Everything was supposed to be fine. Princess Celestia had given Twilight Sparkle her final test, and anticipated that by its completion, Twilight would join the ranks of the illustrious Alicorns. She was going to be a princess, and would learn the ways of royalty.
And yet, even the best laid plans can be ruined by even the slightest change.
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This is quite an interesting concept.
The interaction between Celestia and Twilight are very lively and a delight to read.
And there even subtle detail like, Celestia hiding her curt smile,
Twilight adorkableness was captured nicely.
Like for instance her interaction with Star swirl the bearded book. And also her speech patterns.
Truthfully I almost expected her to burst in a small inferno at first from such a historic book and precious book being so worn down. And now the end.
Memory's are quite a precious thing you know.
Great read, the characterization of Twilight when she chose to leave seemed a bit sudden though
3660122 Anything that struck you as off specifically?
And thank you for both the comment and the criticism!
3660827 Well about halfway through when she's reading her own friendship reports, she's having an existential crisis. But by the time she reaches Ponyville and speaks with her friends, she badmouths Celestia almost like she was an abuse victim.
3660835 True. I would have toned it down more, but Adam seemed to have been making Dash out to be Tia's defense attorney.
Regardless, I think we could stood to have toned it down. Thanks again
Someone actually gets it!
I love the Greek mythology inclusion though, it appeals to the Greek mythology geek in me.
3662089 We're both huge mythology buffs. Orpheus and Eurydice is probably my favourite, though I also love Cupid and Psyche. I'm a sucker for love stories.
So, if I've got this right, Twilight did die, and the Element of Magic got stuffed into her body. That's why she remembers everything about the Elements, and is so repulsed by Discord, but doesn't remember basic things that all living things naturally understand, liking drinking water when you're thirsty.
Great story! I very much enjoyed it.
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That's an... interesting theory. KoC and I prefer to think that the Element of Magic gave her a total rebirth, body and all. It wiped her memories clean, but kept the stuff related to her position as the Element of Magic, as well as her connection to Harmony itself, intact.
4622908 It was the point where Twilight's eyes were flashing when talking about Discord, and stuff like this line...
...that made me think of it. It helped that Twilight was very certain that Twilight was dead.
Interesting twist on alicornification...or apotheosis...Dear Princess Celestia, I learned a new word today!
Well done, if a little short. Thanks for sharing!
Hades is obviously just a melancholy goth fellow. I'm pleased to see him painted in the more positive light that his original version (or as original as you can get when Greek myths have so many versions) had as a key member of the Olympians.
Ok this confuses me, how is this possible? I thought she lost her memories but it seems as if her entire body has been reset as if she has never felt pain before and so her pain tolerance is extremely low, actually more than than that, it's as if she doesn't even have a pain tolerance.
I was expecting to see Luna in this chapter, I'm curious how she will react to Twilight losing her memories.
Well this certainly was an interesting story, love the concept of Celestia basically acting like the caring mother to Twilight, which in a way wouldn't be to far off, even if she has her mother's blood, the first being that she saw was Celestia.