Twilight is frustrated when a fight with her friends over the merits of foal's tales like the tooth fairy leaves her more confused than anything else. Worried that she has offended her dearest friends Twilight writes to Princess Celestia for advice, only to discover that Celestia already has an adventure planned for them.
Together they travel to the coldest and most mountainous region of Equestria to visit a town that celebrates a ridiculous story about a magical Gift Giver who flies overhead giving out toys to foals. Naturally Twilight doesn't believe it. Can the Solar Princess show her former student the importance of fantasy?
This story was completed before Season 4 began airing and was initially set to go out around Christmas, but some confusion with different editors left it in the lurch for awhile. Still, it should be Season 4 compliant.
No comments yet? Wow.
This was a really enjoyable and Twilight and Celestia felt really in character.
I'm very much looking forward to reading more and I hope to see another chapter in the near future.
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Thank you so much for commenting, I really appreciate it. I'm glad you enjoyed it and felt Twi and Celestia were IC.
If all goes well a new chapter should be up within two to three weeks, it's much longer than the previous two so the editing may take longer.
Delightful! Thumbs up and definitely tracking this one. After reading Delicate Negotiations, I had to give this one a try, and I'm glad I did. Celestia's particularly good here - wise, a little playful when out of Princess mode, and a bit wistful too. This story deserves some more exposure; consider adding it to several more groups.
Also, after seeing two great stories from you in a row, you've earned a Follow. Good show!
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Thank you so much, that really means allot to me. I'm glad you liked Celestia's characterization, she's such a fascinating, but tricky, character to write for so i'm glad she came across so well. I would certainly like my stuff to get more exposure, but I feel a bit guilty at the idea of joining groups just so I can submit my stories. Though maybe that is foolish of me.
Thanks again for the follow.
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Don't think of it as joining groups just to get more views. That's one thing, yes, but you're also doing a service for your readers. Most people won't see this story in the New Stories list because it moves so quickly, and searching for Twilight + Celestia + Slice of Life will return a million stories. Readers join groups so they can find stories that interest them quickly and easily. Adding to groups sends a message to people: "Here's a story you might enjoy!" Consider groups like Celestia & Luna, Twilestia is Bestia, Twilight is Best Pony, Twilight Sparkle, Free Twilight Sparkle! Even a group like Twilestia is Bestia isn't just for Romance stories - it has folders for Platonic and Student/Teacher relationships also. Readers can submit a story to groups, too; I'd be happy to help, but only with your permission.
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That's a good point, it feels much true coming from someone else as well, thank you. You also have my total permission to submit any of my stories to a group if you want to, I really appreciate the offer.
I like where this is going. Just a quick note, you can't have dialogue from two characters in the same paragraph. That's a big no no.
Oh also I just thought you should know that as far as characterization goes you've got it perfect. Carry on.
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How could I have missed one? Sorry, it was probably a formatting error from when I copied and pasted it over here, but it could be something else. Would you be able to tell me where it is?
Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying it so far.
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Thanks! I really appreciate that.
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There you go. It's toward the end and I was starting to worry I had just imagined it.
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Thanks again.
I see, thank you for the correction, I actually recognize that one, though I have no clue why I didn't fix it. Boy is my face red.
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Thanks for the comment! Hopefully more will be coming soon. But sadly my beta had to quit on me, I almost wonder if this fic is cursed. So I've started editing it myself, but I'm pretty slow when balancing it with study, other projects and the other usual excuses
4812485 that is okay thank you for letting me know
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No problem. Did you happen to delete your own comment?
4813656 yeah i did sorry but i cmmented on one you posted that was not for me by mistake thinking it was the one you did for me sorry
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It's fine, there's no need to worry about it.
4814448 okay
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Don't cry, then I'll cry.
4814558 okay doky looky joy a roney
No comments on the first page...
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Thank you for correcting that.
i loved this chapter hope to read more soon
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Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it, hopefully I'll be able to finish editing soon.
5008091 take all the time you need
Nice read. It caused me to remember an old saying that I think is appropriate: 'Fairy tales teach children an important lesson. Not that monsters are real; children know monsters are real. Fairy tales teach children that monsters can be beaten.'
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Thank you, I'm glad you liked it, I quite enjoy that saying as well.
Thank you for this story, it was perfect for Hearth's Warming.
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Thank you I am so glad you enjoyed it
I don't have the heart to leave a "scathing" review, especially for a piece that somebody made only out of love, and on a place like FimFiction. Put kindly, I feel that this story was published before it was ready and is in need of another editing pass. The punctuation is in all the wrong places (especially leading to run-on sentences) & the prose is often thwarted by Lavender Unicorn Syndrome. I wish I could enjoy the story, but the poor editing is just too distracting.
I hate to be critical, but I hope it will do more help than harm - please don't take the above personally.