at high speed use for friction with the wind and with their suits, I know that it is not your gel because its smell is very masculine, too you smell like a stallion colony, you have long dark blue hair like Soarin's sticked on your neck and the ribbon you have in your hair has his name embroidered in one corner, I'm sure he left it at your house last night"

Suddenly Rainbow Dash slapped Supernova in the face, she looked at her seriously and without flinching, Rainbow Dash ducked hiding her head as if that would help.

The girls and Spike looked at Supernova with disdain and then at Rainbow Dash with compassion, affection and concern "Easy Rainbow Dash, everything is fine, you don't have to be ashamed"

"Darling why didn't you tell us"

"Isn't it obvious? It was a secret, Soarin and Rainbow Dash are not in a relationship, there were no important holidays this Saturday, Miss Rainbow Dash surely wanted to explore her more feminine side, secretly she likes makeup, dresses, to feel like a real mare, but she's sad to admit it, it's probably not the first time I've done it, although I think that if you let Miss Rarity teach you to value your femininity you can do it without shame"

"re-really?" she said wiping some tears.

Supernova gave her a warm smile "of course my blue pegasus, I am more than sure that she will be able to help you, but you better talk about it in private and since nobody can give me a date it will be better to wait until we arrive to let Celestia and Luna answer the question"

"We-well thanks, I'm so-sorry for bothering you and sorry for the blow"

"Don't worry, it happens almost always, ponies sometimes feel hurt by my "lack of tact" when I make my deductions, the truth is, I don't underststand it, I just point out the truth and nothing else"

"Well that was very cool actually"

"I must admit it was surprising" 

"A' good show without a doubt my friend, but don't repeat it again" 

"Well... I must admit that it was..." 

"Great!" she said interrupting Fluttershy "well not as great as what you did at the party on Thursday! but it was also great"

"It's my pleasure and entertainment" Supernova's stomach roared "I must have had more than cereal for breakfast, Spike, can you pass me one of the sandwiches I asked you to pack?"

Spike opened the backpack next to him and rummaged a bit until he took out a sandwich wrapped in paper "here you go"

"Thanks" Supernova took the sandwich and carefully unwrapped half and took a bite "I never get tired of these things, they are simple, quick to make and eat and you can put whatever you want in them"

"It smells delicious, what is it?"

"Oh, this? It's just a grilled cheese sandwich with mac n cheese and parmesan, my personal recipe, it's good that it's still hot otherwise it would taste horrible, I put it on the side of the backpack that sticks more to Twilight's thorax so that the heat of her body would keep it warm, it's a shame that I don't have something to go with it, some candys would be good for me"

Suddenly Pinkie started shaking and rummaging through her mane with her hooves pulling out a bag of chewy candy "here, I hope you like them!"

"Oh, thank you dear, these are one of my favorites, although they stick a lot to my fangs" Supernova continued eating quietly and the silence became less and less uncomfortable, everyone seemed to be calmer.

But when it seemed that the trip would be silent and calm Fluttershy bit her lip nervously looked down and decided to speak "Supernova... hmm... I don't know if everything that happened in my house was a performance, but... can I ask you what about your monitorie pet? Did you leave it at the castle? Is there someone to take care of she?"

Supernova stopped eating and let out a long sigh of frustration "Monitor?, there is no monitor at the castle, what are you talking about Fluttershy?"

"Uh... well... when Supernova came to my house she told me that she needed food for her pet monitor and I gave her some... some... *Gulp* some of the meat with which I feed my animals..."

"Me-meat...?"

"Yes meat, I eat meat, I needed to get meat and if I went to Fluttershy's house saying "hey, could you give me some meat?, I'm very hungry and I would like a good cut" surely she was going to scream or attack me, maybe both, so I used the excuse of a pet monitor, they are carnivores and big enough that it would not be strange to ask for so much meat"

"So you are a carnivore?" Rarity said moving away a bit.

"Yes, just like griffons and hippogriffs"

"Griffons are not carnivores"

"Of course they are, they are half lion and half bird of prey, two completely carnivorous animals, and hippogriffs are part griffon so it's the same thing"

"She is right Rarity, Gallus and Silverstream ate fish at the school"

"Well, since that is clear, I think I will not have more problems with my behavior, I know that living with a carnivorous being scares you and I understand that it seems immoral and horrible"

"Not at all, if the girls and I have learned something, it is that you cannot judge anyone by how they are or what they are, look around you changelings, griffins, hippogriffs, yaks, dragons and Zebras, we were all living apart before in our own kingdoms, many were ruffians, others suffered the prejudices of other species and now look at us all living in harmony and friendship, as it should be”

"Well if you put it that way it sounds like things have changed a lot since I left, I remember how in my foalhood Zebras and yaks were considered uncivilized savages, dragons were monsters to fear and griffins and hippogriffs... well they were also feared but the ponies looked at them as monsters, cannibals, murderers without hearts and with a thirst for gold, well with the griffins that is partly true, no one can deny that their greed rivals that of dragons"

"It's true, what you say seems incredible to me, you must have lived through a very hard time, I can't imagine what others must have thought of you or what they could do to you"

Supernova gulped, began to breathe shakily, and hugged her abdomen tightly, lowered her head and stared into nothingness.

"I-is everything okay? Did I say something wrong?"

Supernova took a deep breath and sat up straight again "N-no, it's okay, just... a memory... an old memory... whatever, how long will it take to get to Canterlot?" 

"I think we are actually here"

As they left the mountains behind, a beautiful city appeared in front of their eyes, Supernova looked at the castle for a moment and whispered something "Canterlot..."