It has been twelve years since Twilight Sparkle was shrunk to 1/100 of her original mass to minimize the damage caused by her uncontrollable surges. Twelve years of struggles, challenges and hard work as Princess Celestia’s student, in which the tiny mare found the joy and excitement of facing everyday adventures of a huge world.
One year before Nightmare Moon’s return, Princess Celestia sends her tiny student to learn about pegasus magic from professionals, the Wonderbolts themselves. Much to the princess’s pleasant surprise, Twilight forms strong bonds of friendship during her one month of studies with Soarin' and Spitfire while the Captain of the Wonderbolts, Impressed by Twilight’s talent in magical surgery after the crystal mountain incident, offer her a job as one of the Wonderbolts’ medics.
While Twilight accepts the offer with Celestia’s blessing, provided that it would not last longer than half a year, the other Wonderbolts are not too happy with this idea. Will Twilight manage to win their trust, and what kind of adventures and challenges await her so far away from her home in Canterlot castle? Only time will tell.
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This is a sidestory that takes place in "Celestia's Tiny Student" between chapter 20 - "Camping Trip" and chapter 21 - "Birthday Party."
a little mistake. in chapter 3
still a very good read
i look forward to reading the rest of "my little medic"
and am waiting with bated breath for "ponyville's tiny librarian"
Nice it is good
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another problem its only been 12 years not twenty
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Thanks for pointing this mistake, I fixed it.
As for the sequel. My top editor is almost done with chapter 3. I will upload sequel when chapter 4 and 5 are done, so it may take a bit longer. Sorry for the delay.
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Thanks. If you liked it, please check "Celestia's Tiny Student." You won't regret it.
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Yea, I wanted to write "Twelve" but accidently wrote "Twenty"
For my defense, none of my editors or people who read the blog with voting on best short description pointed this mistake out. So congratulation, you are the first one to find out my mistake. Fixed it and thanks.
I think I will check out celestia's tiny student
Thank you so much commanderX5 for writing a great story
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okay here we go.
Definitely a worthy side story for one of the cutest Twilight youth stories on this site. I salute thee.
A few typos here and there but nothing major.
Twiny has taken her first steps on her road to gain the Wonderbolts trust but she still seems to have a long way to go. What Soarin did required some serious guts. Not many have the courage to do something like that and I can only respect you more for your accurate depiction for everyponys reaction. Certainly worth the fav I already gave this. Keep up the good work.
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Have fun reading. And leave a comment what you think if you will feel like it.
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Please PM me or write a comment where you found those typos and how to fix them and I will get right to it.
Thanks. I hoped to use this sidestory to expand on Soarin and Spitfire a bit.
Soarin is kind of softy of the team, but he sure will push himself for his team and friends.
Also, how did you liked Overwatch's/Soarin's interactions? Poor Wonderbolt became another target for her teasing.
4430977 On Overwatch/Soarin deal. I love it. Could be just my twisted sense of humor but I seriously love how Overwatch can so easily manipulate everypony else. And her manipulations are still innocent enough not to piss me off. And her reaction to Soarin's little trick was great in that it showed how she really just does her thing for fun and not for any real gain. She also showed that she does care for those she teases.
Thank you for this delightful read. Sadly I would have to read the whole thing again to find the errors again and even then I doubt I would manage to do so.
I remember reading Twilight knowing the "Ins and outs of pony anatomy" in your first story. Are you implying that Twilight might go inside a Wonderbolt in later chapters?
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Fair enough. But if you find anything, just report me and tell how to fix it, and I will do it.
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Maybe yes, maybe no, who knows. It is a sidestory I am writting now, so everything may affect it. Even comments, feedback and advices may change what will happen in it.
Where is medic?
Her
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If you are refering to my other story "My Little Gatling," it was just an experiment one shot story (over the top one). In this sidestory however there are no TF2 referenes. Sorry.
I hope you will still like the story despite it not being TF2 crossover.
I just like to write tiny Twilight stories so much more as it not only make her struggle with every task and obstacle she face, but she also can go all out with her raw power to make up for her size disadvantage.
Um, Spitfire should be more angry and upset at the team then she is, and for reason beyond feeling sorry about Twilight. Its the fact that her squad, her subordinates are being disrepectful to her. She vouched for a Twilight, told them she trust her and instead of listening to her or even considering her words. Instead they go out of their way to avoid her and they do not put any effort in their training to avoid a minor injury while their couch and captain yells at them for it. But the worst part is when the subordant yelled back at her captain, telling her straight that she does not believe Twilight is useful, which translate that she does not trust Spitefire or her ability to lead. This shows that not only that they are a bad team, it also shows that not only they do not respect their captain, and they believe they do not have to follow their captain's orders on feild or during shows.
As a former Football Captain, I can tell you I've seen the very same thing happen to our couch which lead to no one listening to him and even quiting in masses. In fact the only reason we lasted so long as team instead of everyone quiting was me and my fellow captains having enough respect to get them to play their hardest during the begening of the season but broke apart when we fellow captains quit due to our couch being redeclious (seriously he forced us to memorized a new thirty page play book every week and made half the team play offense and defense against teams that that numbered in the eighties).
I think this chapter needs to be rewritten with that in mind. Suggest that its the younger years (first to second year recruits) do not train as hard while the vetrans do, since that would be exxpected for new recruits need to build up spirit for the team. The recruits not train their hardest which leads to the injury of a vetran when the older years train with the younger years. The vetran would refuse at first but would comply when Sorin backs Twilight up, while Spitfire yelled at the recruits and punishment with a dozen succides flying and on the clouds without flight (look up the excerise and you get the name). This causes internal conflict for Twilight as she blames herself for their punishment and have second toughts she eventually expressed with Spitefire. However, the vetran comes up to thank her and with Sorin's reasurnce, it lead to a similar ending.
This story is quite nice. Thanks for publishing it. I'll look forward to future instalments.
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Well, spitfire hasn't actually commanded them to trust twilight yet. She even expressly states:
Sure she vouched for her, but if she didn't give any evidence to why they should trust Twilight, then there's not a lot of reason for them too trust Twilight. Blind faith in an individual is much less healthy than a bit of doubt. Even if they were told why Spitfire trusts Twilight, I very much doubt that would believe it. A pony the size of a mouse rescues their captain from magic archers, fixes her mangled wing, and then disables a unicorn spell-caster. Even if they do trust Spitfire, the story sounds a bit far-fetched, especially since they most of them view Twilight as the princess's pet. Seeing as Twilight has started to prove that their captain was in fact, "not just messing with them," some of them are now starting to treat Twilight like a medic
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While I respect constructive criticism and I will take your advice into consideration for future chapters. What you are suggesting is a complete rewritte of entire chapter, not just small change here and there, I am afraid I cannot make full rewrite base on one person's opinion. I hope you understand.
And I agree with Toku. Spitifre was saving using her authority as commending officer as last resort, and instead trying to inspire her team as their teammate (sure, she yelled a lot, but didn't give any orders). And until Twilight healed Soarin's wing, they had trouble believing in Spitfire's story.
I think you are overracting a little. And while I will consider your opinion, I cannot rewrite everything unless more people will have the same issue with it.
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I notice you did not adress the training part or the fact that one of Spitfire's subordinates snapped back at her commander, which is the more important issue over the fact they do not trust Twilight, a new commer that is tiny which all leads them not trusting her commander. Those were my main points in that a expert team with vetrans would allow such disrespect. Even in minor leagues and highschool level, such disrepect would not be tolerated and members have been kicked out for such infractions.
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I understand, but it seems out of place for a high level team that is a military force. Sorry I over reacted.
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Correction. Wonderbolts are semi-military force. They are kind of like Blue-Angels, but also a bit diferent.
In Equestira, they are basically a show team that is called to arms only in time of crisis. It will be expanded more in next chapters.
Huh, I saw this and thought, "Man, this must have drawn inspiration from Celestia's Tiny Student!"
Lil'Twi is awesome and all, but for crying out loud get a new trigger for drama other than 'stuff undermines Twi's confidence and her friends have to tell her how good she is'. It's badly played out, to the point where it feels like Twilight isn't really learning or growing from her experiences. She has no excuse at this point for being so damned insecure.
And I hope at some point Spitfire is going to get it for being so bloody incompetant. She has no grasp or control over the culture of the team she's supposed to be leading.
Now, on an unrelated matter: when is Twi mastering the powerbomb? She has to master the powerbomb.
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Yeap. A side story that expand upon realtionship between Twilight and the Wonderbolts.
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It is not that she isn't learning, but Twilight both from the show and the story do not like disapointing others. And considering that Twilight was never criticised by any pony outside of random nobles (and Celestia ensured that they were rare events), being ciritcised by the Wonderbolts kind of break her confidence (she is so sure of her own abilities that she is ready to face any danger, but disapointing her team is new experience to Twilight, and she need to learn how to deal with it).
And also, being the size of a large rat among ponies kind of make her feel little and insignificant from time to time.
So yea, while Twilight confidence problem may seems abused, keep in mind that outside of snowball war chatper, it is first time she is a part of a team, and it is first time she feel like she is disapointing her team by not living to their standards. So I am not really sure that Twilight's growining up as character really matter in a situation that is new to her.
Or maybe she is not so incompetent as you think she is, maybe there is anoter reason besides Twilight that damage the team from the insides. All I can say is for you to be patient and see what happen.
Power bomb spell, never hear of it. Can you explain.
I hope this story is as light hearted as the Tiny Student one. I just hope it doesn't suddenly come to ponies murdering each other again without at least a clear dark warning. That totally caught me unaware in the last chapters of Tiny Student when I was only expecting a tenste moment, not snapped necks.
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Well. The villains were foreshadowed in few scenes. Like when 2 spies spied on Celestia and Twilight near Canterlot tower, and how villains paid with bits for informations about guards number to one of cook workers.
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What's a powerbomb, you say?
Here's a good example.
Please note that said powerbomb will be approximately a jillion times cooler if she's still tiny at the time.
Found something you may want to edit.
Silly Celestia! As any Captain Class Shinigami will tell you, size doesn't affect reitsu!
Otherwise they'd have to be swinging around zanpakto's the size of skyscrapers.
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I am sure she would do powerbomb easy thanks to her levitation, but do not expect her to do it with her tiny hooves. Even AJ could only wrestle Zecora's ear after poison joke incident, and she is an earth pony.
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I do not get?
Good, everybody is learning...
The worst.
You do not want.
Also, quick google tells me that Alondro was referencing Bleach. Since I know nothing about it I shall abstain from commenting. But it surely is something wise/shocking/revolting. It's Alondro, after all.
4436532 Now you must watch "Bleach" for 3 weeks nonstop to fully understand the reference (which comes up around epsiode 112), and then be horribly disappointed once it finally gets around to the Aizen fight in episode... 280 or so... and drags on for like 20 more episodes before ending on a note of pointless god-moding and explaining absolutely nothing.
The sound you will make will be the sound of absolute suffering.
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Should I take it as complement, complain or spam?
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Okay...
But I think I pass.
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Sorry, didn't mean it as spam. Its just the only hing that came to mind when I read the title, I had the unnatural urge to post that...
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Nice fic so far. I'm sad that I didn't know about this fic until now, but I'm getting to it know though. BTW, how's planning on the NMM event coming along? Any good ideas for it?
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Another cute chapter.
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By NMM event, you mean my sequel, because I do not participate in any events? (so far prologue, chapter1,2,3 and half of chapter 4 is done, but I won't upload it until chapter 5 will be done as well).
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While I capitalize Wonderbolt and Wonderbolts everywhere, I am not really sure about princess.
I know that if spoken to like: "Princess Celestia!" or "I am here Princess." or "Yes Princess" than I capitalize, but in any other situation, princess should not be capitalized, that is why I prefer not to. Especially when there is "the" before it.
Well, in original story, there is fragment in "Twilight's Birthday" where the Wonderbolts return form their punishment, it is short, but it is still there. I may add a small scene with their punishment, or not, I will see as it goes.
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Also, would you like to edit for me? I already have chapter 3 done and edited, but it would be best if another person edited it again just to catch up what he missed.
Feel free to read this story and "Celestia's Tiny Student" and you may like it.
As for TF2 references, I used them only in "My Little Gatling," and only in one scene.
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Sent you PM's, and Princess is a title, and titles get captialized. [Sent you a link about the 10 Rules of Capitalization since it is kind of confusing.] I gtg for a bit, but throughout the day I'll be looking through it.
Also it's not just attacking a civilian. They also attacked a minor. She's underage.
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Trust me, she tried, but after few years while none of her attempts failed, she just decided to leave it to Spike to calm her down.
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She is 20 years old at this timeline. (She was 8 when she became Celestia's Student, and 21 when she go to Ponyville. So she is a mare at this point).
Hmm, I can't remember - does Celestia's miniaturization spell on Twilight have a safety release Twilight can pull if she needs to be big in a hurry?
Dun, dun, duh!
Did Overwatch just have a nice little talk with Spitfire like she had with Soarin? Is she actively trying to make them an item?
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Yes, at this point Twilight can remove effect of shrinking spell herself, but to shrink again, she would need assistaince from Celestia as she is the only one strong enough to cast shrinking spell (besides Cadence).
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To arms, we are going to war.
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After Spitfire saved her from the fall when she wanted Steely to save her, she got slightly angry at the captain and decided to tease her a bit.
Maybe she is trying to get Spitfire and Soarin together, or maybe she just love to mess with other ponies for the fun of it, or maybe both, who knows.
It's 1:30 am. Who needs sleep anyway?