Seriously, he’s Not. So, Stop Asking me About it!
One incredibly long explanation later... (Seriously, if you haven’t seen Equestria Girls by now, you’re pretty much in the dark. If your country hasn’t released it yet, stay strong!)
“...And that’s when I jumped back into the statue-portal,” finished Twilight Sparkle.
“That’s it?” said Flash Sentry. “You haven’t heard of... the other me since?”
“Nope.”
Flash hung his head as processed this dump of new information. The two ponies were sitting on Twilight’s bed. Flash shifted his weight, the alicorn princess sitting right next to him. Somehow, Flash Sentry imagined the bedroom of a princess to be a bit more glamorous than the cluttered mess of notebooks and bedsheets that surrounded him. Then again, he was also in a library.
A few paces away, Spike sat on his own bed, watching intently. He had been invited to Twilight’s small debriefing of her travels of another world, since Twilight herself reasoned that he should participate. After all, Spike spent time in the freaky-monkey-universe as well, so why shouldn’t he provide additional input? As such, Spike provided commentary to Twilight’s little story, filling in missing details that she missed or forgot. But inevitably, Spike’s commentary got a bit too snarky at various points and even bordered on the point of interruption and derailment, much to the annoyance of Twilight Sparkle.
Like this little snippet of dialogue, for instance:
“So... are you two going to hook up now?” asked Spike curiously after Twilight’s long-winded explanation.
“WHAT?!” said Twilight and Flash almost at the same time. “NO!!! I HARDLY KNOW HIM/HER!!!” Noticing that they were shouting in sync, our little ponies clear their throats and regained their posture in order to stop performing one of the worst sitcom cliches in television. They wanted to be taken seriously, after all.
“...I mean, it would be unprofessional, dating one of my bodyguards,” coughed Twilight.
“Yeah, that’s for sure,” agreed Flash. “Totally against Royal Guard policy. Big no-no.”
“Hey, I was just wondering,” Spike defended. “Don’t be so touchy.”
“Spike, just... just leave,” Twilight grimaced, rubbing her temples. “Go take the day off or something. Flash and I need some time alone to sort this out.”
“Fine, I’m leaving,” huffed the baby dragon. And he did.
Note to self: Give Spike a talk about avoiding delicate topics, Twilight thought. Honestly, who goes around asking blatant, obnoxious questions like that?? I raised him better!
“So, that Spike’s quite a character, huh?” said Flash Sentry with a painfully awkward grin. It was obvious that he was trying to drive the conversation to a less troublesome subject.
“Yeah, he can be a doofus sometimes,” the princess sighed, “but he’s worth it in the end.”
“I can tell,” Flash replied. “In fact, you just told me about a time he pulled through for you. You know, the thing in the other universe? Where he convinced you to reveal yourself to your monkey-friends?”
“Yeah,” murmured Twilight, smiling at the memory. “He just told me to be myself, and things worked out. He’s smart like that.”
“What exactly is Spike to you, anyway?” wondered the stallion. “Is he your adopted brother or something?”
“The correct term is ‘number one assistant’,” insisted Twilight. “I hatched his egg when I got my cutie mark, and Celestia let me keep him.”
“So... you’re his mom?”
“Yep, that’s pretty much it.”
“You became a mom... when you got your cutie mark? Like, back when you were a kid?”
“Well, Spike kind of stayed at Celestia’s palace for the first few years or so,” Twilight confessed. “I guess you could say that she took care of most of the responsibility back then.”
“Ah, I see.”
Silence.
“Sooooo... this begs the question:” said Twilight, facing Flash Sentry, “What do I mean to you?”
“What?!”
“I think you heard me quite clearly,” she said. “What. Do. I. Mean. To. You? You’ve heard everything. You know my big secret now. I’ve completely opened up to you about the freaky-overdressed-monkey universe, and you’ve said nothing in return! C’mon, give me SOMETHING!”
“Um...”
“Flash, I need to know! I really need to know!”
“Well, I don’t know, okay? I DON’T KNOW!”
Silence.
“Sorry,” said Twilight with a deep breath. “I might still be freaking out about this.”
“It’s okay, I shouldn't have left you hanging, Princess.”
“Please, it’s okay. Call me Twilight.”
“Right. Anyway Twilight, I’m sorry about not saying anything. It’s just... well... there’s no right thing to say, really.”
“No right thing to say?”
“I mean, there isn’t any real proper emotion for this situation, since it never happened to anypony before. I just don’t know what to think. And if I don’t know what to THINK, I don’t know what to DO. And that... really scares me, Twilight. Know what I mean?”
“...”
“Twilight?”
“I think I know exactly what you mean, Flash Sentry.” said Twilight. “And you know what? I’m glad I’m stuck with you.”
“You are?”
“Yes, yes I am,” she smiled. “I’m glad I’m stuck with you as opposed to some stranger that I don’t know the name of. I might not be in love with you Flash, but you’re a great guy. Really, you are! In fact, you kind of remind me of my brother in some ways. You don’t take your job as seriously as the other guards, but instead have this free spirit that seems... human.”
“Human?”
“It’s a term back in the freaky-monkey-universe,” she explained. “It means normal. Mortal. Flawed. Imperfect. Relatable.”
“Oh.”
“My point is, we can get past this. We can handle this. We’re both mature, responsible adults! How bad can living together be?”
“Yeah!” cheered Flash enthusiastically. “What could possibly go wrong?”
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Don't say that!
According to Murphy's Law...
"What could possibly go wrong?"
Everything
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Yeah. That is a bit cliched, but it makes for a great storyline because in all honesty:
EVERYTHING ALWAYS GOES WRONG.
And that makes it great.
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SOMEONE O UNDERSTANDS THE LOGIC OF CARTOON HUMOR!
One emoticon to tell you what will go wrong. ->
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The words of DOOM! The Words to summon DISCORD!! The words as god created the HUMANS!!!
“What could possibly go wrong?”
Oh thy sentence "what could go wrong?" hast been cursed by the Murphy's Law basic pony humor has made it known that many shall regret saying it.
What could possibly go wrong...?
Special Delivery for Twilight Sparkle! It's a piano.
Twilight Sparkle! I'm back, and I've been assigned to be your first student! Please teach me about the magic of friendship!
Oh, hiya Twilight! I like your new special somepony. He's cute! I could just eat him up...
I''d say something about that last line, but I'd say it's been beaten into the ground at this point.
In any case, a great scene between two near-strangers in a very awkward social situation. I think Flash took the best possible course of action here, aside from tempting fate.
Flash, you shall live to regret those words. Also, can't believe Spike did not call him out on him saying Royal Guards can't Date Princesses. Shining Armor was a Royal Guard and Dated and Married PRINCESS Cadence. Spike. I thought you were smarter than that.
The phrase is "shouldn't have", not "shouldn't of".
WARNING!!! TEMPTING FATE DETECTED! TACTICAL MURPHY INBOUND!
"What could possibly go wrong?" Flash just sealed his fate. I'm very interested to see where this goes though. Also, when Spike asked: “So... are you two going to hook up now?” that cracked me up.
And then human-Flash jumps bursts through the door.
"Twilight! I still love you, even as a horse!"
Flash, you just jinxed it when you said "What could possibly go wrong?"
Somehow this chapter was a snorefestival. I wonder why? Oh right. Cause nothing happend! Fluttershy, give me a rageface please.
Thank you very much.
Never, ever, answer that question in the end
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Uh oh. Murphy just woke up. Grabbed his Law book and started making his way to this story....
Just HAD to say that, didn't he? XD
I like how nearly every comment here talks about the last sentence, making it the highlight of the chapter.
Tread lightly on the Stepping Stones of Fate, Flash Sentry, or... uh... bad stuff will happen...
And then, just to defy expectations, exactly nothing went wrong.
Great! Thanks, Flash! You just had to say that! Now it's gonna rain toads or the rivers are gonna become caramel! Thanks a lot!
...
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You would think that by now Twilight Sparkle would learn to stop tempting fate.
The possibilities are endless!
I... saw your new cover pic
I like this story. You've got the characterizations spot on and the narration is very good at comic relief.
I any case, I'm glad you've put up the second chapter!
Every time someone says "Things can't get any worse" or “What could possibly go wrong?” or anything relative it always goes worse!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, the correct term is slave. He sleeps in a dog bed for chrissakes. Granted, he was a dog, but...
Also, if I had a nickel for every time a ponyfic dropped a "What Could Possibly Go Wrong" cliffhanger, I would get plastic surgery to turn myself into a duck with a Scottish accent and keep said nickels in a giant vault to go swimming in.
Have I made my point?
And thats just what happens when that last line is spoken
2989870 By Gods if this FanFic doesn't have that ending somepony better do it for themselves.... Because by Gods would that be hilarious/awesome!!!!
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The world's bitch slapping you right now Flash.
I want more but.....
went overboard on the facehoofs didn't I?
where did my facehoofs go?
Waaaay too short. Your technical skills are excellent but you need to work on your content.
Try to make each chapter a story, with a proper beginning, middle and conclusion before moving on. Also, not that the movie gives us much to go by, but try to get a solid grasp of Flash Sentry's personality and what his primary traits are. He still seems a bit indistinct.
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*Points out incompete tag.*
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No, I mean, the chapter is waaaay too short. It feels like a fraction of what it ought to be, storytelling wise.
Great story so far!
3114777 speaking of incompleteness when u gonna finish this story
I WANT MOAR
OTHER THEN THT GREAT STORY SO FAR
I like it and anything can happen
Teenage motherhood? Nope! Twilight's too impatient for that!
"Okay, Twilight, I think you may have been bitten by one of them, because you're acting all freaky-ish."
Oh Flash...
I would like more plz....
I is just that it was so short and I have been waiting for SOOOOOO long..... ITS JUST TO GOOD!
After the first chapter, I feel like this one was a bit of a dip in quality. First and foremost, the pacing is just weird. This chapter is a complete change of tone from the first, being almost entirely dialogue, not to mention the very short length. It feels like only a small part of what should have been a larger chapter. Not to mention a slight drop in writing quality in a couple places;
–“So, that Spike’s quite a character, huh?” said Flash Sentry with a painfully awkward grin. It was obvious that he was trying to drive the conversation to a less troublesome subject.
This textbook example of telling and not showing being the most noticeable. That whole second sentence could have been left out, both simplifying and improving things.
Couple that with some icky formatting choices (all-caps used for emphasis, instead of the usual and arguably more professional and easy-on-the-eyes italics, etc.,) and a couple grammatical issues, this chapter was admittedly a bit of a disappointment.
Hopefully the next one will be better, seeing as it returns to the roughly 3k-words chapter format.
So... Shining got off on a technicality in that he wasn't guarding Cadance at the time, or...
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EVERYTHING!!!!!