I Ask of Thee
From what Velvet understood, The Elements of Harmony were laying in a magically enhanced safe in the North Tower. The fastest way to get there from the reception was straight across the palace courtyards. She estimated that the distance between them and their destination was roughly one hundred and twenty-two yards. It was not a great distance, on a normal day. Today, however, was far from normal. For, if her calculations were correct, and as a professor she had little reason to doubt that they were, there were approximately one thousand two hundred and thirty changelings in that distance, give or take a dozen.
It had been a long time since Velvet had last been in a battle of magic and might, but thankfully her skills in battle hadn’t faded as much as her memory of it had. The changelings were doing their best to surround them, and Velvet was impressed at how they did their best to not only attack from one’s blind spots, but to also do so with a form that would normally cause hesitation if spotted. It was a beautiful strategy, she had to admit, as hesitation was always costly in war; A term she did not use lightly. It was war, however, and treating it as anything less would be nearly as costly as the hesitation that she could see locking up the limbs of their Princess as she tried to clear the way for the Bearers.
Three changelings, each taking on the form of an eager, sorrowful Twilight, had caused Celestia to freeze up, as each had claimed to be her beloved student. The price had been paid almost immediately, as five more changelings had tackled the alicorn from behind, forcing her away from the group as she struggled to free herself.
Velvet’s concentration refocused itself on the battle as four of the swifter, smaller drones dived at her from above. She would only divide her attention between her allies when the fight was simple enough for trained instinct to be all she needed to be effective. Now, a little more strategy and magic would be required, and she couldn’t help but smirk as she logged what forms the changelings had chosen. If they honestly thought taking on Twilight’s so-called friends’ forms would cause her to hesitate, they were sorely mistaken.
Empathic spells were a very high-class refined magic that dealt directly with emotion. Whether it was manipulating them, awakening them, creating them from scratch, or drawing from them to boost inner magic, it all harkened back to the same base refinement of inner magic and emotion. It was unique in many ways, but primarily in that it wasn’t restricted to unicorns. Although rare, even earth ponies and pegasi could learn to use certain kinds of empathic spells.
In Equestria, there were three unparalleled masters of this strange and powerful branch of magic. Twelve years ago, the first had been her old professor, Ardent Arcane, who was no doubt enjoying his current retirement in Saddle Arabia. The second master had been a pegasus mare who had tested the very limits of it in her attempts to bridge the gaps in ponies’ hearts that hatred could leave behind. The third had been the pegasus mare’s elder apprentice and tutor, Twilight Velvet herself.
For a second, Velvet let herself enjoy the irony as she wove the spell she needed together. Those twelve years felt like they had gone by in a blink. The pegasus she had once tutored had soared past those limits, breaking them altogether, and found ascension there in the art of weaving love. Although Velvet had never come close to the mastery that Cadence now possessed, she had found the level of perfection she desired in her own magic. Velvet couldn’t create, or awaken, and manipulating simply wasn’t to her taste, but she could wield, and when she discovered that the emotions she had found easiest to control were the ones that shouldn’t exist at all, she knew that wielding was all she could ever want, or hope to need.
That was where the irony lay as well, given the thought. Wielding Hatred against beings that had crashed the wedding for Love, all while chasing after Friendship’s allies for her sake.
An ear-splittingly shrill shriek came from the changelings around Velvet as her spell lashed out at them. Anger and hatred came a little too easily to the unicorn mare’s call for her liking when she looked at the forms of her daughter’s friends. She knew she shouldn’t be enjoying the look of fear that flickered across their faces, even if they were false masks worn by truly terrified changelings.
As the drones crashed around her hooves, unconscious and bleeding, Velvet turned to face the changelings that had attacked Celestia. She barely blinked before blasting her spell at the largest of the changelings pinning the alicorn down, who had taken on a twisted mix of a form between Luna and Nightmare Moon. The lilac magic collided with the figure and knocked it both out of the illusion, as well as out cold. The smaller drones around it felt their illusions flicker and fade away as they grew dizzy and weak on the miasma the spell left behind. Velvet cringed inwardly as she quietly noted to herself that she had probably put a little too much into that last shot.
Celestia rose to her hooves again, shaken, but otherwise uninjured. Velvet couldn’t help but wonder if the alicorn was shaken from the blows to the head she had taken, or by the backlash of the spell that had been cast. It would do little to harm a pony, hatred wasn’t poison to any equine, and a wielding spell could not create or even awaken- But they would still feel the intent behind it.
The look the two shared for a moment was strange, both appraising and wary. Then it was gone as they broke contact to fight, to continue clearing the way for the sake of the ones they loved and cared about.
The fighting style of the Bearers was... Unusual, no doubt. Rarity fought with a brutality that Velvet would not expect from such a refined mare, yet somehow the blows, as direct and sharp as they were graceful, suited the seamstress in a style.
Rainbow’s fighting was as rough and careless as the daredevil was, and while perhaps not as effective as a more controlled style would be, the aerial dynamics she pulled off were certainly frightening and fitting in their own right, and Velvet could see a hint of wariness slowly creeping into the drones flying formations as they shifted their strategy again and again as they attempted to keep up with the speedster's attacks.
Applejack’s focused purely on her powerful kicks and agility, and Velvet couldn’t help but smile a little as she heard chitin crack under the force of the earth pony’s bucks. The changelings were becoming less and less willing to try and sneak up behind the mare.
Pinkie’s however, was the strangest by far. Where she had pulled that cannon from, Velvet had no idea, but it easily blasted a path through the hordes as they advanced forward. That wasn’t the strangest part, however. The strangest bit was that the pink pony continuously left her back wide open to attack, and even though none of her friends’ were guarding it for her, not a scratch landed upon it. Velvet spent the most time out of all of them watching her work her way through the masses, and was soon rewarded by the answer to how she could fight like that so effectively. Whenever a changeling dived to take advantage of that blind spot, it would soon find itself staggering or flying off balance before crashing dizzily into the ground. Although she’d probably never get to ask, Velvet couldn’t help but hypothesize that Pinkie was, perhaps unconsciously, wielding an empathic spell of her own. As the Element of Laughter, perhaps that was fitting as well.
With a final blast of Solar and Empathic magic, the last of the changelings were roughly evicted from the north tower, and the doors were slammed unceremoniously shut and locked tight. Celestia slumped against the double doors with clear exhaustion, her mane dulled from her over-use of magic.
“We.... made it,” Applejack gasped out between pants, “Did you... see Twilight...while you were up there... Rainbow Dash?”
The pegasus was barely winded, and she was zipping hastily throughout the tower, making it difficult for Velvet to keep eyes on her.
“Not a glimpse of her. I was hoping she’d be in here somewhere. I don't know- Does Twilight know any invisibility spells?”
“No, she was never able to hold the control it took to manipulate light to the degree necessary.” Velvet was mildly surprised at herself for answering, but after catching the surprised looks on Celestia and the Bearer’s faces, she smiled slightly as she finished her explanation. “The idea of disappearing scared her too much, and she’d lose focus.”
“Oh.” Rainbow Dash stopped abruptly, before gently lowering herself to the ground to look around at everypony. “Well, if Twilight isn’t here, then where the buck is she?”
“Rainbow Dash, language please,” Rarity snapped without thinking, which earned her a returning glare from the pegasus.
“Do you girls hear that?”
Pinkie’s sudden question stopped the ensuing argument before it could truly begin, and silence fell in the room as they strained to hear what Pinkie was listening to past the thuds and crashes that echoed in from outside. For a moment, the pounding of the changelings against the doors was all that could be heard.
A moment later, recognition seemed to pass across the girls’ faces as they seemed to catch what was beyond hearing. Velvet closed her eyes, and tried to focus on just the sounds of the room, but had no idea of what they spoke of when Fluttershy piped up.
“There’s whispering coming from the vault! Oh dear, d-do you think some changelings got in there? And th-that they’re just w-waiting for us to open it to pounce and d-d-devour us?!”
Even when panicked beyond reason, the young mare’s voice barely rose louder than a mouse’s squeak.
“Well, we’ll just have to open it and find out. We can take’em!” Rainbow declared proudly.
As Celestia stepped forward to open the doors, Velvet held her eyes closed, listening to the sound of the Princess's hoof-steps against the carpet. She still couldn’t hear the voices that the girls had started to discuss. It was only as the solar magic flared up, unlocking and swinging the safe wide open, that Velvet realized what she had been missing. Celestia's spell had been like strings plucking at the edge of her mind, and it reminded her that physical sound wasn't the only kind one could hear. Magic could be felt as sound too, whether as music, static, or incomprehensible whispers, and it was as she tuned into the magic around them, did she finally hear it. It was voices, just barely there, but each one distinct and clear in words she couldn't quite make out. It was if a great distance was between them, leaving understanding just out of reach.
As Celestia stepped back to open the magical case surrounding the Elements, the magic suppressants on the vault began to shut off one by one, and with each one the voices grew a little bit louder. Then, as the case was thrown completely open, all magic now out of the way, the voices grew to an almost deafening din, as there was nothing left to muffle their cries.
“TRAITOR!”
“Liar...”
“Selfish Foal”
“How could you?”
“How dare you...”
“Leave”
“Why?”
“How cruel.”
“IDIOT!”
“AVARICE!”
“Don’t turn away”
The Elements themselves were speaking, and they were furious. Each element had darkened past their natural colour, but none so dark as the one that Velvet was staring, stunned and horrified, at. The only one who's voice wasn't calling out in anger, even as the ones surrounding it sparked and hissed and growled. Her daughter’s Element. The Element of Magic. A dark magenta as deep as the night sky, now, it stayed silent. Velvet reached out with her magic, could feel an utter sorrow coming off of it, but not a word was spoken. There was not a drop of anger anywhere in the strings of magic that surrounded and connected it to the other Elements, just sorrow, and almost a grievous longing.
Velvet tore her eyes away too late, not fast enough to shout a warning at Rainbow Dash as she flew forward to touch the lightning-bolt shaped jewel that had been her own. With a wave of anger that made Velvet's feel like a drop of water in an ocean, the Element of Loyalty blasted its bearer across the room with a roar that sounded much like crashing thunder, as well as suspiciously like the word “traitor.”
“What the hay?” Rainbow groaned, as she carefully picked herself up from the ground, her left wing trembling from where it had slammed into the wall.
“Judging us the way we judge ourselves...”
Rainbow’s head snapped around to stare in confusion at Pinkie, who had been the one that had spoken, even as her mane fell straight around her like a curtain.
“I can hear my Element. She sounds like Pinkam- I mean, she sounds like me.”
Velvet knew this was a conversation she was not involved in, that in a way, she was eavesdropping on something far above her, but she still closed her eyes and strained to hear, strained to know and understand... If only for her daughter’s sake. Perhaps the Elements recognized that, for when Loyalty spoke again, it let her hear, even though the words were to the pony that had once been its bearer.
“When you chose your homeland over your friends, you threw me away, saying you weren’t worthy, because you’d chosen one precious loyalty over another. I fault not my bearer for loving, for being loyal to many. But you cast me aside for that petty little thing. But now, you come to me? After choosing a stranger over your friend? Fame and praise over loyalty? How dare you. I reject you as my bearer.”
Velvet opened her eyes to see each bearer staggering back, and she knew that each Element had scolded them similarly. What Loyalty had snapped to Rainbow Dash made only little sense to Velvet as she knew not what times it spoke of, but the effect its words had were obvious, as tears of anger had begun to stream their way down the pegasus’s face.
“I reject you as my bearer.”
The elements were still speaking, growing faint to Velvet’s ears, but somehow louder still to the others.
“I reject you as my bearer. I reject you as my bearer. I reject you as my bearer.”
Velvet’s eyes locked back on the Element of Magic, the voices drifting out of her hearing range and into silence, even as the girls covered their ears in a futile attempt to quiet them. Her daughter’s Element was growing darker still, and it was now a black whose only colour was a purple shimmer that seemed to glow in the fading evening light. Velvet wasn’t sure if it was a whimper from behind her, or only in her head, or if it truly did come from the Element which she could not look away from.
“Please don’t throw me away.”
The final light in it faded. That last faint trace of colour in it remained, but it seemed dead. A horrible feeling sank in Velvet’s stomach, as she gently reached out a hoof, and placed it against the jewel. She could hear Celestia crying a warning for her not to, but it was ignored as Velvet felt the ice under the black glass. The element was cold, as if it had sank to the bottom of the darkest ocean. The Element that was linked to her daughter’s precious, fragile heart.
Velvet’s eyes filled up with tears, understanding filling her past what she could explain, even as a single question echoed out in her mind, before finally being asked in a choked out single sentence.
“What have you done?”
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NO NO NO IT can't be over..no! Damnit no!
PLEASE MAKE A SEQUEL!!!!!!!
So many questions.
Will there be a sequel to this story?
Complete?
...A-April fools?
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Nope! That's the end.
This is why I waited till today to update It was ready to post yesterday, but I wanted people to know they can take this final chapter seriously.
4173882 sequel then? because nothing has been resolved
4173914 umm not to be bleak but the implication is Twi is gone, Canterlot is screwed, and the elements stoned again..or atleast no longer powered. I want a sequel as badly as you, but sadly some stories end like this..
Also how do you spoiler?
4173943 but WHAT happened to twi where did she go? what about the real cadence? whats discord up to? what is velvet going to do not that her daughter is gone?
4173965 I think she's dead, also every pony is screwed, Discord will Discord, Cadence would starve...I..I think the villains win
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Yes yes, there's going to be a sequel. Relax people.
Ah, who am I kidding, I love these reactions- Ha!
Also, why does everyone think I'm going to kill Cadence? I'm really, really not going to. I don't have anything against her, or anything.
You need to make a sequel. This end really answer nothing
4173999 -shrugs- I just put that forth as the possible outcome, also I retract my statement, She''s only dead in the sense that she's probably not Twilight anymore..not with what he'll do to her..
4173999 Oh. Ok. I'm surprised that the Element of Magic did not yelled out in anger like the other elements.
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That was the entire point, to be honest.
And yes, there's going to be a sequel. I had Even As half written when I finally decided to properly clean up my drabblings for What Have You Done and post.
4173970 killing isn't discords thing life is chaos death is order (in life any thing can happen but death is the one true order in the universe the ONE constant thus it is order)
4174030 -points down to his other post- I reread it again and adjusted Twi is dead, Discord-Twi isn't
Now that was powerful: I expected Discord, but what you did makes so much sense:
You (Mane 5) abandoned your friend, now the elements abandon you!
And you finished with that introspective question.
Now we wait for the sequel!
Whatever.
First, this story is pretty awesome.
Second, it really doesn't qualify as it's own story. It's really more of a first act.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing the rest.
Question time!
Is Twilight dead? Are you going to make us wait until the sequel to find out?
When Velvet said the changelings are mistaken if they think shes going to hesitate just because they look like Twilight's friends imply that she was totally A O.K if she killed one of them?
And finally, a question i had for both the canon and this,
Where the heck has Luna been?!?
Well... ok?
I realize there will be a sequel, and I'm excited for it, but I have to admit I'm... considerably disappointed that the revelation about Twilight's element wasn't more... personal, I suppose? As in, I really, really wanted to see more of her since her confrontation with Discord. It's really what I'd been looking forward to the most. Again, I get that this is only the first in a series and some questions should remain unanswered for later, but even prequels need closure before they can establish a set up for the next sequence.
Don't let this seemingly negative gripe throw you off though. I critique because I care. And I care because this story is awesome and I love it.
Totally stoked about the sequel.
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I gotta say I was actually wondering if you would do that. I don't particularly care about Cadence one way or the other, but I actually think it would have been surprisingly refreshing from a story perspective, if only because it's never been done before (i.e. leaving her unfound or forgotten in the caves). Which is funny, because it's such a simple, obvious potential outcome for her in so many of these alternate universe "Royal Wedding gone wrong" stories, yet nobody has ever actually used it.
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Discord doesn't have to do anything to Twilight. Her former friends already "killed" her for him. That's the tragic thing. Discord is a smart character. He probably realizes now, just as Chrysalis did in this story, that to do away with Twilight Sparkle in any way would mean removing a powerful asset (or perhaps ally in this case, since she actually willingly joined him). I wouldn't be surprised if she's devoted herself to him completely so as to fill the gaping hole in her heart left by her family and former friends.
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Well... where was she during the canon wedding?
Shit yeah you missed something, Luna.
4174546 He won't be healthy for her either. He'll push at the already broken parts on her. Up until the end she could have recovered and gotten help, stuck with him she will no longer be Twilight just some chaotic mockery of all that she was to her friends and Celestia.
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No, Twilight isn't dead! Why do people keep thinking I'm going to start killing off ponies? I'm not going to knock anypony off. No-one named is planned to die at this point.
...Not physically at least.
Velvet said it herself, her Empathic Spell can't actually cause any lasting harm to equines. If her spell hit any of Twilight's friends, it would do them no lasting harm. That said, she wouldn't care too much if she "Accidentally" hit one of them...
What do you mean where has Luna been? I know a lot of stuff happened in Chapter 4 and 5, but it wasn't like I was being secretive about where Luna has been. Pay attention!
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This might just be the first piece of actually constructive criticism I've gotten the enitre time I've been on FiMfic.
Maybe I should frame it with a "SEE?! This is constructive criticism! Not the tearing apart "Stop being so sensitive" crap you louts are doing!"
Now to actually respond to your appreciated comment.
When I wrote this, I decided on something right off the bat, almost instinctually. The only time Twilight's POV would be shown would in the very first chapter.
For better or for worse, I chose this because I wanted the arc question to have actual weight.
"What have you done?"
There's no answer. There isn't meant to be an answer. Not here, not now, because the only pony that can answer that is gone. Her story comes later.
I tagged this as a Tragedy because I knew, even when I'd just started seeing it in my head, that it wasn't going to end well. There wasn't going to be closure, just one empty, hollow question left behind.
The way I see it? Twilight's gone. Not dead, not Discorded. Gone, as in she's forsaken her duties, just as she feels she's been forsaken, and Discord obliged her by sending her somewhere else. Maybe she's on a beach in Haywaii. Maybe she's hanging out with zebras in Zebrica. Or maybe she's even become study buddies with Sunset Shimmer in the Exile's Club at Canterlot High. Either way, I don't see her being in the story's focus for the sequel.
What I do see:
1. Celestia and the (now-former) Bearers will pay. They'll be the ones to deal with an overclocked Chrysalis, a freed Discord and, down the line, Sombra and other crap.
2. If/when Twilight returns, she won't be the same - nor will Equestria. She may return to a place where she's reviled for having abandoned her duties, or considered a martyr for her friends' and mentor's betrayals. But Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic, is gone. Twilight Sparkle, in whatever she's become in that time, will return.
3. The focus will be on Twilight Velvet to fix it all, because now she's lost both son and daughter, and all she has left is Night Light (and arguably, Spike.) But if Twi's returned, Velvet will likely bulldoze through any- and everything to regain her prodigal daughter.
Let's see what happens next.
Huh, interesting, you really aimed magic itself as an echo of twilight, rather than its own force hadn't you? You can see each of their elements speaking, and while pinkie knows, sadly far too to fix things, she at least began to try and fix things. And I hope the next events live to this really good cliffhanger.
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I see Twilight Sparkle returning to a ruined Canterlot, wondering the same empty question.
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And now I see the art of your writing style. I think I'm actually more excited now knowing it's your intent to focus on her in an even more in-depth fashion during the next story.
I'm also even more interested because after taking a closer look at the collective behavior of the Elements of Harmony in this chapter, I realized that all of them were speaking with their respective bearers.
All of them.
Think about it.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
*She jumped around and squealed, shooting off Pinkie's party canon, confetti and colorful streamers flying all around.*
That was amazing as always! I loved the idea of "emphatic spells." I hope you explain that bit some more one day, it's interesting on how it works, since it can be used by almost anyone (as in race) if they have the power to do so, pegasi, earth pony, unicorn.
This is in my top ten, best stories on fimfic.net EVER.
When I saw that this story was updated, I squealed like a little filly! As always Cloud, you pulled heartstrings like a masterful puppeteer! I'm watching out for that sequel one day and all of it's updates!
I was worried this ending would be more pointlessly violent...glad to see my worries were unfounded.
I'm not convinced Applejack went against Honesty (Though she has a big brother, so you'd think she'd have more empathy for Twilight) but the other four definitely did.
Looking forward to the sequel!
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Part of being honest is keeping your promises.
Applejack has broken a very precious promise to someone with her actions, and her Element is not happy about it.
After all, if a simple lie in an attempt to protect someone dear is enough for AJ to throw away Honesty because she is no longer worthy, then where does a broken promise that only causes pain leave them?
Wait... It's over already?! I'm looking forward to the sequel.
4178146 Hmm, which promise and which simple lie are you referring to? For the life of me, I can't recall which situations that might refer to
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I'll explain further in the sequel :)
4179346 Ooh, looking forward to it even more then.
I really, really dislike when an author does this.
What, you ask? Simple: cut a single story in half and then market said second half as a sequel. Unless there is a very, very good reason for it (length and time-in-years, as in the Lord of the Rings), it's a rotten thing to do. I see it all the time over at FFn, and it's normally seen as being poor form.
This story isn't complete -- it's unresolved and unfinished, and the "sequel" plans are just a direct resolution of what should be just more chapters. Don't be like that.
Just continue on where you left of, for everyone's sakes.
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Oh I hate it when people do that too.
Thing is, that's not, technically, what I am doing. Oh I know it SEEMS like that, but it's not, and here's why:
This was originally going to be a one-shot.
There wasn't going to be any more. It was written with no intention of a sequel.
When I wrote this, I knew it was a tragedy, the first tragedy I'd ever write, because I knew two things instantly.
One, it wasn't going to end well. Two, there wasn't going to be any closure. The title wasn't just a title, it was an arc question, and one that was going to have weight in the worst way a question can have.
There would be no answer.
However, something happened that I never could have expected.
I fell in love with the bleak little universe I'd crafted. I wanted to see what happened next. So I closed the notes to this, and kept writing, letting the new story rise above the tragedy of the original.
They become something more, then, and I knew I was going to have to share the amazing story it was beginning to show me. So I re-wrote it for FiMfic.
But I also knew that they still deserved to stand alone, one as a Tragedy, and one as the Hope and Trials that come after. They can't stand together, for they are total opposites. To put them in one story would be to let them undermine each other.
So yes it's a rotten, evil thing to do.
But it's a necessary evil, and you can sulk all you want, but I'm not going to change my mind.
So there is a sequel? Cool. I'm hoping for more Discord and Twilight time. I was wanting to see what it was those two got up to during the wedding.
I still can't figure out why it is I am so obsessed with Canterlot Wedding stories....
I wonder if the others will have to face more of mom's wrath in the sequel.
I think now is when they truly realize this:
Also, I love the way that you write: so descriptive and emotive without going overboard, with beautiful turn-of-phrases!
And nice look at their thought processes and rationalizations about the whole situation, since they originally did seem to be acting a bit out of character in snubbing Twi.
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Will there be a sequel... PLEASE TELL ME THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL!!! I'm beggin' ya here
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Yes I am working on a sequel xD
4191514 I'm So happy I could just...
Ho-lee horseapples
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I was intrigued by this months ago- I don't really like seeing our little ponies fight and fall into despair, but that just makes me want to confront these situations head-on. I tore through the three chapters there were... and I'll admit I was glad at the time that there weren't any more, because of my aforementioned aversion but also because, no matter how bitter or far over the Despair Event Horizon she is, there is no bucking way Twilight would deliberately release Discord out of spite, and there feels like even less of a point slogging through the darkness when there's nothing waiting at the end but a Tragedy tag.
...But despite figuring it wasn't worth tracking, I was hooked enough to check back every now and then- and it was worth it! As jarring as it was, that No Ending was pretty awesome and it could easily have stayed as was- but a sequel sounds interesting too. The only thing I wonder is- will we get to hear the other Elements' Reason You Suck Speeches?
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I've already wrote all five speeches, so it's more of a matter of where they'll get worked in... As well as when I find the blasted notes on which I wrote the speeches. They're here somewhere.
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would that sequel happen to be out now?
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No, I'm still working on it.
I'll post a blog with an alert once its ready.
4278491 Oh so THAT'S how you know there's a sequel.
so they have a single falling out over a wedding spat, and everything folds like wet toast.
YYYYeah. Not.
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It all just needed that final, seemingly inconsequential, push.
Strange how such a little thing can cause such great consequences, isn't it?
It's the old "the straw the broke the camels back." It shouldn't have had that amount of fallout, but it did.
Underlying issues were already there. The string of dominoes were already standing. The water was ready and waiting for the toast to fall, to use your metaphor.