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// Ch 24 Simple Days (rewrite) 
// Story: Enforcing Change 
// by Scootaboom1 
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Nightlight

Okay I know way pretty much every one of my bosses were angry at me but in my defense I had the situation completely under control.

I had told Celestia Discord would escape years ago.

Just because I forgot to tell her the details of when which is not really my fault when you think about it.

At least she remembered my advice about sending the letters.

Though no pony had told Luna about Discord at all.

Even Shining and Cadance had been expecting Discord to get loose eventually.

Luna

I was reconsidering that promotion.

Celestia and I were discussing whether or not he was being reckless.

When we called him in we asked him why he just let Discord do as he pleased.

Nightlight raised an eye brow and said that he did not.

When we questioned what that meant he explained.

Apparently if he had done nothing then Discord would have never returned the elements like he had done.

So he made a deal with Discord.

We did not know when he did this but it sounded less like a negotiation and more like a threat.

Though this Calvin Ball.

The most chaotic game that Nightlight promised to teach Discord.

We had no idea how Nightlight threatened to release this mysterious individual but if they terrified Discord then I am just glad Discord bought the bluff.

I mean Nightlight would never release such an entity if he knew the danger.

Right?

Nightlight

I had told Chrysalis before Discord broke out.

After all I needed to prove that I manipulate an inherently random variable.

She had been watching the events unfold.

She had not seen my negotiation with Discord though.

When she asked for my opinion on how I saw Discords chaos.

When I said that I was amused by it.

This seemed to shock Chrysalis.

Being a fan of stories with elements of cosmic horror I said that I have seen worse.

I even welcomed her to everyday of my life.

The list of creatures who believe that I am in serious need of therapy increases yet again.

Now we just need to make preparations for the wedding.

A short time later lesson zero happened.

I must say it was a bit more embarrassing when Twilight is your daughter.

To the events of Luna Eclipsed.

I spent most of that evening in a game of O&O with Shining and a few others.

What I find interesting is that since this is a world with actual magic it had a better idea of how to balance magic and nonmagic classes.

While paladins focus on boosting their allies, dark knights focus on bringing down their enemies.

Heart's Desire.

The heart's desire was quite an interesting plant.

When used right it could be used to help someone in a rout, but in it's natural state it is far too strong.

When Twilight's twenty fourth birthday came around I decided to stop by the party in progress.

It was fun seeing how uncomfortable some of the stuck up elitist were.

Fancy Pants knew exactly what he was doing.

Honestly it was always hard on Spikes' birthday.

I want to get him something but I had to wait for the lesson about greed growths to sink in first.

So I normally would just bring him a rare gem stone as a topping on a cupcake.

Hearth's Warming Eve.

The amount of actors I would have to hear complaint about this cast will be one of the few times I can understand their complaints.

After the play came a party that I got to attend as a guest.

I did try to avoid Rarity and Applejack but was not so lucky.

Since it was somewhat known that I had a fortune telling talent most will not question my unusual knowledge of future events.

The problem is that after gaining the elements it became apparent to Rarity that I knew more then I let on.

And as it turns out she is good at cornering ponies at parties.

When she spotted me she noticed that I was trying to avoid her.

Since I had not wanted Twilight to know yet it was hard to avoid her without it coming back to bite me.

Rarity could easily stop me by getting Twilight so when it became apparent that she would not give up I at least made sure we wouldn't be overheard.

When Rarity confronted me I had prepared my excuses.

I told her that since I was a close friend of Celestia I had known about the elements and that Twilight would be a bearer.

I also pointed out that the sonic rainboom was a hard to miss connection.

Since Rarity had learned through the grapevine that I was a fortune teller I explained that I was following a ill omen Sweet Apple Acres at the time we originally met.

I fortunately managed to convince her to not tell Applejack or Twilight.

She agreed since I had planned to talk about it on my own time when I was ready.

She seemed to notice that I still had issues over the whole situation thanks to her attention to detail.

Eventually came the time travel incident.

I had decided to use that whole incident as cover to get Tirek out of Tartarus.

The dragon migration.

I had sent a shadow copy to keep an eye on Spike and even Garble.

Garble and his mother had kept quiet about me and the details but Garble was open about getting a quest.

His social circle seemed to roll their eyes when it was mentioned but were willing to help protect it if the need arise. 

Eventually came the wedding preparations.

Shining Armor and Cadance had no idea about what was to come.

As for the planning I believe Luna summed it up best, "So how are we to ruin our nieces' wedding and then unruin it?"

Luna could either sleep in or join the fight in the city streets.

She choose to sleep in but join near the end.

Fair enough.

Chrysalis was prepared to switch in for Cadance at anytime.

She was looking forward to messing with Twilight.

A bit to much if you asked me.

Celestia was ready to take a dive.

I would make sure that Twilight and Cadance made it out of the caves in time.

Thorax would be among the swarm with little knowledge of the actual plan.

Though Celestia and Luna didn't know that part or who Thorax even was yet.

Pharynx on the other hoof was not happy one but about that but kept his mouth shut about it.