Sweetie knocked on the door, and waited. As Ditzy answered, she glanced inside and saw Dinky eating, a good sign. Smiling pleasantly, Sweetie quickly bowed her head. Ditzy tilted hers, but said nothing.
“Hi, my name’s Sweetie Belle. I’m-uh-I heard about your money problems, and wanted to make sure my classmate Dinky was getting enough food. Cause I-uh- could probably let you come over for dinner. Rarity said it’s ok.” Sweetie lied about that last bit, but she had no doubts Rarity would agree. Ditzy smiled warmly, touched by the filly’s concern. Pulling out the very same flier Sweetie normally used, she pointed to it with a hoof.
“That’s very kind of you, but a gust of wind blew this onto my face on Monday. I’m not sure how, but apparently I’m perfect for the job. They keep telling me to hammer in a piece of board into a condemned house, and praise me when it falls over. Confusing, but good money. And stable too.” Ditzy giggled, putting the flier down.
“Oh…” Sweetie’s blood turned ice cold for a moment, before she shook her head rapidly, and beamed a smile, jumping around as she giggled.
“That sounds like a silly job, telling you to do one thing and watching you do the other.” Sweetie stopped bouncing, and gave a giggle.
“Either way, I’m glad Dinky’s ok. I better get going now, you’re obviously eating.” Sweetie waved goodbye, and frowned as Ditzy shook her head.
“Nonsense, come and join us. I’d love to hear about how you know my daughter.” Ditzy slowly nudged Sweetie into the house, and Sweetie didn’t have the heart to resist. Taking a seat at the table, Sweetie silently cursed her bad luck.
‘Great, now I have to pretend to be a happy foal instead of thinking about the elephant just shoved into my room.' Discarding her irritation, Sweetie smiled warmly at the two, and waited for them to begin the conversation.
“I’m sorry, but you said you know me?” Dinky tilted her head, frowning as Sweetie blinked. Putting a hoof to her chin, she pretended to consider it.
“Well, I wouldn’t say know. I see you in class occasionally, but we’ve never talked. I just overheard some grownups talking about how Ditzy wasn’t doing well and I wanted to make sure you were ok.” Sweetie let her concern show, and Dinky blinked, touched.
“Well thank you for being concerned for us,” spoke Ditzy, giving a motherly smile as she brought Dinky into a hug with her wing. Dinky whined, and Ditzy chuckled as she let her daughter go.
Sweetie exchanged small talk with them while they ate, and wondered how long she had before Rarity woke. To her surprise, and gratitude, Rarity knocked on the door at that moment.
“Hello, I’ve come to pick up Sweetie-Ah there you are.” Rarity’s face was full of concern and evident relief. Sweetie walked over and gave her sister a hug.
“Sorry for worrying you sis. See ya Dinky, goodbye Miss Doo.” Sweetie waved goodbye like the good little filly she was, and followed her sister home.
“I’m proud of you,” commented Rarity, noticing her sister’s sudden confusion. Bringing Sweetie into a hug, she smiled.
“You showed concern for your filly friend, despite the fact she was only a classmate. That kindness is one of the most important traits you could ever have. Of course Generosity is one of those.” Rarity chuckled, and brought Sweetie around so they could see eye-to-eye.
“You are growing up so fast.” Rarity began to tear up, and Sweetie brought her sister into a hug.
“There there,” she spoke, letting emotion creep into her voice.
‘Alright, so somepony must have sent that ‘gust of wind’ for Ditzy. Likely the same person who got me out of the death spiral. I have no idea who it could be. Either they’re somepony I don’t know, or a very good actor.’ Sweetie mentally sighed as she followed her sister home.
‘This is too much for me. Solutions where there are none. I just don’t know what else I can do! I guess the only thing I can do is have a little fun. Maybe play a few pranks. Hrm...Speaking of pranks…’ Sweetie smiled, and began designing the pranks for her next loop the moment she entered her room.
‘I’m thinking, catapult, tar, and chicken feathers. That should entice Pinkie Pie. Now as for Dash, maybe a weight to make her fly slower. No, that wouldn’t work. Hrm. Maybe a bucket of water. Yeah, she should be able to get the idea from that.’ Sweetie nodded to herself, writing down her notes.
‘Cheese, yes that is a great idea. And some frosting. Party Balloons? No, too Pinkie Pie. How about… argh I dunno! So many to chose from.’ Sweetie growled, grabbing her head and falling off her chair. Laying on the floor, she bemoaned the amount of choices she had.
I don't think that "daughter" need to be capitalized...unless you meant to do that *Because I'm not very good at "getting" stuff*
Dang it Sweetie. It's obviously a Trickster! Hunt it down, then stab it to death with a stake dipped in the blood of its victims!
And now I'm going to have Heat of the Moment stuck in my head all day.
5625400 no, it shouldn't be. you're right
Not sure if that's an intentional typo because of what day it is or if you meant to say heard.
Thanks again for the regular updates.
We know that Starswirl got out, but wouldn't tell how. Only telling to relax, let go of inhibitions and put on a good show.
What if... the final loop. I mean THE final loop. The one looping sees ALL the loops on top of each other, and will be able to make final adjustments untill the loop goes EXACTLY like the looper needs it to be.
and these little differences we have seen so far (like the opening of the window, and now this paper) is the result of sweetie making final adjustments to the first loopfree week.
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I was thinking that she might end up going through the loops in reverse somehow, but keeping all her memories so she can adjust the loops like the wind and the window... that might be how Starswirl got out too! It's just that he was going to die, so he died...
I'm still looking forward to the loop where she gets to ride a dragon... Ooh, and when she finally memorizes a week's worth of classes, mostly because I want to watch her get frustrated when she gets a few of them wrong. Keep up the good work, Warewolves!
happy valentines day everypony
Is there a reason this is heart and not heard? Or is it a valentines day thing I am missing?Blerp, someone already pointed it out.
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You know that makes sense. Remember when sweetie climbed out her window and started singing while trotting down the street at midnight?????? The window opening itself could have been the result of those two loops overlapping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mirror pond, make it happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS ONE!!!
is it possible the "mystery pony"is discord? or a spirit of starswirl?
5625717 That would be a very disappointing ending.
After all the pondering and attempts to decipher the nature of the loops including all the slow but evident progress made reagarding the "puzzle" all that would feel out of place and be regarded as completely pointless if this looping story where to end in such a predictable fashion.
~Leonzilla
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You know how Star Swirls future self told Star Swirl that time travel wasn't going to work, and it made it so that he had to develope a time travel spell in the future to go to the future, then back to himself to get him to repeat that loop within a loop.
And how the notes said that she's trapped and she's never getting out? Yeah huge bit of foreshadowing. Think, he was in for longer, and had a need to deal with the magic induced headaches, and the notes say that there is no way out. Yet what got him out of his time loop, even with using multi-temporal magics (what do you call going forward, back, and sideways with time magic?), was something that ripped his immortality magics from him, and gave him enough time to talk to the princesses before dying.
Definitely agreeing with the majority that there's another Sweetie Bell orchestrating these loops for her. EEEENTERESTING.
If discord was telling the truth (unlikely, but bear with me) the mysterious benefactor could be the new entity being created. Somehow.
time travel spell with a twilight twist?
I just had an epiphany. What if there's a way to escape the loop, but it requires traveling into a different dimension (what I'm trying to convey is the Blind Eternities, except it doesn't kill you and you're able to interact with planes while outside of them), and Sweetie Belle escaped and is now making sure her past self doesn't die, as to ensure she becomes her present self? But then that would mean there would be no "starting point", so...
Weird I thought that
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Like interstellar? Sort of at least?
I thought for a minute that maybe Rarity did it. Maybe she opened her bags and saw Sweetie's notes, so she had the flier go to Ditzy
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Or this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivzqSggYic