A Royal Pain
Finally, she was done. The sun was set and the paperwork was all signed. At last, Princess Celestia could go to bed.
It was a long day. As if it weren't enough to oversee countless forgettable files and raise the sun in the morning, the nobles were on riding her ass the best her little cowards could. Expand this, retract that. If she could tell them to sod off...
But that was all over. She heeded the siren's call of her irresistible royal bed, lying her head down on the plush pillow. She didn't even care that she still wore her regalia; she stopped noticing she was wearing it sometimes, anyway. Her eyes closed and she drifted off to dreamland.
A late-night scroll from her student landed on her face.
Celestia sighed, sitting up and rubbing the spot between her eyes. Twilight could have had Spike send the letter at more opportune time. Still, since she was up, she might as well give it a read. She rolled open the scroll and read its contents.
Dear Princess Celestia,
Hi, it's Spike. Sorry to send you a letter so late in the day, but I had to be sure that Twilight didn't know about this.
Celestia thoughtfully hummed at that. It was strange enough that Spike wrote the letter, but why keep it a secret from Twilight?
She's been acting all out of sorts. She's taken up swearing, and she swears a lot. I don't think I've ever heard her curse something her entire life, and now she casually drops the most foul language possible every day with little provocation! Despite her sudden aptitude for colorful language, she's usually really calm and collected. I haven't seen her freak out over anything since we got here.
Celestia quirked an eyebrow. Wasn't that a good thing?
Actually, scratch that. Twilight has suddenly become very violent. I saw her beat down a diamond dog way more than necessary, start a fight with a griffin, and I'm pretty sure that sword in the bedroom isn't just for decoration.
As weird as all that is for Twilight, that's not the worst part. You remember what Twilight likes the most? Magic. And yet, Twilight said some very nasty things about magic on multiple occasions.
Something happened to Twilight when she encountered Nightmare Moon, because she's been acting strange ever since. I don't know what happened, but I do know that this mare isn't the real Twilight. Twilight is not this violent psychopath. Please, I need help. Please come to Ponyville. I know you'll agree that this isn't really Twilight.
The Real Twilight's Number One Assistant,
Spike.
Celestia stared at the paper for a few seconds. Strange, indeed. From what Spike wrote it sounded like there were four problems.
1. Twilight has been uncharacteristically calm. An odd choice for a concern.
2. Twilight's new-found aggression. Celestia couldn't remember Twilight getting upset enough to harm anyone, yet Spike brought up a few instances where such a thing occurred.
3. Twilight no longer likes magic. Especially vexing, considering Twilight's special talent. This was flat out impossible, yet Spike claims this is the case.
4. Twilight swears a lot. Celestia could personally attest to that, actually. Twilight did swear right in front of her, and her subjects usually held their tongues around her.
Spike suspects that Twilight has been replaced by someone or something. Maybe Spike was just being paranoid about his elder sister acting differently. But wait, he mentioned Nightmare Moon. Did he notice something reminiscent of the Nightmare in Twilight's behavior? If this was the case, then this was alarming news. Celestia couldn't afford to let anything remain from the vile influence of the Nightmare. She would have to investigate this.
In the morning, that is. Celestia plopped her head back onto the pillow and threw the letter away without the usual regal grace expected of her. Twilight and Spike would still be there later. It was likely just Spike's overactive imagination. Besides, even if there was nothing wrong, it would be nice to spend some time with Twilight for the first time in years. For now, she just needed to get some sleep.
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I appraised the cards in my hooves carefully, comparing them to the cards lying on the kitchen table. I had a nine of hearts and a two of hearts in my hand, while the cards on the table were a six of clubs, a five of hearts, a six of hearts, eight of hearts, seven of spades, and an ace of diamonds. I held back a tiny smile, spying the flush that I was set to win.
Across the table from me, Spike pushed forward a few gems into a pile of gems, of which the pot consisted for the game. "I raise by two emeralds and a ruby."
With a straight face, I made my comeback. "Two emeralds, huh? Someone's confident." I pushed forward gems of my own. "I call."
Spike grinned, which means he thought he had something good. I seriously doubted he had anything that could beat a flush. With a grin of my own, we revealed our hands. I looked over his cards, and looked back at the cards on the table.
He had a four of hearts and a seven of hearts. My jaw dropped. The lucky bastard had a straight flush. He smugly collected his winnings. "You suck at this game, Twilight."
"No, you suck!" I lamely retorted. "Deal the cards!"
Spike chuckled and shuffled the deck with a shake of his head. "In case you haven't noticed, I have the majority of the gems. You're gonna lose soon at this rate." He dealt the cards, and replaced the deck.
"I never admit defeat," I growled. I picked up my cards and beheld my hand. An eight of clubs and a queen of diamonds.
Spike chuckled smugly at me again. "Well, you're gonna lose a lot today."
I glared challengingly at Spike. So he wanted to marathon me, huh? I'll show him! "I bet two sapphires."
With the tell-tale gait of a non-morning person, Trixie wobbled into the kitchen, rubbing one of her eyes of sleep. "Good morning, Twilight. Lizard."
Spike shot her a dirty look, but returned his focus on the game. I waved at her without looking away from the cards. "Hey, Trix. Oatmeal's simmering on the stove."
Trixie scooped out some oatmeal and sat next to me, observing our game of poker. Spike called my bet, and dealt three more cards: a king of diamonds, an eight of spades, and a three of hearts.
Spike scratched the back of his neck, and pushed forward a gem. "I bet a ruby."
While I spied that eight pair I had, I was wary of what Spike had this time. Trixie huffed. "He's bluffing." She whispered to me.
I shot her a glance, and pushed forward some gems of my own. "I raise by a sapphire."
For the vaguest of moments, I thought Spike was holding back a wince. He dropped his cards. "Fold."
I was surprised. I actually won a hand! "How'd you know he was bluffing?"
Trixie took a bite of oatmeal from her telekinesis. "Trixie's father is a card shark. Reading ponies runs in the family."
There was a knock at the door. Again. "Oh come on, when will people learn that you can just walk in? I live in a library!" I growled, looking in the direction of the front door.
Spike smiled up at me. "I think you should answer that."
"Yeah, yeah." I got up and walked to the front door. Trixie glared at Spike suspiciously, and followed me to the living room to see what the fuss was about. The knocking sounded again, and I pulled the door open.
"Hello, Twilight." The regal white alicorn said serenely.
I shut the door, eyes wide with disbelief. Oh shit, that was Princess Celestia! What was she doing here? Deep breaths, Twilight. She's at your door and demanding attention. I opened the door again.
"Hello again, Twilight." Celestia greeted, not bothered by my admittedly rude actions earlier.
"Hi, Princess!" I nervously returned the greeting. "Would you like to come inside?"
"I'd be honored." She replied. I stepped aside and let her walk inside, two royal guards taking flanking positions outside my door.
I closed the door and turned to the scene inside. Celestia stood proudly in the center of the room, Trixie staring slack-jawed at the princess next to a bowl of spilled oatmeal. Strangely, Spike was observing the scene with a smile. I cleared my throat nervously. "Well, feel free to take a seat anywhere. Would you like something to drink?"
"Yes please. I would like some tea, if you have it." Celestia said with that graceful smile of her's. You know the one.
"Okay, I'll get some tea started," I announced, retreating into the kitchen.
Once alone in the kitchen, I sighed. Great, this was perfect. I really wasn't looking forward to talking with Celestia. She knew who the real Twilight was, and here she was ready to hang out with her precious student. Sure, I've spoken with her a couple of times before but never for very long. At most, we only spoke for about a minute before she made a break for it. Not so much this time, it seems. I'll need to be very careful about what I say around her.
I rummaged around the cupboards and shelves for some tea stuff but found none. I looked in the fridge, but all that was there was various hay-versions of food I knew I liked and lots of orange juice. No tea.
Oh shit. Celestia wants tea. I don't have tea. Celestia is going to be so angry with me. I just know it. The real Twilight wouldn't disappoint her like I would, and then she'll know that something's up. Once she knows that something's up, she'll tear up my ass like an unimportant paper in a shredder.
I was panicking now. What do I do? How can I serve her tea if I have none!?
Wait, that's it! There's a window in here! I'll just climb out the window, run out to the store for some tea, come back, and quickly brew it and make excuses for what took so long!
Man, I'm a genius.
I swiped a gemstone from the table and slid the window open, hopping out and breaking into a full sprint down the road. I think the guards spotted me sprinting away, and they snickered about something, but I didn't pay them any mind. In my record time of two minutes, I got to the store and exchanged a gemstone for a single box of teabags. With my new cargo in tow, I ran outside the store.
I skid to a halt just before running into the familiar face of Rarity. She had a basket balanced on her back, presumably to buy some groceries before she found me. Judging by the slight glare, I'd say she was wanting to talk to me for some time. "Ah, I'm glad I ran into you, Twilight. I wanted to talk to you."
"You don't say?" I asked, glancing past Rarity at the road home.
"I do say. What would possess you to take the side of that excessive braggart, Trixie?" She demanded.
I trotted impatiently in place, hoping she would take the hint that I was in a hurry. "What can I say? She's a friend! I help my friends!"
"How could that brute of a unicorn possibly be your friend?"
I gazed longingly past Rarity. I was going to be here for a while, wasn't I? "She helped me get over a few problems I had. She's cool like that."
"Well, your 'cool' new friend turned my mane green."
"So what? Green's a great color!"
Rarity scoffed. "With my coat and complexion? You must be joking!"
I rolled my eyes. "I don't see what the big deal is. So what, she gave you a dye-job."
Rarity's glare intensified. "She humiliated me in front of the whole town!"
"And you interrupted her show to slander her in front of an audience, what's your point?"
"Slander? I'll have you know that she was boasting to an insufferable degree about her magic prowess!"
"It's a magic show, Rarity. The whole point of the act is to make you believe that she's more powerful than she is."
"And you expect us to sit idly by as she spout these horrendous lies?"
"Yes! It's an act for entertainment purposes! If you're being offended by it, then you're missing the point of acting!"
"Well, it's not a very pleasant act."
I scraped my hooves down my face with impatience and frustration. I reached my limits. "Look, I'll gladly argue with you about this later, but I have to get back to the guest back at my house that I ditched real quick to get some tea. Nice talking to you, later, bye!" I sprinted off before Rarity could reply, barreling around the corner to the library.
I passed by the guards again, one of them exchanging bits with the other for some reason, and began climbing inside the window, thankful that I was soon able to do what I needed.
"Had a nice walk, Twilight?" Asked that regal voice, which I just learned could scare the crap out of you. She caught me halfway through the window.
I smiled sheepishly at the princess. "Uhh, I found some tea, after all?"
Celestia shook her head with a light chuckle. "Twilight, if you didn't have any tea, I would have understood perfectly. There's no need to trouble yourself like this."
"Heh heh, I'll remember that next time." I promised.
Celestia smiled with understanding. "I'll be waiting in the living room."
Celestia walked out of the kitchen. I sighed with relief. Good, she wasn't angry or anything. Lucky for me that she was more forgiving than I expected. Maybe I was wrong about her?
Now that I thought of it, I read a few headlines in the paper that contradicted my image for Celestia. Guzzling tea like she was at a frat party and wearing lampshades at formal parties was a far cry from the prim and proper image she supposedly has. Perhaps Celestia was just like the common folk, after all.
I brewed up some tea and levitated it out to the living room, feeling more calm and relaxed about the presence of royalty. Celestia sat across from Trixie who was smiling nervously at the monarch. Spike sat next to Trixie on the couch, eying me smugly for some reason. I set the tea down on the table in the center of the room and took a seat apart from everyone else.
Celestia observed me with an idle smile. "I must say you look to be in good shape, Twilight. Have you been exercising?"
I nodded. "Yup. I've been going to the gym for a while now. I also can't forget about my runs."
"It is good that you are more outgoing than usual. I'm glad to see you getting some fresh air for a change."
Hmm, maybe if I pretend to have a banter with her, I can indirectly learn more about my persona. "Oh, I wasn't that bad. I got out sometimes."
"No offense to you, Twilight, but the most exercise you got in Canterlot was carrying a fresh set of books from the library."
Aw, I already know that I'm supposed to be a bibliophile. What else you got, princess? "Okay, so I was very private for a time. That's not so bad, is it?"
"I suppose not, but it's still very fortunate that you opened up."
"So... is it because you're glad I'm making friends, or because I helped save Equestria a couple of times?"
"A little of Column A, a little of Column B." She admitted.
I laughed politely at her unusually casual phrasing. "Yeah, I'm glad we saved Equestria, too."
Celestia nodded and sipped from her teacup. She looked around the room, settling on the Toph statue I still had in the corner. "My, what a lovely statue. Where did you get it?"
I admired my handiwork once again. "Ah, that. I don't wanna bore you with the details, but I made that with my magical power. Ain't no biggie."
Celestia's smile widened at that. "So I take it you've been busy with your magic?"
"You could say that." I answered.
"How have your magic studies been going?"
"Pretty good."
"Have you lost heart at any point, perhaps?"
Odd question. Was Twilight subject to discouragement? "No, I've actually gotten more into it now. You wouldn't believe some of the things you can do with magic."
Celestia's expression softened. Weird, I didn't realize how tense she was until now. "That's good to hear. May I ask what kind of spells you've researched?"
"Sure. I've mostly been focusing on battle magic for a little while. Most recently, I've learned how to summon constructs from the ground."
Celestia's calm smile dropped to an expression of wary appraisal. "Why have you been studying battle magic?"
I stiffened under her gaze. Who knew Celestia's frowns were so powerful? "Uh... well, I live in a town that borders the Everfree Forest. That's a good reason, right?"
Celestia relaxed. "Ah yes, that makes sense. One wouldn't want to live near such a dangerous place without some guarantee of safety."
Fluttershy's smiling face came to mind. Now that I thought of it, she was pretty hardcore for living right on its border. Maybe we should hang out some more?
Spike spoke up for the first time in the conversation. "By the way, Twilight. Have you been getting into any more fights?"
"That's a very good question, Spike." Celestia commended. "So? Have you been fighting, my faithful student?"
I shot Spike a disapproving look for his ill-timed query. I was trying to make good with the princess, damn it! "Not since the Diamond Dogs, no."
Celestia raised a curious eyebrow. "And you didn't 'beat them up more than necessary'?"
"I think I reserve the right to be extremely furious when someone tries to take me and my friends into slavery."
Celestia slowly looked to Spike. "I wasn't aware of that part." I looked between the two of them. Something was going on between them, but I didn't know what. Shaking her head, Celestia returned her focus to me. "Now I only have one more question for you. You seem to be more relaxed than usual. To be honest, I was expecting you to act more like your friend Trixie over there."
I looked at Trixie, whose nervous smile returned as she muttered. "T-Trixie is f-fine! She's n-not nervous at all!"
"Yeah, I see how one would expect me to be like that, but you said you had a question for me?"
"Indeed I do. You were nervous enough earlier to sneak out and find some tea, yet you now have the presence of mind to hold a polite conversation with me without feeling overwhelmed. What changed?"
"Just to clarify, do you want to know how I'm more casual in general or just recently?"
"I'd like to hear both."
I nodded. "Alright. Well, I suppose I'm more casual around you now that I came to the realization that you are nicer and more forgiving than royalty usually is. In fact, you seem to be much more casual than I expected considering your public demeanor."
Celestia breathed a sigh of relief and slouched slightly in her chair. "Thank goodness that somepony finally noticed. It's often difficult to live up to those regal expectations at every hour, every day."
"Yeah, pretending can be fun for a little while, but it gets dull pretty quickly." I agreed with a little more understanding than she realized. Then again, her surprised look told another story.
"You sound like you're speaking from experience. Don't tell me your bookish and studious tendencies were all just an act!" Celestia declared in disbelief.
Grateful for Celestia's phrasing, I jumped at the chance to retcon Twilight's entire past. "Guilty as charged. I'm more for hanging out, nowadays."
Celestia leaned forward with interest. "Really? Is there a friendship lesson in this?"
"I suppose so. If there is one thing my friends have taught me over the past months, it's that one must stay true to themselves. Long term lies ultimately hurt relationships." I said, the words ringing hallow in my head.
Celestia smiled. "Well spoken, Twilight. On the subject of falsehoods, I feel that I must reveal the purpose for my being here. You see, Spike asked me to come here."
I glanced curiously at Spike, who stared with anticipation at Celestia. "Really? What for?"
"He seems to be under the impression that something happened to you. He asked me to come and make a determination about your behavior, fearing that you are an imposter." Celestia announced.
I hid my shock behind a mask of calm. So Spike figured me out. "I see. What reason is there to doubt my authenticity?"
"Reason one: Twilight is unusually calm as of late." She listed. "You did panic earlier which contradicts this reasoning, though you explained that you are more calm now because you understand that I am more forgiving than ponies give me credit for.
"Reason two: Twilight has been more aggressive. This I understand, for you were being provoked by severe circumstances.
"Reason three: Twilight no longer likes magic. The way you spoke about magic does not support this premise. You spoke about your magic as if it were a paintbrush used by an artist, and I doubt there is a painter who hates their tools.
"Reason four: You swear an awful lot. This I have heard from you, but I remember you went through a strenuous ordeal at the time. You are being quite open with me, and you have not spoken a single swear. More than likely, Spike just heard you interject a bad word in frustration and overreacted.
"In short, I think that there is nothing wrong. You have simply changed, Twilight. You are more open about your feelings, and Spike wasn't used to the 'new you'. I believe that you simply must spend some more time together and really come to understand one another."
"WHAT!?" Spike declared in disbelief. "But she's acting completely different than usual!"
"I feel that we've already established the reason for Twilight's behavior." Celestia reminded.
Spike was stubbornly sticking to his guns, so I elected to bring up something that raised serious doubts about his claims. "Spike, weren't you reading a sci-fi novel just a few weeks ago? Wasn't it about body-snatchers or something?"
Celestia raised a brow at Spike. "Is that so? I have a feeling I know why Spike is so interested in this matter."
"B-but..." Spike stuttered, his arguments catching in his throat.
Celestia shook her head. "It's quite alright. I understand the paranoia one feels after reading such a story, but you must realize that those are just tales of fiction. They are not real, nor will they ever be real." Celestia stood from her seat. "It was nice to see you both and meet your friend, but I must be going. I still have my duties to Equestria to attend to."
"Thanks for stopping by. This was an enlightening conversation." I said.
"Perhaps we should have another visit under more casual circumstances." She proposed. "In any case, it was nice to see you. And miss Trixie, I hope to speak to you again. Maybe the next time we meet you'll be able to say something?"
Trixie nervously nodded.
With a wave from me and a friendly farewell from the princess, Celestia left the library. I heard a brief murmur from outside as the princess left Ponyville in her chariot, but things settled down soon afterwards.
Trixie breathed a sigh of relief. "Great. Trixie believes she will go lie down for a minute."
"But you talk in front of large groups of ponies all the time. Surely a tiny chat with Celestia wasn't that bad?" I asked.
Trixie glared at me as if her answer was obvious. "Most ponies are not princesses."
"I take it you're nervous around royalty?"
"No!" Trixie quickly replied jumping up to her hooves. "Trixie fears nopony! She just needs time to... recover from her ordeal, that's all."
I nodded my understanding but made no effort to show how little I believed her. "Okay, have a nice nap."
"Trixie doesn't nap, she meditates!" She corrected.
"Right, what was I thinking?" I replied sarcastically.
Trixie didn't even acknowledge my sarcasm and walked upstairs to the guest room. By the way, my house has a guest room. With Celestia and Trixie gone, that left me and Spike alone. Spike looked understandably nervous considering he just tried to get Celestia on my case. This left me with a dilemma. Spike just demonstrated that he knew my secret and he was going to be a thorn in my side. I got lucky this time, but I doubted I could outplay Spike for long.
Something had to be done. Spike would continue to undermine me until the secret is out and I couldn't let that happen. What could I possibly do, though? There wasn't much I was willing to do for the sake of convenience in this case, but I had to nip this problem in the bud.
Then I remembered my trump card and specialty: bluffing. I mean, I could lock him in the basement, but I like my other plan better. So I sat closer to Spike and prepared for another dose of lies. First, the setup. "You really think I'm some kind of imposter, huh?"
Spike scooted further away from me. "Y-yeah. So what are you going to do to me?"
"Nuthin'."
"Huh?"
I shrugged. "You didn't do anything wrong, Spike. You were just mistaken about my identity, that's all. I figure I owe you an explanation for my behavior though, don't I?"
Spike nodded. "Yeah?"
"You see me with those glasses of water I drink while I read, right?"
"Uh huh?"
Then I proceeded to do what every alcoholic does: blame alcohol. "What makes you think it was water I was drinking?"
Spike glared flatly. "You mean to tell me that you're drinking something else?"
"Yup. At all hours of the day, you can find me drinking from bottles of scotch I hid all around the library."
Spike stared at me for a few moments and shrugged. "Sure, that makes sense."
I patted him on the shoulder. "Yeah, so don't worry. I'm acting different not because I'm a shape-shifter or something; I'm just drunk."
Spike seemed to accept my answer. "Okay, I understand. Sorry for trying to get you into trouble."
"Don't worry about it. We all make mistakes."
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In the early afternoon, Trixie and Twilight left the library. When the door closed, Spike snorted in frustration. "She's drunk all the time"? How dumb did she think he is? Spike knew better than to buy into that bologna.
That day marked a serious stumbling block on his path to success. If this imposter could fool Celestia, then the real Twilight was in serious trouble. It could be a very long time before he ever saw Twilight again unless he found some way to unveil this monster. Spike needed help, and he needed to find somepony who could.
The question remained: who among Twilight's friends trusted her the least?
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OMG. An update! YAY!!!!
*starts reading*
Huh....
The chapter was not bad.
But it was a bit underwhelming. I was really, really, really eager to read the Celestia and Twilight dialog too.
For some strange reason, I found Trixie's reaction the highlight.
Ah dunno. The dialog was okay.
The drunk explanation was cute though.
He somehow managed to throw Celestia off.... I mean, I know Tia'd be happy that someone finally just talked to her, but to not notice the 180 her demeaner has undergone?
Also, I loved the jabs at Trixie from Trolletia.
5785482 Unless she actually knows and finds him hilarious.
I'm 100% sure that Celestia has caught on and is just playing the troll at this point.
NOBODY(/PONY) wouldn't have caught Fake-Twilight errors.
those guards. i wonder what the bet was?
And SO close Spike. Trixie screwed up your plan.
As your first comment and your third or so like, it's wonderful to see this finally hit the featured box. You deserve it.
I may be alone in this, but I found
To be ambiguous in that I thought she was addressing Trixie at first. If you change it to "your friend Trixie over there," it would be easier to read.
The chapter was better than i thought it would be, i don´t know why i expect so much bad things lately.
I know you probably don´t want to give any spoiler, but i still hope he is going to get a new Pony Body for a sequel, or that he is going to stay as Twilight Sparkle, i don´t say that he didn´t have to be punished or whatever you plan for him, but it would be bad for me, if he would just go back to earth in the end.
Even if some people would say, he learned new things, it still would be for me, like he had wasted his time in Equestria, if he would just go baack to earth.
Hmmm.... who can Spike go to?
Applejack?
Well Spike just talk to the Applejack
Good chapter, but may I point out that, and I don't think your planning this, but none of the other elements of harmony actually knew Twilight before she became a him. Thus, Spike has been literally, royally screwed by Celestia as only she, him, Shining Armor and Twilights parents ever knew before Twilight well enough to pick out that Twilight isn't Twilight anymore. And since Celestia believes Twilight is still herself getting any of those ponies to believe him about Twilight will be even harder. Thus, no one in Ponyvilles vicinity could pick out that Twilight isn't herself, and even those who could wouldn't be much help. Sorry Spike, but logic practically confirms that Twilights is never going to see the light of Celestia's Sun until our main antagonist figures out a way to save Twilight himself.
what will happen when he becomes an alicorn.
Hurray! New chapter!
Thanks.
Just one question now bothers me: Will she really stash bottles everywhere in the house and start drinking alcohol all the time to prove her lie to Spike?
No need to answer. I'm going to read about further events in the next chapter and the answer will be a spoiler.
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. Reaction of Discord: 
. But probably this guy in moment, when Celestia arrives with Discord statue and ask of reforming him, will say "Ehem, you are crazy princess?
Don't forget about Cadence. As I sayed before, Cadance recognize "Twilight" instantly as imposter. Lack of love and adoration and lack of secret dance would enough proof for her.
And think about it: "Twilight" survive to season 3 epilogue, became alicorn and as first act create purple unicorn body, put Twilight inside and say "Sorry, I tried do it fastest I can". Reaction of Celestia and Mane 6
Applejack, Applejack doesn't trust her, at all.
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Cadance has not seen Twilight Sparkle since she was a little filly that needed a foalsitter, as long as the new Twi remembers the little dance, she will be fine.
this is awesome!!!
5785579 Thanks, for both your comment and the suggestion! I'll get on that immediately.
5785775 "When he becomes an alicorn"? You presume much, don't you think?
5786558 Thanks, I'm glad you think so!
5785775 Allow me to direct your attention Here
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Yes, a dance he has no way in HELL of knowing.
5785823
I'd just assumed he really had once he found an actual bar.
5786045 Good point, but the fact I'm resting on is that the real Twilight won't even know the mane 6... The mane 5 at all and when Mr. I'm drunk leaves, Equestria will be left without its last defense. And we can all imagine Twilight trying to figure out who everyone is.
Applejack: Twilight, are you okay? You cast a spell and then things just sorta happened after that.
Twilight: Um, who are you?
Applejack: Twilight, its me, Applejack. One of your best friends *Cough*Even though your a lier*Cough*
Then of course Discord would step in and start blasting crap until Equestria was a mess and princess Celestia just decides to bring the old, more like able Twilight back.
I'm thinking about writing one like this. Except in mine the guy would have mlp in his world and know where/who he is. He also would have no desire to go back.
Of all the blatant flimsy excuses I was expecting, this? Absolutely wasn't it. On the other hand, I feel like I really should have.
I can only hope that the next chapter will be sooner rather than later.
Please get a cover for this story.
5786045 maybe not if candance remember that in canon twilight meets chrysalis before candance and candance is in a bad space she could simply ignore the most glaring contradictions because of desperation
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as i said before candace is desperate she could inavertly show twi guy the dance and solidifying twi guy cover it
i just got the idea that spike will end as the only one that believes that twilight is a giant chicken... i meant impostor
Isn't princess Celestia waching twilight in her stalker room dimension? perhaps she isn't doing yet, but she definetely will, and then she will realize about tiwilight not being actually tiwilight; and also, somehow you skiped ticket master, mmm, probably he would have given the first 2 tickest to Applejack and Rainbow right away, thus fucking the time in the gala, anyway, this fics is one of the few that I get to love and expect with glee, good job man, I'm following :).
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Maybe Twiclone will invite Trixie to the gala just to screw with her friends.
5795337 If the invitation comes at this point mmmmm... It would depend in wich circunstances they arrive, If all of twiclone's friends are with him, he will try asking celestia for more tickets, if not, then i think that The most sensible thing to do is to Leave it to chance, now if twilight and trixie happen to win, then that would piss The girls badly, it apears that they are not as forgiving as they thing they are.
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5801121 Aw shit, that chapter's been out for how long and nobody told me? Thanks for letting me know, I'll fix it immediately.
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It's not your fault, a lot of stories are breaking currently because something has changed about how the site processes markup code. It probably worked fine when you published the chapter.
5801858 The truth is a bit more embarrassing, actually. When I write the chapters in Notepad I use "[smaller][/smaller]" to denote text that needs resizing. When I posted the chapter all that time ago, I must have forgotten to change that because it still used my placeholder code.
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I suppose it's both true, then. A lot of older stories are currently having their tags break, but I don't know what the current proper ones are because I don't write here.
Oh Spike Spike Spike...what are we going to do with you...
I'm just wondering how long until 'Twi' is outed...
Why do people keep going on that Celestia will realize that 'Twilight isn't Twilight' - (Our) Twilight (unintentionally) has made the perfect Alibi by going with Celestia's assumption (Which Twilight reinforced by pointing out that Celestia was more casual than she thought, and by speaking with experience) that Twilight's 'Bookish and studious tendancies' were merely an act. By doing this, Twilight could get away with acting differently and Celestia would just brush it off, due to thinking Twilight is just acting like her 'real' self, rather than putting on a facade.
I mean, that's what I thought when reading the last chapter.
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It makes perfect sense, only ponies who won't buy it are Applejack and Spike. But Applejack has accepted Twi as a friend, even if she dislikes her lies.
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The great question is how powerfull is truthrecognising of Applejack. If it is on truth/lie detector level in this story, then Applejack will recognise Spike questions about "Twilight" personality as truth and then...
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Spike has proven in the show, to be an awful liar and in schemes like this. Still, the reason the fake Twi is not more worried about this is because she underestimated him. However, who is she gonna call next? Twi parents? Shinning Armor? Cadance? They will all assume Twilight is going by a phase or something. Also Cadance last saw Twi when she was a foal, so it makes sense for her to have changed.
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Shining Armor and Twi parents meeting "Twilight" is "game over". There is no way to explain forgeting names of closest family and absolut lack of any home memories. Remember Shining Armor is guard and when his own sister ask him "Hi im Twilight Sparkle, who are you?", then he go into paranoid mode, especially when Spike told him what he think.
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But if they meet like in the show, that means Twi will get a letter first, so she will get her names.
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Unless Spike do it in "hi Twilight there is some ponys that want to meet you" way. Remember once he send secrectly letter to Celestia, so what stop him from doing same to Shining or Twi parents?
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Well, that's a good point.
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True, she is also less clumsy flying than alicorn Twi, but that might be part of the wings spell, otherwise Rarity would have keep crashing when she had her butterfly like wings.
I know I should dislike the main character for stealing Twilight's life, but for some reason I just can't. I think it has to do with the way you began the story with him making friends with the other five. Makes me appreciate the start of the story more since I almost stopped reading it on their way through the Everfree.
5838151 If ya played the game, you'd get it.
At first I had some doubts, but with latest chapters this story keeps getting better. I like this kind of hero.
There's no hope if rescuing Twilight if she got stuck in the human world. She'll likely have been put in the looney-bin for some of the stuff she'll have said. Well, unless they teleport her out or something, but she'll probably have gone crazy from being treated like dirt. The human world ain't no place for nopony.
5814524 because he didn't do it on purpose. part of the long term goal is to find the real Twilight and put her where she belongs.
5809918 because we weren't expecting that route to work. and think of it. If Celestia had showed up BEFORE Trixie it could easily be different.
Celestia knows Twilight well but sadly as the wedding shows she can screw up.
In the end it was just bad timing for Spike.