Virgin Green Fields
“Just another mile, Cookie, and you’ll be able to see what’s over the horizon,” the stallion said to himself as he put one hoof in front of the other, the long grass crunching beneath his hooves with every step. It was a whole new world: free of unicorns, free of pegasi, and maybe, someday, even free of Chancellor Puddinghead. Lifting his head, Smart Cookie looked up into the sky; was it always such a dazzling blue?
Another step. A cool breeze flowed across the slope, carrying the crisp, dewy scent of grass to his snout. As the emerald hillside rippled and swayed at the whims of the wind, Smart Cookie half-lidded his eyes, letting his imagination carry him up to the top of the hill to behold the land the earth ponies would claim.
Virgin green fields, untouched by ponies, stretched out in every direction as far as the eye could see. He could almost taste the sweet patches of clover, fresh and uncut, growing wild as nature intended. The soil was rich and moist, but just firm enough to be perfect for plowing. Seeds would be sown, the fields watered and tended to, and soon they would bear fruit for the very first time.
With so much food, and no one to share it with, the earth ponies would finally find the prosperity they had always longed for. They would build towns of their own – towns without arrogant unicorn landlords and pegasi casting dark clouds overhead.
Without the pretentiousness of unicorn intellectuals, their own intellectuals would grow – ponies would no longer hide their books from guests, or deny that they were educated. Without unicorns around, ponies would have to learn, to keep account of things beyond their fields, and, most of all, to admit to it. Foals would grow up without the idea that learning was for unicorns, not for earth ponies. They would know that there was more to life than scratching at the dirt, and go into politics, engineering, and all the other fields which had long been dominated by unicorns. Smart Cookie would propose the construction of a library, and a collection of all the books that the ponies had brought with them so that all could read and be enlightened. And then – and only then – would ponies come to see the foolishness of Chancellor Puddinghead for what it was, and put a good, sensible pony in charge.
Smart Cookie snorted to himself. “A pony can dream, can’t he? Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that.” He smiled ruefully as his eyes focused on the world once more, the slope no longer so steep as he neared the crest of the hill. The sky stretched out endlessly above him, with not a cloud to be seen, and below, he could start to see the valley, green as he had dared dream. Slowly, he turned his head, only to start as he met a pair of blue eyes.
“What the?”
The eyes narrowed at his exclamation, and Smart Cookie realized they belonged to a green unicorn mare, her emerald mane blowing in the wind as she lay in the grass, an open book lying between her front legs. “I thought you unicorns were… I mean…” He shook his head, lifting one hoof to adjust his hat. “Er, howdy.”
Well, so much for paradise.
Clover the Clever’s ears twitched at the sound of approaching hoofsteps. Tearing her eyes away from her book, she glanced back over her shoulder at the sound, tilting her head slightly, her eyes widening at the sight of an earth pony frozen mid step.
“What the? I thought you unicorns were… I mean…” The stallion stumbled over his words, his voice thick with the fields. “Er, howdy.”
Clover narrowed her eyes. “Hello,” she said, before she looked back to her book, sighing and lighting her horn to turn the page. Of course it was some slack-jawed earth pony yokel. She should have expected it. Why would they strike out to find their own land when they could follow the unicorns, who, thanks to her guidance, found this place?
Clover shook her head. It didn’t matter. Her eyes flicked away from her book, back to the stallion, who was just staring at her dumbly. To think, for a moment, she had dared to hope it would be a fellow intellectual climbing the hill so they think things through on their own. Was it too much to ask for somepony worth talking to?
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CookieClover epic romance, plz.
5208615
Clearly it should be everyone's OTP. Who ships CloverPansy and CookiePansy anyway?
Though I hear there are a lot of HurricanePansy shippers...
CookieClover 4ever. :3
I just hope nobody ships Puddinghead with anyone.
oh no it's another one D:
5675517
It's a recurring /mlp/ thread about AJ receiving the next alicornification after Twi, and bringing the incredibly rare talent of common sense to the ruling class -- "maybe we should put a fence around the Everfree", "hey, has anyone mentioned to Cadence she might want some local crops in case the train breaks down?", "you know you can train your guards for combat, right, Celestia?", that sort of thing. I haven't kept up with the many twists and turns it's taken since. Here's the first thread; here's a more recent one with links to archives and such.
So, like I said: not much to do with the story here. But the fact that two things so different came from the same premise is amusing.
5676538
Well, in my personal view, Rainbow Dash would be the next most likely, with Applejack being third most likely. Assuming any of the others ever manage it at all.
I actually have a few story ideas involving such. I need to write them.
5893894
It is only 100 words, at least as far as Microsoft Word knows. My own count yields the same result.
I have absolutely no idea whatsoever why FIMFiction claims it has another 19 words. I assume paragraph breaks must be counted as additional words, but that still leaves a bunch of random extra words.
5676630 To me it seems like Pinkie is the most likely. Of course it will be different. Pinkie will simply just show up one day somewhere as an alicorn and only after someone mentions it will she look at her back, then while making funny faces cross her eyes to see her horn. Then she will reply "Oh, I thought I felt a little different somehow, but I just couldn't put my hoof on it." Twilight will try to figure out how it happened but fail miserably. The reason is either never revealed because not even Pinkie knows, or so strange and convoluted only Pinkie can explain it.
Of course I'm partial to the idea that everyone just turning into alicorns is boring and you can do way more interesting things with an assention story.
I really need to read more short story collections. I can think of nowhere better to start than yours.
6003806
Hehe, thank you! I hope you enjoy them.
6283233
This is the correct response. You may live. :V
6651489
Thanks! I've always been fond of it.
Incidentally, I see you got a new avatar.
7285406
I had a lot of fun writing that.