"So... there isn't a problem?"
The two white hands flicked through a large number of papers within a folder. After selecting a few particular sheets, the folder was placed into a small drawer on the desk.
"Twilight Sparkle, you managed to prevent our school from being involved with dark magic users dominating our world. Twice. I don't care whether or not you are an actual Canterlot High student. You're welcome here anytime."
Although Principal Celestia's hair didn't have the same wavy properties as Princess Celestia's hair, it still had the colors and texture that made it look almost divine. Instead of the light brown overshirt and purple inner shirt that she had worn the previous times Twilight visited, she wore a black and white suit and tie, with a black inner shirt and a white overshirt and tie.
"Thank you." Said Twilight. "I'm sorry if I was a disruption."
The principal collected all her papers and placed them on the side of her desk. "I told you quite some time ago Twilight, my door is always open. Now if you excuse me, I have some matters to discuss with Vice Principal Luna."
Twilight opened the door for Celestia as she exited the office. After closing the door behind her, she walked down the hallway to rejoin Sunset Shimmer.
"So how'd it go?" Sunset asked.
"Well, saving the school and the world seems to of given me enough of her respect for her to allow me to join you in your school activities."
Sunset smiled. "That's great. Come on. I've got biology in about two minutes."
The two girls walked down the hallway in silence. This felt wrong to Twilight, who thought that friends should always have something to talk about. But when two friends happen to live in two separate dimensions, its pretty hard to think of a subject to talk about.
'Books!' She thought. 'Of course! How could I be so dumb?'
"So, Sunset, have you read..."
Her words were cut off as she felt a sudden impact hit her from the front, sending her crashing to the floor.
"Whoa." Uttered a familiar voice. "I'm so sorry, I didn't... Twilight?"
She raised her head and found herself looking at a head of spiky blue hair and a pair of blue eyes looking down on her.
"Flash?"
Flash Sentry held out a light orange hand in a gesture of help, which Twilight accepted as she was lifted up to her feet. "Wow Twilight, I haven't seen you in like... months."
"Yeah... " Once again, Twilight found herself struggling for words, but to her luck, Sunset rushed to her side.
"Twi, are you okay."
"I'm fine," she responded, feeling happy to see that Sunset cared so much about her physical state. "I'm fine. I just bumped into Flash, that's all. Actually, I've gotten pretty used to it."
'Holy crap.' She thought. 'What is this, the...fifth time we've bumped into each other? How does that even happen? Maybe I should do some research on the science of collision probabilty.'
"So, Twilight," said Flash. "Any reason why you're here? I mean, I can't exactly think of any time you came to Canterlot High and it didn't involve dark magic and some evil bitches trying to rule the world." He quickly turned to Sunset Shimmer. "No offence."
"None taken," replied Sunset, though she did not look amused.
"Oh no worries. No evil magical plots this time. At least...none that I know of."
"Well that's good to know..."
Suddenly, a girl with light blue skin and purple hair ran down the hallway and grabbed Flash by the hand, dragging him away.
"Flash baby, hurry up. We're gonna be late for chemistry!"
He raised his hand in a gesture of goodbye towards the other two girls. "Sorry. Gotta run. I'll catch up with you later!"
And with that, they both disappeared around the corner.
Sunset turned towards Twilight, with a sorry look on her face. "I'm sorry. I forgot to mention that Flash started going out with Mystery Mint a bit after the incident with the sirens. I probably should have told you that earlier..."
"No worries. I'm fine with it."
"Really?" Sunset looked pretty surprised. "I just figured...you seemed pretty into him and...I didn't really expect a very positive reaction to...that."
Her words hit Twilight with a sudden realization. She had just learnt that Flash was in a relationship with another girl. She should have been feeling complete despair right now. Instead she felt...nothing.
"I guess I just...got over him."
"Okay." For some reason Sunset looked really happy to hear this. "Mint made a good point though. We should probably get going."
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In Equestria, Twilight was at the mature age of twenty five. It had been years since she had any experience of school, so attending a class at Canterlot High was a very fascinating experience. She had already gone to a few classes when she first visited the school, but the experience was still fresh. What made it extra fascinating was the fact that she was attending Biology, and she got to learn some pretty interesting differences between the ponies of this world and the ponies of Equestria.
No wings, no horns and no Cutie marks. It was like a race of Appleblooms.
Afterwards, the class moved on to Physics, where the Human version of Cranky Doodle Donkey asked them if they could cause a chemical reaction with the various elements placed on their tables. Cranky didn't seem to put into account that two of his students were equestrian geniuses who had studied under Celestia herself. The resulting implosion left a grey scorch mark on Sunset's goggles, along with a new hairstyle that made her look like she was about to go out on Nightmare Night. Seeing her in a state that spoke of scientific disaster caused a strange surging feeling in Twilight's chest that she didn't recognize.
The sound of another, more violent implosion caused Twilight to turn her head and see that Pinkie Pie and Derpy Hooves had caused a similar accident, only their scorch marks were hot pink and there were a bunch of pink bubbles floating around everywhere. They were working with little more than Zinc, copper, and carbon. How was that even possible?!
Science was followed by break, and Twilight's friends started to ask a lot of questions regarding Equestria and its culture.
"How are you supposed to pick things up without fingers?' Asked Fluttershy.
"Well, me and other unicorns tend to just levitate objects, but Equestrian ponies have a type of electrostatic charge in our hooves that allows objects of small sizes to stick to them."
"What's it like to use magic?" Rarity asked.
"Its...hard to explain. To actually use simple magic like telekinesis and teleportation just requires intense thought. I think about the destination I want to go and poof, Im there. Though it gets harder to accomplish depending on the distance. And trying to lift really big objects can put some serious strain on your mind if you aren't a trained unicorn. More advanced spells are a different thing, they have this...kind of code that you have to set your mind to. Its hard to explain to non unicorns."
"What's it like being in heat?" Asked Pinkie Pie.
The questions stopped after that.
The remainder of the school day wasn't particularly special. Twilight already knew her Math and English, and it wasn't too different in the human world. These lessons were followed by lunch, where they were participating in something called Taco Tuesday. Twilight was unfamiliar with what a taco was, and asked Applejack, who explained what was in them.
Twilight then learned what beef was, and immediately regretted asking that question.
The girls continued to ask questions regarding Equestria, while Twilight, Sunset, Rarity and Fluttershy dined on some salad. The others chose to consume Tacos, which made Twilight feel almost sick.
Lunch was followed by Geography, which was a lot more interesting than the two previous lessons. The human world was very different to Equestria, and this fascinated Twilight. She felt like asking if she could borrow some of the textbooks they had.
In particular, they were learning about a place called India, and did some work on its rainy seasons. The princess was amazed that there could be so much rainfall in a place where there were no Pegasi to control the weather.
'Okay now I definitely need a book on this subject.'
As Geography ended, so did school, and the seven girls all left the building at the same time, talking about their various experiences of the day.
"Y'know I really don't see why anyone would want to live in India." Said Rainbow Dash. "Hotter than some deserts, yet you still get rained on like hell. Where's the fun in that?"
"Are you kidding me Rainbow Dash?" Replied Fluttershy. "Have you seen the beautiful biosphere that climate has created? All those beautiful trees, flowers, and all sorts of other plants. Oh, and all the animals that come with it. Frogs, lizards, monkeys..."
"Cobras." Rarity interrupted, shuddering as she did.
"Oh yes, those too. Southern Asia just has such a wonderful variety of animals."
As they reached the edge of the school grounds, where several buses and cars were waiting, it looked like the group was about to disband.
"Sunset?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah," she responded.
"Is there any chance... like... if you don't have any plans... if I can possibly tag along?"
Sunset mouth shifted into an apologetic smile. "Sorry Twi, with the window of time I have tonight, I don't think I can fit doing my homework and spending time with you in my schedule."
Twilight expected an answer like that, but she still felt sad to hear it. "Okay. I understand."
"Can you still come tomorrow?"
"Of course." Answered Twilight, who was happy to think of that option.
When they said their goodbyes to the other girls, they walked over to the statue in the center of the school grounds.
"See ya, Twi." Said Sunset.
"You too." She responded.
They gave each other a quick hug, and after parting, Twilight turned around and walked into the portal that led to her home.
And walked into nothing but solid glass.
The resulting impact to her head sent her crashing onto the floor in a dazed state. She suffered a few seconds of blurry vision and ringing ears before her senses came to.
"Twilight!" Sunset called, rushing to her side. "Twilight are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She replied, trying to sit up. "Just...help me up please."
Twilight felt Sunset hoist her back onto her feet. Not for the first time, she realized it was harder to balance when you have only two legs instead of four.
"That doesn't make any sense." Said the princess. "I told Spike to keep the book in its place."
"Well maybe he had to move it for some reason."
"But why?" Asked Twilight, who had a sudden idea. "Do you still have your journal."
"Yeah, of course."
"Maybe I can get a message to Spike using the book's connection."
"Good idea."
Sunset placed her backpack on the ground and took her journal out of the back pocket. Twilight wrote a message to Spike asking for him to open the portal, and waited for a response.
An hour later, that response didn't come. Sunset decided to let her bus leave without her, saying that she could just walk home. Twilight was elated to see that her friend didn't intend on leaving her.
"Twilight." Said Sunset. "Have you ever considered the idea that the book is exactly where its supposed to be?"
Twilight was confused. "What do you mean?"
"What if there's something wrong with the portal itself."
She let this idea sink in. What could possibly be wrong with the portal? Was it damaged somehow? If so, how did it get damaged?
Sunset's eyes widened suddenly. "Wait, this is unlikely, but did you bring Starswirl's book?"
"Yeah, I thought it would be good to bring it along."
"I think we need to give it a look through."
Twilight took the book out of her bag, and placed it before them. They looked through the pages for any sign of an explanation. After a while, she believed she found the answer.
"Wait, look there." She pointed at a specific part of the text. "Starswirl mentions that halfway through the portal's activation cycle, the arcane levels dropped suddenly, and he theorized that there was a counter reaction to the reaction that opens the portal. What if he was right?"
Sunset looked like she was catching on. "So if the main reaction allows the portal to break through the inter-dimensional barriers without assistance, than the counter reaction would prevent the portal from opening with assistance."
It dawned on Twilight what this meant.
"I don't think I'll be going home any time soon."
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I know what you mean. I struggled to write chapters 7 and 8 and feel like they just act as filler to drag the plot along. These are the parts of the story I made the least plans for, but the plot should pick up again in about 2 chapters.
Wow, great chapter, I don't know what you meant by;
I was rolling on the floor laughing while reading this. She bumps into flash (again), "it was like a race of Appleblooms" and Pinkie's chemistry was hilarious. This is my favorite chapter and the ending was mysterious and builds on the plot perfectly.
(This is my honest opinion and not written just out of friendship)
So I spent time finally catching up on this story. I was three chapters behind. It was time well spent. I really loved Discord's part in the human world. It was definitely something I can see him doing. The scene in science class was great as well. I also burst out laughing when it came to the "It was like a race of Appleblooms" part.
I was actually happy in a way to see the portal closed on them. It would be nice to see more of Twilight and Sunset in the human world together. Sunset has been spending the weekends in Equestria now Twilight gets to spend time in the human world. Maybe we will get to see her visit Sunset's home (crossing my fingers)?
One thing I'm really enjoying is how you switch focus between Sunset and Twilight with each chapter. This really helps gives us insight into what they are thinking separately. So when there may be some "When will they finally admit their feelings?!" frustration. It isn't too overpowering and keeps the story more enjoyable as opposed to annoying. I also think you are still keeping the pace fairly well with them.
Also... here's hoping "Brad" as found "Bradette" (or whatever the right term would be) and won't be causing anymore annoying problems in the EQG world.
(One last thing... I don't know how long it was up there, but I saw this story in the feature box today! I don't know if this was the first time or not. if it was the first time, congrats! If it wasn't, then I'm sorry for not paying attention.)
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Wow, I seriously inderestimated how funny this chapter apparently was. When I said it would probably be my worst chapter, it was because I spent about two days writing just the first 600 words, and it just felt dragged out to me. I wrote the second half faster and a bit more smoothly so I can understand the appeal from that, but I just wasn't fond of the first half.
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Well mr or mrs Gadman85, I thank you for your positive comment. Yes, that last scene was intended to show that Brad has found his Bradette and that he shall never bump into Twilight again! MwaHaHaHaHa!
And dont worry many of the events you have predicted in your comment, I have already planned. Actually they're a bit too well predicted. HAVE YOU BUGGED MY APARTMENT?!
Finally...whats the feature box?
5443783 The feature box refers to the top window that list ten fics on the home page of the website. There is some kind of fancy equation (which looks at views of a fic, the like to dislike ratio compared to the number of views and probably some other things as well) they use to determine which fics go in it.
Sometimes fics don't stay in it for too long (like this one unfortunately seemed to have done), but its still an accomplishment that shows your fic has the right amount of positive attention even if it was only there for a short period of time. I'm pretty sure when I got on a couple of hours after you posted the latest chapter it was in there.
Other times you get fics that stay in it for a really long period of time. Also people with an insane amount of followers usually get their story posted in it every time they update.
About the bugging of your apartment....
>.>
<.<
maybe I did...
Or maybe I got in touch with Pinkie Pie and we all know how she is .
Anyways I look forward to the next chapter whenever you finish it.
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I see. Well thanks for the explanation of the feature box. Ive never seen my story there but Im happy to hear that it apparently was put in there.
And thank you for the reply to my bugging suspicions. I should get more chapters done faster thanks to all the sleepless nights I'll be getting.
So there needs to be about an 8 to 1 time differential between earthquestria and equestria proper when the portal is closed for sunset and twilight to line up timeline wise as Celestia's pupils.
This means you've stranded twilight away from her friends for 10 years from their perspective.
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Wait what?
What is this time difference nonsense you speak of?
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Sunset shimmer and Twilight sparkle were both Celestia's apprentices but never met.
Sunset shimmer apparently ran away at a very similar age and twilight was taken on at about 8-11 and is about 23 at the shows start, there's been 4 seasons each of which to make sense would require about a years worth of time. With the fall formal happening in fall and the battle of the bands clearly happening in spring. Showing this further.
So those 2.5 years to sunset are around 20 years to equestria, explains why she's so pissed off as it appears to her Celestia seemingly replaces her and hands over everything she ever wanted in an incredibly short period, not 20 some odd years later.
So yeah, if the portal is closed and can't open for a year and a half then that's 10 years from equestria's perspective.
The IDW comic backs this up as we see a cutie markless twilight sparkle practicing in the background during sunset shimmers apprenticeship.
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Hmm, I see your point, but I like to think that Sunset and Twilight were Celestia's students at the same time. Celestia herself says that Sunset began her studies not long before Twilight did, although it could be interpretated that since Celestia is thousands of years old 'not long' could still mean years or even decades.
Theres also the fact that the comics aren't a very reliable source. I like to think of them as canon, but I won't deny contradictions. For example, in the background of a panel in the 'Neigh anything' story we can see a plaque that contains an award for the Daring Do books, which was a nod to the fan theory that Twilight Velvet wrote them. But we clearly see in Daring Don't that the author was Daring Do herself, so this can't be considered canon, meaning that using the comics as a source can be reliable but can also be debunked any time.
Also, the portal isn't closed for a year and a half, it'll be closed for as long as its normally open. We were never given an exact time except that its more than three days. In this story it'll be closed for a week, but I am interested by the idea of faster moving time.
Me whenever I see Flash show up:
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This video seems to be an appropriate reaction:
But seriously, too hilarious.
That is so insulting to Apple Bloom yet so funny at the same time, how did you pull that off?
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Vaya!! Y yo que me estaba acostumbra leerlas en versión Pony jajaj. Excelente capítulo, ninguna queja.