The Other Daughter (Mystic Sparkle)
Aftermath of A Fallen Star
By Rated Ponystar
Formerly Edited by The Unnamed Pawn and Commander X5
Pre-Read/Edited by: Magic Man, Chaotic Note, and Grand_Moff_Pony
The Other Daughter (Mystic Sparkle’s POV)
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Dear Mother and Father,
By the time you read this, I am long gone from Canterlot and there is nothing you can do to find me. I’ve made sure that nopony, not even Celestia herself, can find me. You may be thinking why am I doing this, but you should know the answer. It’s been building up for years and I am surprised I didn’t run away even sooner. All because of the fact that you two never seem to realize one thing.
I am not Twilight Sparkle.
I get it. Losing her was a big impact on you and all of Equestria, but does this mean I have to suffer for it? I have never grown up normal thanks to being her little sister, and some days I wish I wasn’t related to her. Most fillies grow up with friends, play dates, joining scouts, or going to school. Me? I was forbidden to go outside nearly most of my life unless the two of you were with me. You kept telling me that we were under constant threat of those who wanted to hurt us because we related to Twilight. Why didn’t we just move to the Crystal Empire with Shining Armor and Cadance? At least then I would have had my cousin, Flurry Heart, as a friend. But no, you didn’t want to leave the place where Twilight was rested, I could tell that from the weekly visits to her grave you went to while I waited in the gardens. For hours...
It was there that I began to see who really is the favorite child of the family. Twilight was all you ever talked about at home and at first I was happy to be related to somepony so important and famous. But you never stopped talking about her. It was always “Twilight did this” or “Twilight used to say” and even “I remember when Twilight blah blah blah”.
If I had a bit for every time you mentioned my sister’s name I would be able to buy my own kingdom.
The only pony who didn’t talk about my sister all the time was my big brother, but I only rarely got to see him or Aunt Cadance and Flurry Heart. We never visited the Crystal Empire despite my biggest desire to see it. They always had to come to us. When Flurry Heart visited, it was one of the few if not only times I could play with another pony. You kept me home schooled for years and refuse to let me make friends out of fear that I would get hurt or something.
All I wanted was one friend to play with. Just somepony to talk to, but you wouldn’t let me even go to the playgrounds until I was ten. By then, most of the foals in our neighborhood had friends already and I didn’t even know how to interact with them. It didn’t help that when I did try, all they wanted to do was ask about my sister who I never met. They asked if I knew her, was I as powerful as her, what was it like to be related to royalty, et cetera, et cetera. They only talked to me about Twilight Sparkle and nothing else. Not Mystic Sparkle, just Twilight.
I never cried so hard to sleep before that first day trying to make friends.
I hated it. I hated that nopony wanted to know me. Just my stupid sister who was dead for years.
I’m glad I didn’t because I did manage to make the only friend I ever had, Maplewood. Maplewood was the one pony I met who never cared about who I was related to, she cared about me for me. I nearly cried when she said that because to me that was the first time I felt proud to be who I am. Those years we shared together are some of the happiest memories I have.
It was thanks to her I got my cutie mark in magic. I couldn’t get a cute-ceañera because you didn’t want to risk attention from “Twilight’s enemies” but Maplewood threw a surprise party at her house with her parents. Her parents who never met me, never knew me, or even spoke to me. They did because their daughter asked them too and they wanted to make her happy.
How is that two strangers made me feel more loved than my own parents? That party was one of the best I ever had in a small few that I was given. The greatest gift was when Maplewood gave me a bracelet and showing a matching one on her hoof, promising that we would be friends forever. At that moment, I had a sister. Somepony I truly loved for loving me back. I know you two love me, you are my parents, but Maplewood was more family to me and did more for me than you two ever did.
Since then, I did everything I could to hang out with her. Sneak out of the house, skip lessons with my tutors, and even pretend to be sick. I didn’t care if I was grounded or not, I wanted to see the one pony who made my life worth something.
I remember when we snuck into the gardens, that was when I first met Princess Celestia in person. She was kind, gentle, and wise like the rumors about her are said. She knew Twilight naturally and offered to tell me what she was really like, but I didn’t want to hear about how perfect she was in everything. I got enough of that from our other relatives or my tutors who always pushed me to be the best in everything. While I enjoy learning, I hated that no matter what I did or what I accomplished, it was nothing compared to my genius sister. Math, science, magic, history, economics, politics, and more. I tried to learn it all growing up, but none of it matters since Twilight did it first and did it better. But I kept pushing through it, hoping that you would see me as smart as Twilight and be proud of my accomplishments.
But all you ever said was, “You’re sister did better.”
Would it have killed you to say “Good Job, Mystic”?
I soon gave up trying to impress you. It was clear that no matter what I did, no matter how talented I was in magic or studies or anything, you would never see me as you did with Twilight. I don’t know what Twilight was really like, but I hope if she was alive she would agree with me that you two are horrible parents!
But I guess I should get to the real reason why I’m running away. The reason why I cannot stay in his house anymore. The reason I will not come back until I prove myself and the world knows the name Mystic Sparkle as her own pony and not just as “Twilight Sparkle’s sister”.
Maplewood told me she wanted to go to the Gifted School For Unicorns, she was the main reason I wanted to go. I wanted to be with my friend. I wanted to learn magic and use it. I wanted to become a great mage. But you refused to let me go, and I couldn’t go unless I had your permission. I begged, pleaded, cried, and argued with you for days but you refused. I didn’t care your reasons or what rights you had, I wanted to go and be with my friend. You had always told me to be like my sister and I thought I could use that to play to my advantage since she went to the same school. That just made you even more furious and determined not to let me go. I didn’t get it. I still don’t understand. You want me to be like Twilight and yet you don’t want me to be like Twilight.
I just don’t understand.
Desperate, I turned to the one pony I thought would let me in. I thought she would be thrilled to have the sister of her old apprentice at her school. Princess Celestia was my last hope... but even she refused me. She said I had to be placed in by my parents own will, and that she cannot force the school to take me in. So, in that moment, I decided to prove myself worthy to be something I know she would want.
Another apprentice. This time it would be me. It was sudden, but I was sure she would want to personally teach me. To teach her former apprentice’s sister? I would have been fine with that and I would have gladly accepted whatever challenge came from it. I wouldn’t care if this was going to keep me in Twilight’s shadow or not, I just wanted a chance to prove myself. I showed her spell after spell, to the point where she looked at me with amazement. She told me that I was truly gifted and even could be just as good if not better than Twilight one day...
But she couldn’t let me in because of a promise she made to you, Mother, before I was born.
That no matter how gifted I was. No matter how skilled I could be. I was never to be taken as Princess Celestia’s personal apprentice.
And down went my last chance.
My last chance to join Maplewood in Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. I hated her. I hated you. I hated... Faust, I hated everything at that moment.
But that hatred turned to despair upon what happened two weeks later. What happened a month ago.
The bombing.
The terrorist attack from the Equestrian First group.
The day I lost my best friend.
My world was forever shattered that day. So many mourned the dead, and I was one of them. I mourned when I learned that the one pony who truly cared for who I was instead of what I was is dead. She was taken from me by those monsters.
But you know what was the worst part? You didn’t let me go to the funeral.
You insisted that I stay home, surrounded by guards Princess Celestia allowed for us, because you were afraid we were going to be attacked. I couldn’t say goodbye to my best friend when they put her in the ground.
I will never forgive you for that.
That is why I am running away. This and more. So much more. All my life I have had to live with your over-protectiveness or fighting to earn your approval when the truth is you don’t have a second daughter. You only have one that you refuse to let rest in peace.
Where I am going, I will never tell you, but I can assure you this. You will hear my name. My name will be heard as a new legend, one better than Twilight Sparkle. I will not rest until I am more famous and more powerful than her. Maybe then you’ll realize that you had a second daughter and you screwed it up.
Keep the name Sparkle, I don’t want it anymore.
From now on, I am just Mystic
P.S.: Tell Shining that I’m sorry.
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The Rising Star who left home to find herself
The Lost Dragon who struggles for strength
The Stone Prince who knows not his blood
All three began to move towards destiny
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I'm gonna have to go with 'Tirek'. Seems more unusual.
It'll be cool to see Flurry and Majesty duke it out for the fate of Equestria and then Mystic is the surprise player three and helps Flurry, or something idk whatever happens will be good nonetheless
And the plot thickens even furthur
I want to see Tirek I want to know what the former prince sees in this.
I vote Tirek.
Great just great Twilight's parents screwed up big time. I hope Mystic finds Trixie or the mane 6 to help her in life. The fact that it sounds like they where never present in her life makes it all the more sad. Hopefully Mystic does not go evil or become a jerk in the next story.
Sounds like Velvet and Night Light had a change of heart, but I suppose all of the violence and threats will do that to you. It still bit them in the ass though
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This is my new Desktop background lol
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They did raise her, just not good at it. They still couldn't get over Twilight's death. This is actually something that happens in real life when a child is loss sometimes.
I vote for Luna.
Kinda figured that this might be what happened to poor Mystic; stuck with over-protective parents who constantly compared her to her dead sister. (Something that would absolutely infuriate Twi if she knew about it, I'm sure.)
So I don't much blame her for running away. Serves her idiot parents right, it does.
On another note:
The viewpoint of either one would be interesting, but since I personally don't like Tirek (and we all know he'd gloat about Twi's death like the selfish bastard that he is), I choose Luna.
I want to hear what tirek has to say in morbid curiosity.
Is the final chapter going to be Twilight?
Luna. also damn her parents sucked ass, worrying or not a kid needs interaction with other kids!
Luna next please.
PS, who's the stone prince?
YES! A new update! But... Throne... Mystic ran away?! I have the feeling that this war will be explained in more detail in a different story...
As for who I want next? Luna
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Final Chapter is Spike
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That would be telling. Hint: He was mentioned in a previous chapter
Luna.
7108418 I never meant to imply that they didn't raise her. That was my bad; I should have limited the quote to just the beginning where Velvet stated that she would allow Mystic to join the school, but in this letter we find out she changed her mind due to being over-protective. That was my point in the post, that due to so many ponies against Twilight and willing to do more to hurt the family that it caused Velvet to not allow Mystic to go into the school.
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Ah, yes. Sorry, missed that.
Well now...Mystic there...can't say I blame her. honestly, I would have lost my mind a long time before she did from the sounds of it. Also...yeah, I get that Night Light and Velvet were destroyed loosing their daughter, but there is protecting your child, and then there is priming said kid for this. As for living in the Crystal Empire...honestly that would make the most sense. In the end, no matter the heartbreak, you have to move forward for your living children...and they just couldn't. In the end, I'm more curious to see how Mystic hooks up with Spike, if that ending thing there is anything to go by.
Moreover...heh, this next story sounds like it's gunna be interesting!
Tirek
I vote for Luna
I loved the chapter with Mystic. It's tragic to see her live a lonely life due to her parents being too heartbroken about Twilight and how even their attempts to protect her just alienated her from them. Odds are they'd both, along with Celestia, be devastated about her departure when they read Mystic's letter. Just out of curiosity, how many chapters are left until the sequel detailing the conflict with the Blueblood's will appear?
I vote Tirek because I have an idea of what you're going to do with Luna but Tirek I'm generally curious where you'll go with it.
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Six more chapters, but after this story I am going to spend a lot of time planning the third story. It will be long. Like Game of Thrones long
Such a shame she really doesn't seem all that different from Twilight.
With Twilight's achievements, no wonder Mystic's bitter about everything. Wait a minute... I thought Cadence is Mystic's sister-in-law. Unless she's her "aunt" figure or something.
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Aunt figure. She just calls her that.
Tirek
Wait, who is the Stone Prince?
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That would be telling
Wow, Mystic is so bitter and angry at the world now I hope she'll be able to do the right thing when she needs too. Living in a deceased siblings shadow like that, one she never even knew herself, that's gotta suck. Now I'm wondering how Velvet and Night Light are taking this. If I had to guess, probably terribly.
I vote for Tirek, because I want for Luna and Spike to be the last two chapters, it just feels appropriate that way.
Yo you know I'll always pick my mare Luna.
That wasn't a shot fired. THAT WAS A NUKE!
I'm really glad you allowed my spinoff. it really shows how events can change a pony. Mine could have easily gone the same route if the attack on Canterlot and Velvet's death hadn't happened.
I vote for Tirek.
I'm going to have to go with Tirek.
so, wait, this is actually meant to be a story with a plot? Cause I thought it was all just personal reactions to tragedy
7108605 It's both
So I was right.
The Son from Another Species fights for his mother's memory.
The Overshadowed Sister fights to be known as her own.
And the Unexpected Descendant will to undo the sins of his bloodline.
Also, Tirek because that's more unexpected.
luna,
I don't blame Mystic at all, after everything that was said and also not being aloud to appear at the funeral of your best friend does sound like they are the worst parents ever. So Mystic was clearly in the right.
Also I vote for Tirek and also if it is possible can you do a chapter with Starlight Glimmer. That would be perfect.
Tirek seems to be the odder choice, so Tirek.
That is my vote.
Don't want to be mean but this does not seem realistic at all and yes I know this is a story about magical talking ponies that aer multicolor but she seems more angsty and I understand the frustration and the hurt she's going through I've been through that in real life but it just seems weird but I guess everybody thinks differently about different situations
Tirek
>>supercolt1000
Remember in Pinkie's chapter when her sister revealed that she was pregnant with Bluebloods foal? They do live on a rock farm after all...
You'd think Celestia would be intelligent enough to head off this behaviour in Mystic's parents. It isn't like she could be ignorant of the damage they were doing.
Also, I have no idea what Tirek's view of all this would be, so definitely voting for him.
Hmmmmm...
The italic text at the end is the prospective main characters for the next story, right?
That's gettin' me hyped, yes.
Holy hell, that was a powerful chapter. No need to apologize for the delay, because the finished chapter was solid gold.
As to who next... That is a tough decision. Damn... Can't decide lol
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Twilight Velvet more or less told Celestia to butt out of her children's lives. That she wanted to raise Mystic herself instead of Celestia.