//------------------------------// // 3 - The Seattleite // Story: Against The Crowd: Twilight Sparkle // by RowanSkie //------------------------------// Gemstone's Diary: Twily, oh Twilight. Why you have to come here? It was better when... Oh, nevermind. It was in the Oracle. But... Twilight woke up, human. She panicked a little, before she stood. She stared back at a man, who is wearing a beanie and a vest, and a woman, who was wearing a jacket. She looked at herself. She still had her CHS-styled hair, but all that was different about this human form is that she looked like a regular woman on the streets. The man giggled a bit, and the woman elbowed. "You looks like going to work," the man commented. "I... don't know." Twilight said, "I'm sort of new here...?" Then Twilight's memories returned. Oh, she chuckled, Silly me. "Sorry, had a little head bump." Twilight looked at the man, "So you're Delsin, that guy Opal told about with four powers that you can weaponize using your hands?" "The one and only," the man, Delsin Rowe, declared, "So, a friend or relative of that pony?" "Um... spouse," Twilight nervously replied, "but we seldom meet due to his work." "Oh." Delsin realised. "My name's Abigail Walker, my friends and enemies call me Fetch." The girl introduced. "I don't harm innocent people." In that very moment, a citizen passed by. "Yeah... that happens," Fetch commented. Twilight felt like this would go uphill sometime after a big accident. And her thoughts are proving her wrong. Back at the Longhouse, Delsin introduced Twilight to the Akomish tribe, while Fetch waited back at Seattle, in the Queen Anne district. After the introduction, Twilight has learned of Delsin's brother, Reggie Rowe through a tagged billboard. "Oh." Twilight commented after learning the events. They head back at Seattle where a nerd named Eugene Sims, another Conduit, looked at Fetch in a rather odd look. "What's wrong?" Delsin asked. Eugene suddenly stopped and looked at himself. He let out a few "Ohs" before suddenly running away. Twilight a familiar aura to Eugene though, and she didn't mind it. "So, can I ask if you guys can train me to use my Neon power-thing?" Twilight asked. "Huh. Since there's no Core Relays anymore," Delsin looked at Fetch, "You're going to teach her as well." "What?" Fetch tried to complain, but she stopped herself. Twilight facepalmed. I'm sure this is going to be very long... She looked at her back as she felt a familiar hand. It was Opal's hand, and he looked gorgeous. He was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a cap. The two ponies-turned-human hugged at each other, before looking at Fetch and Delsin, hands behind each other. "Um..." Opal was about to explain but Delsin raised his hand, in a stop gesture. "We know." Eugene tried to control himself before finally releasing into berserk and began to kill civilians. While this happened, Betty called Delsin. "Hi Betty," Delsin answered. "Delsin, is that one of your friends on the TV?" "What?" Delsin and Opal are surprised. "Be safe, okay? I'll call you back later." "Okay, bye." Delsin looked at the other Conduits, and sighed. "Eugene's gone nuts." "I think he's not just gone 'nuts,'" Twilight corrected, "I think something, maybe a magic force, took over him. I felt a familiar presence when he was looking oddly at Fetch." "Familiar presence? When?" Opal and Delsin asked. "It... it's blurry but it's back in my library... and Opal." "Oh." Opal realised something, "I'm going to check on... Princess Luna!" "Who?" A Seattleite asked, "Did he just said Princess Luna?" The crowd suddenly charged to them, and they all dash off. Opal disappeared midway. They hide at an alley. "And you're good at doing that," Fetch commented. "Thanks." Twilight said with a smile, then she frowned, "what now?" Fetch facepalmed. She knew what would happen. "...after that, Twilight trained for at least a year before she left that universe, and the two watched the world reset into the time before Twilight arrived. In that way, I'm keeping balance. And, stop that horrible DARKNESS FROM GETTING ME!" Opal reported to Celestia, "so, basically, Princess Twilight's all safe and sound." "Good, we were all about to worry about Twilight," Celestia said before bowing down to Opal in respect. "I wish to see you as an alicorn, dear. In that way, you can help in making Equestria more safe." Opal stood. "I'm not sure that will happen soon enough." Opal looked at his now-blank-again flank. "I just lost my talent of mining, and if I knew my talent, I would gotten it..." "Well then, stay safe." Celestia waved good-bye as Opal left. Celestia walked to the crystal mirror and fired a harmonic spell to it. 10. Beyond the mirror, a version of Celestia appeared. A rather good and handsome Celestia. "She'll visiting by." Celestia said to her "reflection." "Surely, your Twilight will love our Equestria." 'Celestia' smiled. "I'm starting to think that an alicorn playing around with her own male self." "And Solaris?" "Yes?" asked the Solar Prince from the mirror as the reflection wavered. "Keep her off the Tree of Harmony." Back to Twilight Sparkle, she now had control over her Conduit "gift," Neon. Not minding that Fetch had the same too, she began to wonder if she can pull a "light show" for everypony to enjoy off. At least she had fun. But now, she had to play a little game in Opal's computer called "FN@F" and surely wanted to not VISIT this universe. Ever.