>>98888: In Celestia's Office
Whirring Gears Tue, Apr 24, 2012 2:49 PM No. 98888
Not really a DISJOINTED scene, but...
A small exchange between Princess Celestia and one of her royal guards after she sent Twilight and her friends out to face Discord.
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Captain Cornerstone burst through the office's enormous doors and immediately bowed his head as he came to a skidding halt. "I stand ready, Princess," he announced, trying to keep his voice level despite his ragged breath.
"At ease, Captain," Celestia replied, her tone as unreadably sweet as always. "Thank you for your haste."
The Captain raised his head and gave a quick salute. "Units nine through twelve have been alerted. They will mobilize immediately at your command."
"That will not be necessary." The Princess even offered a small smile as she circled around her desk to address Cornerstone directly. "I've just finished a private meeting with a few advisors, and I'm pleased to say that Discord has confined his activities, for now, to a single small area."
"I am aware, Princess. Ponyville." The Captain's voice did not waver as he said the name of his childhood home... the birthplace of his father, the place where he learned how to coax pears down from a stubborn tree, decades before he learned to buck, bite, and charge.
"Yes, Ponyville. Fortunately for all of ponykind, Ponyville is small and isolated." Celestia's smile faded, but she never once let her voice darken. "I would like you, Captain, to deliver a message personally to the Sixth. Tell them to keep their lances ready at all times, lest night fall upon Canterlot next."
Cornerstone's eyes widened at the word 'lance.' He needed to hear nothing else to understand the terrible meaning of Celestia's simple words. He suppressed his gasp of horror, but could not keep the shaking from his knees or his voice.
He said, "At once, Princess," but he did not move for several seconds. When he finally turned to gallop out the door again, he was stopped.
"Permission to speak freely, Captain."
Cornerstone slowly turned around where he stood. Princess Celestia stood before him in all her regal beauty-- outstretched wings framing her perfect head and neck in traditional posture, muzzle held high. "My Princess is of course aware that I was raised in Ponyville," Cornerstone said, too quietly. "I hope... I hope night does not fall there."
"It will not," Celestia said, approaching him. He instinctually bowed again, but she placed a hoof to his chin and raised it to look her in the eyes. "The Elements will defeat Discord. Ponyville will live on in prosperity. You have my word."
"Then... why am I being told to prepare the Skylancer?" Again Cornerstone could not conceal his emotions.
"Because Discord's power threatens not only Ponyville but all of Equestria. This situation is the very reason why we trained the Sixth in the Skylancer's use." Celestia lowered her hoof to the floor. Cornerstone didn't look away from her.
"You mean to say I should order them to... to perform it, should the Elements fail?"
"They will not fail." For the first time, the Princess' words sounded dire. "Now hurry. We cannot know how much time we have before true disaster may strike."
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I kind of want to steal this idea.
I can see this becoming popular....fast...
I may take one or two and make them into larger ones, and of course give credit to you....
This will be interesting..
Tracking
Okay....BEST. IDEA. EVER.
I wish I could've thought of this! It opens doors for the writer AND the readers! Can't wait to see some of the requests!
I...actually have a request myself.
I've always wanted to see someone tackle a Diamond Tiara shipfic. No, I don't mean something like Diamond TiaraXSilver Spoon, or any of those kinds of ships. I mean a STRAIGHT-UP ship fic (Not SERIOUS shipping, but the kind of puppy love-type filly ships you'll find) between Diamond Tiara and a school colt. I find that idea so unique, and it hasn't been done before.
I'd honestly like to see if you could pull that off,
500470I'm sure it has been done. I don't remember where I saw it. But Google is your friend.
And if it hasnt, well there's your story.
Ok I have a non shipfic for ya. Write one about Celestia's guards running an excercise where they try to infiltrate their own defenses in order to see if they're adequate. Or perhaps you could write one about Chrysalis' and shinig armor's alone time (clop clop clop).
Between Diamond Tiara heteromarshmallow pubescent puppy-love and Chrysalis/Armor clop, I'm having a tough time deciding.
I've already come up with some interesting cuteness for Tiara, so that's gonna come first. Chrysalis clop will come up maybe.
I'm at work right now so don't expect it until tomorrow.
500638
Great! Thank you so much! Can't wait to see the finished product...
I'm also considering an action thing about the guards, don't get me wrong, but the Tiara thing is already coming together in my head.
It would be just as cute and have a stronger link to canon if you let me use Spoon :P
500762
Gah...I just don't like TiaraXSpoons fics. They've been done...over-done...
I want to see something unique. Something adorable that is straight shipping, but innocent and cute. That's what I've wanted to see...I'd be fine with you INCLUDING Silver Spoon though. After all, she's technically Diamond Tiara's go-to lackie in the series, so it'd make sense for her to be in it...
However...I just would like a Diamond TiaraXColt ship. I think it'd just bring so many new ideas to fruition. I don't mean to sound demanding,
501041
Ooh, something off-the-wall that runs the risk of feeling irritating and indulgent. You know, like a bad 40k pony fic.
I like this idea because it's different, and because if I do it in this style, it won't overstay its welcome. This has been added to the head-queue that isn't really a queue because I have no intention of being fair with who gets written when. Thank you.
500920
Don't worry, I thought of a fun way to put it together with a colt before I even considered Spoons. You'll like what comes out I think.
501050
I think I will,
Write a story of Queen Chrysalis making another attempt to gain entry to Equestria in order to feed her people. Since force did not work, she attempts diplomacy using the only leverage she has... demanding the return of the Element of Laughter to her people, the Changelings known in a different era as the Breezies.
Head canon.
There are six lesser pony breeds in Equestria; Unicorns, Earth ponies, Pegasi, Flutter ponies, Sea ponies, and the Breezies.
Once the world of Equestria was in balance between chaos and order. It was led by the two greater pony breeds; The Lords of Order where the Alicorns and the Lords of Chaos were the Draconequus.
The sudden arrival of three new breeds to Equestria (Unicorn, Earth ponies and pegasi) lead to a flaring of a long standing disagreement between the two greater races. How best should the leaser races be guided, by the hoof of order or the hand of chaos?
Polite disagreement soon grew to armed contest and finally into all out war. The Breezie and the Flutter ponies sided as a race with the Lords Of Chaos. The Sea ponies, the Unicorn and the Pegasi sided with the Lords of Order. While the earth ponies were divided as a breed between the two Lords.
The war raged for decades, growing more violent and intolerant with each passing year. Eventually even the leaders of the six lesser breeds realized how pointless the war truly was. How their lords had stopped being concerned with guidance and more concerned with winning what amounted to a debate.
Thus the leaders of the six lesser ponies breeds meet in secret and together in secret each forged a jewel of Greater Power, the Elements of Harmony. Together the Elements of Harmony could force even Gods to stop and see reason.
But into whose hooves should they place these great tools? Neither the Lords of Order or Chaos could be trusted anymore. Each would have used the Elements of Harmony to lay waste to the other. The six leaders finally found a pony they could trust to wield the Elements, an Alicorn Princess named Celestia.
A plan was made to gather the great host of Alicorns and Draconequus into what each believed to be a final decisive battle. There the Elements of Harmony would be used. It was audacious plan that would not have succeeded if not for a Draconequus General named Discord, whose motives were always suspect. The plan failed. Nether the Queen of the Alicorns nor the Queen of the Draconequus could agree. Princess Celestia was forced to seal both Great herd of Alicorns and Draconequus in Tartarus. Few Alicorns escaped the sealing and of the Draconequus, only Discord remained.
With the great sealing, came peace to Equestria but so too was the near complete lost of chaotic magic which the Lords Of Chaos had brought to the land. The Breezies, always the closest to the Lord of Chaos felt the great shuddering keenly as Chaotic Magic withdrew from Equestria. Thousands simply died where they stood.
Those Breezies that survived were creatures starved of magic. The greatest magic left in Equestria was love, chaotic at times, wild. The breezies, a breed more magical then any of the other lesser breeds had for the first time a need to feed. They were now the Changelings. Princess Celestia had no choice but to banish the Changelings from Equestria as their feeding on love brought chaos and misery to her new people.
The banishment of the Breezies by Princess Celestria brought silent disapproval from the Flutter ponies. The flutter ponies retreated to their isolated mountain valleys and never again participated in Equestrian life in any meaningful way.
Elements of each pony breed are as follows
Magic - Unicorns
Honesty - Earth pony (So that they may never lie to themselves again)
Loyalty - Pegasi
Kindness - Flutter ponies
Generosity - Sea ponies
Laughter - Breezies
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Have fun!
501115
That's a little heavier on the clop than I'm used to. Don't get me wrong, going over the top with clop would be a fun challenge, but it would be both difficult and not real interesting because my heart isn't seeing a legitimate direction besides lolporn.
Granted, the inherent appeal of WTF-level clop material can be its own draw. I'll think about it.
501161
Necronomicon would be sort of interesting and would spare me from trying to work the Human angle, which I've never touched until now.
501152
What you've written there is nearing the length of one of the mini-fics already published.
Your concept is interesting-- I'm a sucker for sweeping, universe-uniting ideas that make everything click together in a system the likes of which Aristotle might have written about-- but like hell I'm going to try to do it all the justice it deserves.
501206
You can write it even if I write it first.
501196
Thanks, please run with the story as far as you can go.
I have my hands full with the three fics I already have and can't start a 4th even if the idea of the story is interesting.
I feel this story needs to be told. If you listen to Queen Chrysalis song, it does sound like she is trying to being a good queen to her people. It even sounds a bit sad. She is looking to feed her people and her dreams when she was small was to see her people fed. It seems even royalty was not far away from hunger. She looked fearful when she came to contest Celestia in their battle of magic and surprised when she won. It gives the feeling that she really wasn't as confident as she appeared to be but stood her ground (bravely) even against the Sun Goddess.
All these things make Queen Chrysalis a very dangerous pony. She believes she is morally right. She has her people depending on her to carry the day. She is brave enough to stand against a Goddess. She has no love for Equestrian ponies, no room in her heart at all for them.
Rainbow Dash takes Fluttershy to a Rammstein concert.
For reference: Ich Tu Dir Weh - Rammstein
Alternatively, if you want to go completely off the deep end, make it Anal Cunt.
501352
Listen, I'm not sure if you understand what's going on in this thread.
I will run with this idea if I get to it: Queen Chrysalis acting as queen to her people. I make no promises about how well I represent your overarching concept especially because the whole bit about each race holding an element isn't really doing it for me.
501392
A call out for interesting ideas that you may decided to run with or not....
I'm just taking up space talking about an idea i have, hoping to interest you.
I'll keep quiet now......