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Stopping outside Noteworthy’s house, Sweetie waited patiently as the smells of dinner wafted through the street. Taking a seat on some grass by the road, she pulled out a book to read. It was one that had recently been released. It was about a young filly trying to make her way in a zombie apocalypse, with only an ex-murderer as company.
Slowly, the sounds of music began to echo, and Sweetie gently closed the book, it was time.
Noteworthy played the note, and sighed. There was something weighing on his mind, something he couldn’t quite place. Shaking his head, he noticed the sounds of his fellow musicians begin, and moved his hooves to join in, forgetting his worries almost instantly. Closing his eyes, he let the music speak.
The song weaved and swirled, easing the minds of everypony listening. It softened anger, it soothed heartache, and helped children drift to sleep. It did all this, until a new tune entered the air. Swirling around it, the music hesitated, detecting the inexperience behind the magically infused notes.
The tune began to swirl, singing a new song, one that disturbed the old rhythm as it spoke. The song tried to resist it, wanting to keep the soothing melody, but soon found the tune mixing to make it more haunting. The song faltered, and the tune rose up in panic, trying to continue the song. The song paused, and decided to listen, shifting to allow the tune, the voice, to lead.
It began joyfully, bouncing around with a playful air, transforming into a mischievous undertone. The voice changed, while the melody continued the undertone, jumping into the calm beat of the old song. Transforming the song, the voice seemed to falter occasionally, but purposely in tune with the song, before finally coming to a stop.
The voice resumed, and the song transformed into a sad song, emotion given a voice. The voice began to return to the calming melody of before, and the song resumed once more, sensing the message was finished. Finishing, the final notes ended as normal, and all was calm. Only a few ponies noticed the difference, and even fewer knew what was the cause.
As all musicians poked their heads out, they saw Sweetie Belle in the street, looking directly at Noteworthy, and simply knew. Vinyl and Octavia both vacated inside, knowing it was none of their business. Lyra simply walked away, glancing back only once on her way home. Looking down at Sweetie, Noteworthy walked downstairs, and opened the door.
“Come in,” he spoke, turning and walking toward the table, where he took a seat. Stepping inside, Sweetie shut the door behind her, and joined him at the table. Breathing in, she opened her mouth, and began to tell him her tale. At first, Noteworthy had been going to laugh, but his disbelief was removed when Sweetie transformed herself into an Alicorn for a moment.
Hours passed quickly as Sweetie spoke, and Noteworthy’s expression grew more and more serious. Levitating over both of them some coffee, Sweetie took a sip, and continued. After finishing her tale, Sweetie waited patiently as Noteworthy looked down. Closing his eyes for a moment, he sighed, standing up and walking over.
“I can’t exactly forgive you for what you put that version of me through, but I can’t hate you for it either. I don’t really know what my feelings are on the situation to be honest. I’m sorry I can’t give you more or a final answer on that.” Biting his lip, Noteworthy put a hoof on Sweetie’s shoulder, looking her in the eyes.
“It’s late, you should head home.” Turning, Noteworthy led the way back to the front door. Stepping outside, Sweetie and Noteworthy shared a strained smile, and the door was closed. Noteworthy headed upstairs, slumping in his bed and heaving a sigh. Meanwhile, Sweetie went home, getting a quick hug from Rarity, and went straight to bed, where dreamless sleep met her.
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Finally resolution. ..
:)
Um question/ possible error, sleepless dreams? Was it supposed to be dreamless sleep?
That had to be awkward...
Hey uh.. I kinda drove you to suicide in a time loop.
(insert noteworthy):
6258580 Actually a sleepless dream can be defined as thoughts turning mental images while you lay awake, trying (yet failing) to fall asleep. It's really simple actually, just think of it like a you can't stop thinking about something so much that it actually forms a mental image that overlays the layer of darkness. So in all, that phrasing does make sense if you understand what it really means.
So I just saw this one the featured box. Didn't really like it much: the grammar dances along the edge of correctness, the dialogue feels stilted and odd, characterization and exposition are less than spectacular, etc., etc...
But hey, it takes a heck of a lot of effort to write 150k words. Respect, yo.
6258779 Thanks
6254817 but think of all those dead end plots and irrelevant things you said! S'pretty interesting and it's like they never missed anything. At least leave a few. Especially designs for sweetie bell.
The only thing I can say to this chapter is: filler
Good to see Sweetie confronting what she did wrong during her looping. Not much left for Sweetie to do but continue to move forward into tomorrow!
6259059 she is the princess of blank flanks
Wait a minute, does anyone remember when Twilight said that Sweetie could go to the human world at loop 200? Cause I did. Could I get that please? Even if it would be short?
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Luna's slacking on the job!
Should I consider this story finished?
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There were supposed to be 100 loops.
IN the last sentence ( where sleepless dreams met her.) wtf lets read that again (SLEEPLEES DREAMS WTF)
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She's obviously dreamings with her eyes open! Totally not a typo
I think it rather interesting how Sweetie Belle is resolving all the loose plot points from during her time in the loops.
Her loop story varies quite a lot from other loop stories since she exited the loop after solving the problem that caused the loops, but there aren't really any big problems chronologically remaining (no big villain lurking in the background who she knows she has to fight later or anything).
So instead she spends time, a chapter per problem, going out and attempting to rectify all the minor but chronic problems she discovered while looping.
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But how'd she beat it? That's a huge Plot Point. And what happened to Starswirl's body after death? Those are two, well three if you count the Princesses reactions, plot points that never got resolved.
so, hallucinations?
(Yawns)
What'd I miss?