It was going as usual for Ponyville as everypony went their business, but as for the five "elements" they were not doing so great, Applejack's thoughts of what she made everypony do at the rehearsal kept making her lose her focus on bucking apples in the orchard, it was driving her into a severe depression, because of this Granny Smith told her to just rest for a few days, not only that but she was also punished for what she made the others do to Twilight, as she was lying in her bed, Big Macintosh came inside angered with her for all she did in Canterlot.
"You should be ashamed of yourself Applejack!" he scolded.
"Ah know, Big Mac." she said sulking.
"Why did you do it in the first place, did you ever stop to even look at the strange behavior?" he asked.
"Well...no."
"Then why would you even bother taking a phony's side?"
"Because ah' thought she was really cryin', plus Twilight was actin' stupid."
"That's no excuse, Applejack, you've got some thinkin' to do!" he said as he left the room, Applejack plopped her head on her pillow and started bawling.
Someone at the Wonderbolt Academy started telling the others that Rainbow Dash had deliberately shunned Twilight all over performing a stunt at the now called off wedding and it got word to Spitfire, furious at this, she filed a restraining order to Rainbow Dash claiming that she was not to go near 75 feet of the Wonderbolt Academy, nor was she even allowed to talk to the wonderbolts, her dream was now shattered, for the next two hours or so, she sulked in her dark bedroom, not even moving a muscle.
Pinkie Pie was at Sugarcube Corner, being forced to scrub the bathrooms, wipe the tables, and clean the ovens plus the rest of the kitchen as she was told, plus she was not allowed to eat a single sweet out of the stands.
Fluttershy's animals had turned on her after somehow being told what had happened in Canterlot, and Rarity had gone so low over what had happened, that was too sad to make a single dress.
Meanwhile at the Library, the mayor had gotten a letter from Celestia over what had just happened and was told that Spike would be coming over to pack up Twilight's things because she was not going to return to Ponyville for quite a while because like Applejack, she too had gone into a bad depression and would be needing some time to let it wear off, Mayor Mare completely understood and went over to the library to help Spike pack up what she needed most.
It was really starting to go downhill now, a massive attack, Twilight breaking up the friendship and quitting her role as Celestia's student, Cadance calling off the wedding, etc.
Back in Canterlot, Twilight was at her parents house lying down on her bed in her old room that she stayed in when she was a filly still too upset to even talk, downstairs, Shining Armor was sitting with his parents drinking tea while still wearing his captain uniform.
"But dad..."
"Son stress does not excuse bad behavior, why did you even bother defending such an impostor?"
"I thought she was Cadance, I didn't realize Twilight was telling the truth."
"Shining, didn't you even stop to see how she was behaving, cause from what Twilight told us, plus evidence from a couple of guards, she didn't look stressed out at all." Night Light said.
"How did you get evidence?" he asked
"We had a guard knock on our door and he told us what you did, plus he brought us some pictures here for you to see." he said levitating some photos snapped from a camera that the guard had used, when Shining Armor saw these photos, he was now in shock, damn why didn't he stop to see this.
"Another question is, why did you shrug off the threat, you should've been concentrating more on the threat and not the wedding!" Twilight Velvet said.
"I figured that the force field was strong enough to keep the threat away." he said.
"Look even with a force field, it's still important to take a threat seriously." Night Light answered, "You're mother and I got separated from each other because of the attack."
Shining Armor sighed, "I'm sorry, I've been a lousy captain." he said, Shining Armor knew that if he didn't set things right, he could lose his rank.
At the castle, Princess Cadance was doing some thinking, what if Shining Armor really was under mind control, what if the changeling queen was using him, Cadance pondered all of this through, maybe he was right, maybe he was brainwashed. However her thoughts were soon cut off by the sound of commotion coming from outside, Cadance looked out the window and saw a large group of ponies rioting at Celestia and Luna, she quickly flew down and heard angered chatter, plus cussing coming from the crowd.
"Those two creeps haven't done shit for Equestria!" one pony said.
"Making a poor unicorn do all the work, while they just sit on their big fat butts and pretend it's not happening?!" another said.
Cadance walked up to one of them, "Excuse me, what's all the commotion out here?" she asked
"Celestia and Luna, they've failed to defend us once again!" he said out of extreme fury.
This was showing absolutely no signs of stopping ever.
Finally an update, continue. But a bit of advice, make the chapters longer.
go downhill now indeed.
Shining was under mind control.
And Applejack had never met Cadence so she had no idea she was behaving strange. And Twilight hadn't seen her in years so she doesn't offer the best evidence either
Is IT coincidence that every CHAPTER is shorter than the previous?
Coincidence or Destiny?
4638441 It doesn't matter.
4638372 no.
4638428 Still... think about the lesson from ''Lesson Zero''...
The fact that Twilight did know Cadence and were the other elements best friend, means that her words should have carried more weight to them than what they decided to take them for.
That Cadence had changed a whole 180 degrees (even over time) in personality should have given them a ''heads-up''.
Can you can the net into Next. I would make more sense.
That was a quick update. And it looks like Spike was right about the Wonderbolts rejecting Rainbow Dash.
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her fiancee and aunt who knew her better thought she wasn't acting strange. they'd seen her more recently. The other five had no reason to believe Twilight.
I got to say, the other elements deserve it, also will Celestia and Luna get some kind of punishment for there actions? a little more details on each part of the POV of the other elements will help understand their situation better, give us more detail. Also I'm curious to what the picture shown in the chapter were about. again details plz. other than that, great job on the chapter.
4638694 Um. I think Luna got her punishment. She can't leave Canterlot for two weeks.
4638733 sorry, I should've been a little more clear, what will Celestia's punishment be for this mess,like a demand from the council for ignoring a warning and putting Canterlot in danger.
4638789 Hmm. I don't know. We have to wait and found out.
I doubt things wont get any better.
Applejack is grounded and her family is ashamed and disappointed in her;
Rainbow Dash is no longer able to even SEE the Wonderbolts, let alone join them;
Pinkie Pie is forced to do all the chores in Sugarcube Corner and is not allowed to have any sweets;
Fluttershy's animals have abandoned her;
Rarity has lost her inspiration (as well as her clientele, no doubt);
Shining Armor's parents are ashamed of him and he might be in danger of losing his rank and fiance.
The only one who get off scott free is Celestia. However, I think her ponies are not going to have a lot of faith in her now.
4638650 Maybe. However, no one bothered to look for Twilight before the wedding started? Shining, I can see because he was brainwashed before the wedding. However, what was Celestia and Twilight's friends excuse? Hell, I'm surprised Twilight and Shining's PARENTS didn't bring anything up.
I just realized something. The Crystal Empire is going to be reappearing soon. Perfect timing!
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there excuse was they had a big important event that took precedence. The wedding of family should take precedence for Celestia, and the others had been given responsibilities. Twilight embarrassed herself, seemingly set herself against the wedding and left. They could check on her later, because frankly it made sense she wouldn't be around the way she acted.
The logic in this story is terrible and Twilight's not forgiving them makes her a bad friend. In fact seeing the punishments you've decided to inflict on the other elements after this I say the rest of Equestria can rot. The idea of a grown mare like Applejack being grounded offends me and Pinkie Pie should quit and open her own store.
The only one I would show some leniency towards is Shining Armor because of the brainwashing, since most of it was probably something along the lines of "Ignore all threats and trust your future wife" and not being able to think correctly makes it kind of hard to fully blame him. Side note has anyone checked to see if Shining or anyone else has or still has at least partial mind control on them.
I was hoping the incident would had affected Shining a lot more than. I was expecting him to also be in depression state. In one day he lost his sister and the mare that was going to be his wife. And so far all he cares about right now is his rank and job.
4639085 If it wasn't for the mistakes that Chrysalis made, the changelings would have won. After the invasion was stopped, the first thing mentioned is to re-plan the wedding. Twilight has EVERY right to be upset at Celestia and her 'friends'. Look, I'm not going to keep arguing about this. You have your own opinion and I have mine. Let's just agree to disagree and move on.
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everything that Chrysalis had that almost allowed her to win where already in place when Twilight accused her. The others believing her would have simply moved it up.
Well it is what it is there's nothing we can do about it.
Wow this is pretty damn depressing, and it builds with each chapter... I think this is going a bit too OOC as well. The Luna thing is so obvious, she was sleeping after a whole night watch.
I actually want to see things sink even lower but I don't know how really. Kind of a sucker for these types of things.
4653932 I have absolutely no clue.
Maybe it will show up soon?
I hope.
4653577 same thing happened to me, WHY THE HELL IS THIS KEEP HAPPENING!??!?!
I'm really getting fed up with you all complaining about where the next chapters are, for the last time IT'S NOT DONE YET!!!!!!!!!!
Is it wrong that I grinned like a chesire cat when I read the restraining order part?
Another question is, why did you shrug off the threat? You should've been concentrating more on the threat and not the wedding!
Nostalgia Critic: Good fucking question!!!
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Same thing, even though I enjoy the characters, I do enjoy seeing this kind of...
(What's the word...) stuff
4655197 I'm Patient!
Damn! Everything is getting intense by the second and I'm eagered to see what happens next!
xd77, best for luck to be on your side.
They kicked her out? On what grounds? Being a lousy friend?
Sorry, but that seems like a pretty lousy reason to get rid of her.
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Actually, if you can't rely on someone to be a good friend than you can't rely on that same person to be a good teammate.
Oh gee Celestia is going to be overthrown? This is going to be hilarious and deserving to me.
Hey, look The ponies finally have the thing called "common sense" and "observation".
4638625 and supposedly AJ is a living lie detector, so her BS sensor should've kicked in immediately.
7869311 That's actually debatable. Then again, she can't lie for squat, so how she is one...
5942665 Would you want someone like that on your team? No you wouldnt.
Honestly, this feels like bad fanficton. (AKA "i think this side is right so I'm going to make the other side look like the DEVIL! So they will suffer forever and ever and will never be forgiven!" type crap)
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She wasn't actually in the Wonderbolts at this point. All she was was a loud-mouthed fan-filly.
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I have to agree. It's a nice idea but it's been executed no better than the original material.
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Risking Equestria safety for a stunt at a wedding. If she had listened things might have been such a close call. Considering they were once part of security forces for Equestria they probably don't want wonderbolts that think more about party stunts than a possible threat.
For Fluttershy, doubt her animals would turn their backs on her due to this event. However she would feel guilty enough to slowly eat at her. Now Shining Armor, I will give him a pass due to mind control and possible side effects...picturing being forced in drugs with your mind partially clouded as possible.
Plus wouldn't assume like everyone can guess the real to fake, but be scolded for not believing Twilight or at least checking the credibility, to clarify they can make whatever judgement with the imposter as first time meeting. However Twilight, Spike, Shining Armor and Celestia knew her best, which they could have asked if she was always like this.
I would mostly blame primary on Celestia, though the remaining friends action hurt deep. Her brother is a slight understandable, but needs time to process that experience before giving a family hug there.