Sweetie ignored the disgusted looks as she bit down into her fruit bat, enjoying the delicious taste of illusion. Looking up, she smiled warmly at Twilight, and wiped her mouth with a napkin. Twilight gently levitated utensils as she ate, disguising her horn magic as something a lot less intensive.
“So how’s the strawberry Sweetie? Is it mixing with the meat well?” Twilight waited patiently as Sweetie pretended to finish the food in her mouth. Really, the filly had become extremely gifted at subterfuge. Twilight would never admit it, but she worried Sweetie was too gifted.
“Oh yes! When you suggested eating fruit bats, I never thought the meat would compliment the fruity taste that comes from their peculiar diet.” Sweetie smiled warmly, and Twilight chuckled. After a few moments of pretending to eat, Twilight wiped her mouth again, and regarded Sweetie.
“Why did you want to do this anyway? It’s quite a strange prank, don’t you think?” Twilight watched Sweetie put down her fork, and took the cue to behind ‘cleaning up’.
“I was talking to Discord last loop, and he asked me if I was gonna eat one of the chickens he made. I said no and he ate it. It was probably only a ball of magic, but I thought it might be fun to try it one loop, even if pretend."
“I’ll have to have a talk to Discord when the loops end,” spoke Twilight, writing down a note in her looping journal.
“So Sweetie, how are you doing?” Twilight leaned forward, regarding Sweetie with wide eyes. Sweetie blinked, and tilted her head.
“Uh okay?” Sweetie didn’t entirely understand why Twilight was asking. Twilight sighed, recognising the confusion.
“Sweetie, you’ve been stuck in a Time Loop for probably months now. That doesn’t come without some problems. I’ll ask again, are you ok?” Twilight watched as Sweetie looked away, ears flopping down and up quickly. After a moment, she sighed and put a hoof to her forehead.
“I’m okay for now. There’s plenty of stuff for me to do. I gotta grow my magic, go through a few pranks, see a few things. Maybe one of them will give me a clue to get out of this. As long as there’s something new I can do, I’ll be fine.” Sweetie gave a sad smile, and watched as Twilight lent even further over the table.
“And what if there isn’t anything new?” Twilight watched warily, keeping her eyes trained for any slight change in Sweetie’s face. Sweetie looked at Twilight, bit her lip, and turned away.
“I don’t know,” she answered truthfully, lowering her head and looking at the ground. Ears flopping back, she rubbed her shoulder with a hoof.
“I could travel, maybe. But I don’t know what to do when everything I could do has been done, I just don’t. A-And it scares me okay? I don’t want to think about it. It’s a dark pit I don’t want to look down. So please Twilight, don’t ask me what I’ll do. Because I fear the answer.” Sweetie closed her eyes, face scrunching up as tears began to leak down her face. Twilight instantly brought the filly into a hug, letting her sob as she stroked Sweetie’s hair.
“I promise, I’ll never mention it again. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” Twilight closed her eyes, magic quickly writing a note in her journal. Sweetie could always read it, but Twilight had a feeling the filly hadn’t looked inside yet. Sweetie sighed, stepping back and wiping her eyes.
“I’ll be okay,” whispered Sweetie, giving a shaky smile as she watched Twilight stand up. Twilight smiled, and they both began making their way back toward the castle in silence. Passing Sugarcube corner, Twilight motioned to Sweetie, and they entered. Mrs Cake was currently serving the counter.
“Pick what you want from the menu.” Twilight stepped aside and let Sweetie order, levitating out her bag of bits. Twilight knew Sweetie probably had money of her own, but it was one of the few things she could do in her short timeframe with the filly that might at least be somewhat meaningful.
“Thanks Twilight.” Sweetie ordered, and they left the store, heading back toward the castle. Sweetie bit into her treat, allowing the taste to encompass her. Living in the moment, she savored the thoughtful gift, ignoring everything else as the taste traveled along her tastebuds.
“Come on, let’s go see if there’s anything hidden in Spike’s secret room.” Twilight winked, and Sweetie grinned, leaping toward the task with gusto. It turned out the fluffy toys masked a gem hoard, which Twilight immediately scolded Spike for. Was he trying to get fat?
Sweetie watched this with a sad smile, and looked away.
OH my god, you better do an awesome chapter for L40.
(the reason i havent sent you the chapter is because i havent finished writing it yet. heheheheh....)
and oh, hey look! 2004 comments!
5580571 2006
get it right! (sorry, yours made it 2005 and mine is gonna make it 2006. I couldn't help but say it)
anyway, i think a congrats is in order for that many comments!
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Are you mad? The special loop has to be 42.
5580584 It'll probably hit 2015 within a week or two.
This is by far the longest fic I've ever read and loved so much. And yes, I have read the famous Past Sins.
iiiiideeeeaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! What if Sweetie Belle used the mirror pond and then tried to take that clone through a loop with her??????? If it's like the Pinkie Pie clones (where the only real difference to the real Pinkie were their memories or lack there of), I'd think it would have the same magic signiture that Sweetie herself does. Would she be able to take it through a loop???????
5580723 Wait, what?1 But it's only like 76,018 words... Go read Man of War with 1,054,068 words, or Diaries of a Madman with 1,730,229 words!
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It would have to be a perfert clone in every single way, and from what I remember from the mirror pool episode the clones weren't quite perfect.
But the theory is sound, that if there was a perfect clone of her the loop would probably not know what to do, as the loop is centered only on her, a second her could overload the spell and could result in any number of out comes, including but not limited too:
1: the loop restarts with two Sweeties
2: each Sweetie ends up in her own version of the loop
3: the looping could end
4: the world could be destroyed as a result of the magic
5: the clone Sweetie could rapidly age and turn to dust like her friends did
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That should be the final loop, as it would answer everything
5580785 Egad! A breakthrough! We need this!
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I don't know how i would feel about that...
5580723 You must either not like Fallout Equestria or have never read it. I'm talking the one that started all the spin-offs.
omnomnom.
5580944 If the clone is perfect the universe might flip a coin to decide which one to keep. The real Sweetie Belle could be killed and a clone left in her place.
Except creating a clone would be hard because isn't the spell bound to her? So the spell would have to be bound to the clone as well somehow. That'd be hard to pull off.
We all saw what you did there.
WE'RE GOING OFF THE RAILS ON A CRAZY TRAIN!!!
-This story.
Hopefully it doesn't jump the gun too hard.
I really hope something significant happens soon so there might be clues~
I hope that soon we get a really important chapter that gets sweetie closer to escaping the loop
I think visiting the changelings might be fun. I think the way out might be making an immortal clone and transferring the memories to it. Maybe use the mirror pool? Getting close to a year for sweetie bell, is she going to have a birthday party soon?
I think she should go for world domination. It might be fun!
Wait so is looping with or is keeping a journal that somehow keeps all its information every loop ( idk gonna continue to read)
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I'm guessing the way Twilight said she doesn't think Sweetie has read it, means each time she writes in it, she gives it to Sweetie to pass back to herself.
...I think.
What did you expect? It's 100+ chapters.
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This is chapter 61