Sweetie was on the final day, this was where she had messed up last time. This was the moment she would have to test her skills as an actor. Lying to somepony who can tell the truth would be difficult, because she would have to be sure she didn’t say a single thing that was a lie.
“Where have you been?” Rarity’s eye twitched as she breathed heavily over Sweetie. Sweetie frowned, and pointed to her room.
“I’ve been in my room all day, why?” Sweetie turned back to Rarity, and blinked, taking a step back as her face got even closer.
“Why did you leave Cheerilee's side?” Rarity forced herself to step back. Behind her Cheerilee bit her lip. Sweetie forced herself to remain calm, this was the point where she showed off everything she had learned.
“I’m sorry I ran off like that, there’s no real excuse.” Sweetie let her ears flop down as she looked to the floor, managing to muster up a single tear too. Applejack didn’t react, which meant Sweetie had finally done it. Sweetie saw Rarity glare, but she relented just enough for Sweetie.
“Alright, but if I find out you skip again tomorrow, I will personally escort you to school in my magic for a month!” Rarity leaned forward, and Sweetie shrunk back from the gaze. Sweetie had forgotten how scary Rarity could be on a bad day.
“Of course,” replied Sweetie, breathing a silent sigh of relief. She had done it!
“As it stands, Twilight will escort you tomorrow.” Rarity loomed over Sweetie, and she nodded as if she wasn’t bothered. Mentally she chided herself, knowing that Twilight being the escort made things slightly more difficult. Heading upstairs, Sweetie mused for a moment.
After dinner, Sweetie headed straight for bed. Tomorrow would require plenty of sleep.
“Good morning Sweetie.” Twilight greeted the sleepy filly as she walked out of the house, and they began to make their way toward the school. Twilight kept an eye on Sweetie at all times, but relaxed as the School came into view. Twilight turned to look for Sweetie, and blinked, the filly had vanished.
Twilight quickly cast a detection spell, and noticed a teleportation spell had been cast. Surprise mixed with unease rippled through her. Twilight hadn’t known Sweetie knew how to teleport. After a moment, Twilight quickly found out where the filly had teleported to, and took to the sky, looking for the filly.
Finding the white form running, Twilight swooped down, flaring her wings and speeding up to catch up. As she began to close in, Sweetie glanced toward her. Twilight’s eyes widened, and time seemed to slow as she saw a feral smirk emerge on the filly’s face, just as she vanished into another teleport.
Twilight landed and quickly turned, leaping back into the air and teleporting in short bursts, quickly catching back up with Sweetie. The filly didn’t react at first, and Twilight reached out a hoof to grab her. Suddenly, she was blown back, and forced to shake her head to clear some sort of muddle from it.
“Was that...a stun spell!?” Twilight narrowed her eyes, and took off, this time flying into the air directly for a friend. Waking Rainbow Dash, Twilight informed her of the situation. Saluting, Dash took Twilight hoof, and her fast friend began to help Twilight reach higher speeds. It wasn’t long before they found Sweetie once more.
The area exploded into smoke, and Twilight and Dash skidded to a halt. Telling Dash to wait just outside in case she made a run, Twilight entered the smoke, and lit her horn as she tried to clear away the smoke. Turning, she called up a shield, deflecting the spell she quickly identified as a knockout spell.
“Give it up Sweetie, you are going to school!” Twilight shouted into the smoke, hearing a soft chuckle resound around her. Blocking another spell, Twilight fired in the direction, and bit her lip as she hit nothing. Where had this filly learned to fight!?
“That’s where your’re wrong Twilight. And you know it. I’m only using a fraction of my power here. I know every spell you do, and I can easily cast them.” Sweetie’s voice almost sounded menacing, and Twilight suppressed a shudder. Where had this filly learned such magic? What was going on?
“That doesn’t change the fact I will make you go to school!” Twilight wished she had Applejack here, so she could tell the truths from the lies. Regardless of that, Twilight knew she had to take Sweetie seriously. Anypony that could cast teleportation was on at least equal footing, and that meant forcing the filly to go to school was now a lot more difficult.
Twilight concentrated, calling up a whirlwind and blowing away the smoke in one movement. Glancing around, she quickly saw the surprised filly, and fired a suppression field at her. Sweetie teleported, watching as a bubble of purple energy swallowed the place she had been standing a moment before. Rainbow Dash dived for her, and Sweetie gritted her teeth, and fired a spell upwards, knocking the pegasus out. Turning, Sweetie knocked Twilight away with a torrent of water, and leapt out of the way of a binding spell. Sweetie cried out as she charged up her horn, and a fire sprung up briefly on the gravel path. Twilight, distracted for a fraction of a second, nearly missed the filly firing another knockout spell, dodging by instinct alone.
Sweetie gasped for breath, sweat coming off her forehead. This was a lot more difficult than she had thought it would be. Twilight was a lot more experienced, a lot more talented, and had access to a lot more spells. Sweetie dodged another bubble spell, and realised she was going to lose.
“Wait! Time out!” Sweetie pulled out Twilight’s looping note, knowing there was no use continuing the fight when she was going to lose. Levitating it out, Sweetie waited as Twilight took it, and read it with one eye still on her. After a moment, Twilight handed the letter back, and narrowed her eyes.
“I wanted to see if I could get out of school for an entire week this loop,” replied Sweetie, glancing toward the ground and scuffing it. Twilight relaxed slightly, coming out of a combat position and into a more neutral standing pose. Sweetie waited as Twilight digested this information, and then rubbed her temple.
“Nng, fine, go. But if I see you tomorrow and this loop thing turns out to be untrue, you won’t get off so easy.” Twilight quickly cast a wake up spell on Dash as Sweetie turned and teleported away. Taking a seat in her clubhouse, she sighed and closed her eyes.
“Just great, I can’t defeat Twilight, and I don’t want to, and the only way to naturally skip school a loop is to do so. Either I need a new plan, or I need to accept Rarity is going to have to be given the loop note each time.” Sweetie opened her eyes, and growled in irritation.
What a pain.
Sweetie belle is slowly getting more and more competent with her magic. What i want to know is will her new found power stay with her if she does manage to break the loop. Sweetie could end up being an extremely powerful unicorn yet. Great chapter as usual.
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It should. Magic is like a muscle. And not to forget the draining has artifically given her access to large amounts of magic that she's slowly be acclimated to not only having, but getting more of. Heck by the time she breaks the loops, I wouldn't be surprised if she is as powerful as Twilight.
Or she could run away the first day and not come back until she needs to loop? If i were her I would just take a walk and do what ever for all five days.
Twilight quickly found out where the filly had teleported too
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5459708 But where could she walk in the short amount of time? Assuming she isn't going to have the same amount of potential exhaustion with her body of each loop she would have to physically cover her tracks as using magic would be too obvious for Twilight to find out about and the distance she can cover on hoof is going to be quite small because of her size.
I just had a morbid thought, what if Sweetie was swallowed whole by a large creature such as a Hydra or a another Dragon and it was the end of the loop? Would that be counted as a pseudo room and only drain the eater?
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I would guess it would depend on how magical the creature is and/or how thick its skin/hide/flesh.
5459377 And of course, we know what happens to extremely powerful unicorns that develop new magic.
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What is WRONG with you?????????????
I’ve got an idea about how Sweetie Belle could successfully take another pony through a loop with her. These are the facts I've noticed so far. The loops reset exactly at the stroke of midnight. During the following minute afterwards, everything with magic (including other ponies) gets drained of its magic resulting in it immediately aging, withering, and dying. However, if Sweetie is indoors, this magic draining is confined solely to the room that Sweetie is in and everything outside that room doesn’t loop. I suggest that some other pony should stand just inside the door to Sweetie’s room at the stroke of midnight (when the loop resets) therefore traveling into the next loop but that within the first one or two seconds they jump into the hallway and run the BUCK away from that room until the first minute is up. If anypony can successfully pull it off, than they should end up in the next loop with their magic and lives (at least mostly) intact. I don’t see any logical reason why this couldn’t work. However, doing so would be extremely risky. Darting out of the room too early would mean that they won’t loop and darting out more than a couple of seconds after the exact stroke of midnight would kill them. Therefore, because of the precise timing required, I’d only recommend trying this with somepony who’s well known for being very agile with very quick reflexes such Rainbow Dash or Scootaloo.
5459441 She has drained Twilight completely at least once, meaning she should at the very least have a little more magic than Twilight.
5460352 But someone else has been stealing the magic she drains, so she doesn't get all of it. It does look like she's on par with Twilight overall though.
5460346 Hmm... Plausible i suppose. However, i doubt that sweetie would go through with it. After the first time she tried to bring others with her, she seemed mortified. She also turned down the princesses going with her before, even with the chance they'd survive. She simply won't take the chance
5460270 Curiosity. .. Thats what's wrong with them. On second thought now that he mentioned it I wonder that too (not specifically swallowed but inside).
Idea for Sweetie: Sneak out at night and board the train somewhere. For Whom The Sweetie Bell Tolls shows that she can get a ticket at her age. So take a few hours long trip to *insert far away city* with a bag of bits and spend the day there, then take the train back home after school is out. Of course Twilight will likely have a tracking spell...
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Did you watch Doctor Who Series 8?
5467057 Nope
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maybe you have a point. it's still fun to speculate though. maybe, instead of trying it out on another pony she could try it out on some kind of inanimate object. maybe she could try it out on that teddybear from earlier because coninuity. for example, she could cast some kind of spell on the teddybear and, the second the clock strikes midight, she chucks the teddybear into the hall. if whatever spell she casts doesn't wear off, she'll know it worked!!!!!!!! maybe that'll give her the confidence to try it out on another pony????????
5467057 now I want to know why you mentioned that?
I feel like this is being the most exciting chapter so far.
Leonzilla
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Oh, because of the swallowed by a hydra comment here:
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Typo: "Twilight hoof" ... 'Twilight's"
This should be Twilight's
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A little loopy edit doc
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Nay, she doesn't know the moustache spell.
also, i wield the strongest armor, can wipe out foes with a single thought, and shoot lightling that you cant dodge, so dont even try.
also ALSO, im god.