“Did you hear that?” Lauren asked.
“Hear what?”
“For a moment there Spike, I thought somebody was shouting.”
Spike stopped to listen, “Maybe it’s somepony nearby. Now come on, the store is over here.” The little dragon was leading Lauren though the streets of the beautiful city. Along the way, they passed by some ponies who have given them some odd looks. Some were staring even. Lauren thought that perhaps these ponies must be filthy rich by the clothes they have on.
The sky was darkening and the street lamps were being lit up. There were some crowds that they had to get past though before they came to the donut shop. The sign over the shop simply read: “Donut Joe’s. Open Twenty-four hours.” Of course, Lauren wasn't exactly pleased with the line outside of the shop. It looked like they had to wait.
She thought up of something to try to pass the time when an idea came to her, “You like superheroes?” she asked.
“You bet I do! Which ones do you wanna know?”
“You have a favorite?”
“Oh… That’s a tough one. Well, I just picked up on the Power Ponies comics just recently. They’re a team of superheroes who stop the mad Mane-iac from taking over everything.”
“A team of superheroes? It kinda sounds like the Justice League or something.”
“Justice League huh? That sounds cool actually.”
“And, out of curiosity, with the superheroes, you know, are there any good heroes that are like us kids?”
“Well now that you've mentioned it… The only ones that come to mind are sidekicks.”
“Why is that? Don’t they think that maybe us young kids won’t make good superheroes? It’s a little not fair isn't it?”
“Yeah. Yeah, you’re right! Why can’t there be like a colt with really cool powers.”
“Or girls? Why not give them some superpowers too?”
“Excuse me,” their conversation was cut short by a stallion behind them. “Aren't you going to move?” They looked to find that the line has moved ahead of them by several feet.
“Oh, sorry,” Lauren apologized as she and Spike moved forward.
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“She couldn't have gone too far,” Celestia said as she, a few of her guards and three of the elements went along with her to find the Princess’s mother. Ever since Lauren’s disappearance, the sisters sent out an emergency search party to find where she had gone.
Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were following the Sun Princess through the streets. While they too were looking for Celestia’s mother, they tried to calm her down.
“Princess, I understand completely you would be distressed by this,” Twilight said to her mentor as calmly as possible. “But I really think you ought to calm-”
“There’s no time for that! What if something happened to her? What if she’s hurt? Or-”
“No offense your highness,” Applejack interrupted. “But don’t ya think those seem a little unlikely?”
“Applejack, this isn't just anypony that I and my sister are worrying over. This is our mother we’re talking about.”
“We've heard you say that for the millionth time already, we get it.” Rainbow Dash flew up to Celestia. “And besides, it’s only been what? Fifteen, twenty minutes? How far could she possibly have gone to?”
“Rainbow, you of all ponies should know that anything can happen in that amount of time. What if she gets foalnapped? Or killed?”
“But if she’s dead, wouldn't we stop, you know, existing?” Rainbow questioned.
“Point taken, I suppose there is good news in that.”
“You know, what if Fluttershy was right?” Applejack asked. “If she’s really tha creator, an' if we've given her tha wrong message of what we’re like and all, what will become of us?”
“Do you think we might… vanish?” Twilight asked the question that none of them wanted to ask. It’s a question that summed up all of their fears of not only what happens if they find Lauren, but what happens when she goes home. Even Twilight had to summon up some courage to even ask it.
It wasn't surprising that the conversation went silent for a moment with the air suffocating them with anxiety. Then, from the corner of Celestia’s eye, in the window of a shop, she saw Lauren, eating away at a chocolate donut.
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“Yeah, but how old do you think our superheroes might be?” Lauren asked.
“Hm… Why not around your age, or maybe a bit younger.” Spike replied after he took another bit of the donut he was eating.
“Why’s that?”
“I don’t know, I guess it might be better for those at our age to relate to.”
“You know, you have a lot of good ideas.”
“Eh, I wouldn't say that. Sometimes I would do something stupid.”
“Like what?”
“LAUREN!!”
The two of them (along with the rest of the entire shop) jumped at the earthquake of Celestia’s voice. Then, in a calmer voice ordered everyone out of the shop, except for the girl. “I’ll have a talk with you later Spike,” she told the dragon as he made his way out the door.
All that was left in the donut shop was a crossed princess and a nervous little girl.
“Just where do I begin?” Celestia asked as she came closer to her very young mother. “Do you have any idea whatsoever how much you scared us both?”
“But-”
“I simply can’t believe you! That you just ran off without telling us?”
“But you-”
“You scared us, Lauren. We thought somepony took you, or, or worse.”
“But I-”
“I mean, what were you thinking? Coming out here without as so much as a guard at your side?”
“But Spike was-”
“No! This has nothing to do with him. You listen to me, you are never to go anywhere without telling us so. Do you under…” But Celestia stopped her rant as she saw, to her horror, the tears that made lines on her mother’s cheeks.
“Lauren, I didn't… I-I never meant-” Lauren got up from her seat and ran for the door. “Lauren! Stop!” But she didn't listen; she flung the door open and rushed out. Celestia went to the door, hoping that she might catch her to apologize for letting her emotions get the better of her. But her mother was nowhere to be seen.
“Where did she go?” She asked the elements.
“I saw her. She went this way,” Rainbow Dash took to the air, going into the direction that she saw her. But at this time, the sun has gone down, Rainbow tried to follow the trail only to lose it in the shadows.
“I can’t find her,” Rainbow came back to Celestia with the bad news.
In Celestia’s memory, she had fought nightmares, demons, mad gods and even her vengeful sister. But now, she was feeling three feelings at once: fear, dread, and extreme regret. “Oh, mother… What have I done?”
Nice one Celestia...
Smooth Celestia, real smooth.
Overreacting daughter to mother at daughter age! This is awesome!
(microwave popping tenth bag of popcorn)
Powerpuff Girls!
Omg, you are a master at storyline, but... you need to make the story look a bit like this.
Example:
Just a heads up to make sure people actually keep reading your story.
Something tells me that Celestia took a page from Twilight and freaked out.
THAT.......was a "Lesson Zero' grade freakout worthy of Twilight!
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Celestia sounds like my mom... when I was younger
It's ironic she's asking her mother what she did, when she in fact was speaking (*cough* yelling *cough*) to (at) her mother!!!
Celestia being mad could be very bad for everypony's health. She would give crazy twilight a run for her money.
5331467 Wait-a-minute... (Looks at the picture) Where's Pinkie's cutie mark?
5331691
wait....wat?
5331770 The meme you just posted. Look at it.
5331691
this is such a paradox if she dosent create mlp another paradox PPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5331801 (Starts to sing) A paradox! A paradox! A most ingen- Wait-a-minute!
5331779
Huh.... Did not notice that
Now we just sit here and wait for a time paradox to take an effect in this story.
Sorry for the awkward statement.
5331838 Great Scott!
Well... That could've gone a lot better. Also, we now have Spike to thank for inspiring the Powerpuff girls!
5331932 And a little of Fosters as well!
5331943 No wonder he's the best assistant
5331848
This is Heavy, Doc!
It's kinda cute but it'll get old quick if there's a gonna be a reference to each and everyone of Lauren's works per chapter.
5332023 I think I'll save that for the end, thanks anyway.
This is bad.
5332231 It'll be fine... I think.
5331995 I wan't really planing on it.
well that cant be good
stay classy
5332347 I hope so.
Good job Celestia.
*shakes head in a disappointed manner*
5331691 She had to put it into the washer (duh).
5331265 While I don't really see the point in doing that, I did, however, went back and settled on a compromise on the spacing.
Well, that went swimmingly..
(I think I spelled that wrongly)
Maybe Luna will find Lauren in her dream. Perhaps Luna will also tell the young Lauren that she is actually both the princesses' mother and the creator of Equestria. Perhaps have her wake up next to Cadence and Shining Armor, who tell her that they found her curled up in a ball, trying to avoid the heavy rain.
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Tried to find one with Celestia saying "Mother of Me" but none of them worked. :/
5331981 There's that word again, heavy... Why is everything so heavy in the future, is there a pronlem witn the earth's gravitational pull?
Also, not sure if intentional, but nice reference to Magical Mystery Cure there Cracked.
“I saw her. She went this way,” Rainbow Dash took to the air, going into the direction that she saw her. But at this time, the sun has gone down, Rainbow tried to follow the trail only to lose it in the shadows.
I suppose you mean cross?
Even if she WILL be dead, you already stop existing