The Longest Day I: Our Choices
Sunset woke with a start, the growl of a rabid beast besieging her otherwise pleasant dream. It snarled again as she opened her eyes and winced at the bright light pouring in from the window. She grabbed her phone for self-defense, sitting up and looking about for the monster.
The ‘monster’ made a gurgle and a snort before rolling over on the couch. Pinkie snored again, this time partially muffled by her pillow.
Sunset relaxed her shoulders. Pinkie must have been exhausted to snore this loudly. Rarity didn’t seem perturbed. She was still fast asleep with her face-mask on. Sunset squinted her eyes. She could faintly see the earplugs through Rarity’s hair.
Thanks for sharing!
Her phone told her it was close to ten. Sunset supposed she ought to get up now and start getting ready. Seven hours wasn’t as long to prepare as some would think, especially with someone like Rarity who was a stickler for perfect presentation.
“Come on, girls, time to get up,” Sunset said half-heartedly as she dragged herself from bed. Pinkie gave a startled snort, but Rarity didn’t budge. Sunset gave her a firm nudge.
“Mmhmm, I’m up, I’m up,” she said groggily.
Pinkie sat up, her hair messier than normal. “Is it breakfast time?”
“We have leftover cake,” Sunset said. She fished her toothbrush from her bag and stepped into the bathroom. Looking in the mirror, her hair was a knotted mess. It would take hours just to get it untangled. Toothbrush in one hand, comb in the other, she underwent the task of making herself presentable, wincing at every knot she yanked.
She had just gotten her hair to semi-presentable when someone knocked on their room door. Sunset stuck her head out of the bathroom and saw Pinkie open the door for Applejack. Loud murmurings drifted in from the hall behind her.
“Y’all might wanna get a move on and get dressed,” Applejack said, wearing her clothes from yesterday. “Ah think we got ourselves a situation.”
“What’s going on?” Sunset asked.
“Ah think you need to hear it yourselves.”
Sunset shared a worried look with Pinkie and Rarity, now up and fully awake. They scrambled and threw clothes on—Sunset slipping on her new leather vest—then followed Applejack to one of the balconies overlooking the indoor fountain.
Both families of the wedding party looked to be squaring off; cousins and other relatives Sunset wasn’t familiar with yelled at one another with wild hand gesticulations. Night Light and Elm appeared to be trying to calm some of them down, while Velvet and Rose stood next to Shining. He was slouched in a chair, staring at something in his palm.
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” Sunset said. Fluttershy and Rainbow joined the group, and they all took the elevator down to the ground floor.
The commotion was much more pronounced in person. Sunset couldn’t make out a single word being said with everyone shouting over each other. The hotel staff had stepped in, trying to mitigate the situation with little results.
Sunset pushed her way through the crowd to reach Shining and his mom. Rose had stepped off to the side; she held her phone to her ear and was biting hard on her thumb.
“What’s going on?” Sunset asked, looking between Shining and Velvet.
Shining didn’t respond. He didn’t even look at her. His sunken eyes were locked on whatever was in his palm. Sunset tilted her head and saw it was a ring, and her heart dropped into her stomach.
Velvet had her eyes on the ring too. She swallowed hard before addressing the girls. “It, um… well Cadence appears to have, um… left.”
“When you say, ‘left’...?” Sunset dreaded the answer she knew she was about to hear.
“She called off the wedding,” Shining said hoarsely. “She… she knocked on my door, told me about… every time I had messed up or disappointed her… why I wasn’t a good match… dropped the ring on the floor... and left.”
Fluttershy threw her hands over her mouth. “Shining, I’m so sorry!”
“I’m sure this is just one giant misunderstanding,” Rarity said, forcing a short laugh, a strained smile plastered on her face. “I’m sure… you know people get cold feet before their big day… she just needs to collect herself.”
Shining didn’t acknowledge her. He hadn’t so much as twitched since the girls had arrived. He was a statue, one that looked like it would crumble at the slightest touch. Sunset had never seen him so defeated.
Rose walked back over, wringing her hands. “I can’t get a hold of her. We all drove together, so she can’t have left, but... I have no idea where she could be.” Her breathing quickened.
Velvet reached over and put a hand on her shoulder. “Just relax, Rose. We’ll find her, then we can work this whole thing out.”
Sunset looked at the amassed crowd. Standing within it, she could hear accusations, blames, and defenses being thrown every which way. There was a notable voice missing, however.
“Where’s Twilight?”
Velvet stretched her neck to look for her daughter in the sea of faces. “I’m not sure. I haven’t seen her all morning, actually. She didn’t stay with you last night?”
The question had been asked innocently enough, but Sunset couldn’t help but respond in a defensive tone, “No, she went back to her room.”
Thankfully, Velvet didn’t look phased. “I’m going to go check on her. I’ll be right back, okay, sweetheart?” She gave Shining a warm hug and a kiss on the cheek.
“Yeah, okay.” His eyes never left the ring.
“I’ll go with you,” Sunset said. She turned back to her friends and dropped her voice to a whisper. “You girls stay here and keep an eye out for anything suspicious.”
“You think the Sirens did somethin’?” Applejack asked.
“I don’t know at this point, but I find it hard to believe Cadence of all people would back out of her wedding at the last second.” Sunset squeezed past them and fell into step next to Velvet.
“Cadence wasn’t acting odd or anything yesterday, was she?” Velvet asked as they climbed the stairs to the second floor.
Sunset shook her head. “She seemed a little stressed, but that’s natural, right?”
“Right. That’s what I thought, too. Something doesn’t add up.”
No, it doesn’t. Sunset’s gut told her the Sirens were at work, but she had no proof. Why would they target Cadence in the first place? And how would they make her break-off the wedding? Blackmail? Unless Twilight and I were completely wrong about what the staff does...
They reached Twilight’s room, and Velvet rapt her knuckles on the door. “Sweetie, it’s me. We have a bit of an emergency. Can we talk?”
No one responded.
Sunset gave a few knocks. “Sparky, you in there?”
When no one came to the door, Velvet reached into her pocket and pulled out a keycard. “I kept the spare key, just in case of emergencies like this.” She swiped it and pushed the door open.
The room was empty. Twilight’s suitcase sat at the foot of her bed, most of its contents still neatly folded. A book and a pair of pajamas laid on the blanket which was otherwise untouched. In fact, nothing looked out of place, like Twilight had never been here to begin with.
“Twilight?” Velvet asked, concern creeping into her voice. She pulled open the closet door and poked into the bathroom. “Sweetheart?”
Sunset looked about, trying to keep her breathing even. The balcony door was open just a crack, and Sunset ran toward it, throwing it open and looking over the side of the gold railing. There was nothing but grass below her.
“Twilight!” Sunset yelled to the sky. She cupped a hand to her ears, but a response never came. She walked back into the room, where Velvet paced in front of the bed, fanning her face.
“Okay, Twilight is gone, Cadence is gone, but that’s no reason to panic,” she said hysterically. “If they’re both gone, that means they’re likely together, right?”
Sunset hoped that was a rhetorical question. She pulled out her phone and speed-dialed Twilight. It rang, getting Sunset’s hopes up, then dropped them with each successive buzz. They hit rock bottom when her voicemail came on. Sunset stowed her phone away and leaned against the bed. If Twilight had run off with Cadence, Sunset was positive Twilight would have said something—left a note or a voicemail.
Where else could she be? The Sirens targeting Twilight made more sense, but there was no sign of a struggle. Aside from the book and pajamas, it was like Twilight had walked in, opened the balcony door, and vanished without a trace, leaving everything else undisturbed.
“Okay,” Velvet said, taking in a few deep breaths. “Okay, I’m going to go check in with everyone else. Maybe someone has seen Twilight around. Let’s just stay calm and think this through.”
She appeared to be mostly talking to herself, but Sunset did her best to fight her own rising dread. But something wasn’t adding up, and it was that inability to see a pattern that put Sunset on edge. She followed Velvet out of the room and back down to the fountain. Shining still had not moved.
“Where’s Twilight?” Rarity asked, looking nervous.
Sunset bit her lip. “I… we’re not sure.”
“We lost Twilight, too?” Rainbow asked loudly. Several heads turned toward them, and the crowd’s agitation began to flare.
“Twilight’s gone, too?”
“What kind of wedding is this?”
“Has she been kidnapped?”
“We lost the bride and the maid of honor?”
Sunset wanted to be mad at Rainbow, but everyone was going to find out sooner or later anyway. “Yes, Twilight’s gone. It looked like she barely touched her room,” she said, keeping a bite of agitation in her voice.
Applejack made a low rumble in her throat. “Cadence broke-off the weddin’ and walked away, and Twilight just plum vanished. Somethin’ stinks worse here than a week-old pig pen.”
“The question is, what?” Sunset held her hands out. “There’s no signs of a fight in Twilight’s room, and it sounds like Cadence left of her own volition. I seriously doubt it was cold feet though.”
“Maybe the Sirens kidnapped Twilight and used her to blackmail Cadence?” Fluttershy offered.
“But why blackmail Cadence when they could blackmail us?” Rainbow asked.
“We’re not going to get any answers standing around here,” Rarity said firmly. “Let’s check the area. Maybe we’ll find clues, or even the girls themselves.”
They all nodded and weaved their way through the crowd, currently being pacified by Velvet. Other occupants of the hotel ogled and gossiped at the quarreling families, looking on from the in-hotel restaurant or the balconies on the upper floors. Even the concierges at the front desk muttered behind their hands to one another. It reminded Sunset of the fights she orchestrated in the halls of Canterlot High. Two students yelling or even fighting it out, igniting the gossip circles and further dividing the school.
Guilt later. Twilight, now!
The morning sun shone brightly outside, given free reign by the unobstructed sky. The girls escaped the confines of the hotel courtyard and paused at the mouth of the parking lot. The forest stretched out to their left while the mountain range loomed up on their right.
“Where do we start looking?” Pinkie asked, standing on her tiptoes.
Sunset looked at the wide stretch of land the hotel occupied, then at the treeline. “We’ll split up. One group can search around the hotel, the other can sweep through the forest.”
“Are you sure that’s wise?” Rarity asked. “The forest is big, and if the Sirens are around somewhere…”
“We won’t be going too deep, not until we’re sure the grounds are clear.” Sunset rubbed her ear. “And if the Sirens do try and ambush us, their only method of attacking is screaming really loud. Better we have another group in reserve who could track that down.”
Rarity pursed her lips but nodded. They broke into two teams: Sunset, Rainbow, and Fluttershy venturing off to the forest, while Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie would remain around the hotel.
“If you find anything suspicious, call,” Sunset said, holding up her phone. “Check-in in an hour, even if you have nothing.”
“Roger,” Applejack said, tipping her hat.
Sunset turned for the forest, flanked by Rainbow and Fluttershy. Twilight has to be somewhere around here. And if the Sirens hurt her in any way…
A smoldering heat rose in Sunset’s chest.
*******
Twilight wasn’t sure what woke her up first, the twittering birds, or the itch on her legs. She moved her arm over to scratch it, bruising against soft blades of grass as she did. She opened her eyes and lifted her head, finding not her hotel room, but a tight clearing surrounded by tall pine trees.
She quickly climbed to her feet, breathing hard as she examined herself. She was still dressed in her clothes from yesterday. Nothing felt out of place or disturbed. She didn’t feel nausea or pain. Looking about, Twilight found her schiavona laying by the base of the tree behind her.
Moondancer!
Twilight remembered seeing Moondancer on her balcony before everything went dark. Had she been kidnapped? If so, where was Moondancer?
“Hello?” Twilight eased her way to her sword and picked it up, keeping a hand on the hilt. “Moondancer?”
“Up here, little star.”
Twilight turned her gaze to the branches above. Moondancer sat with her back resting on the trunk of the tree, one knee up to her chest. She kept her eyes on the forest beyond. A hundred emotions hit Twilight at once. Everything mashed together until it was all incomprehensible. Did she scream? Cry? Run for help? Tell Moondancer she missed her?
Instead, what tumbled out of her mouth was, “What are you doing up there?”
Moondancer gave a small shrug of her shoulders. “Darmok on the ocean. The beast at Tanagra.”
Twilight’s breath caught. The chaotic storm in her mind cleared into a vision of her and Moondancer on the couch, watching a marathon of Star Trek. “I’m surprised you remember that.”
Moondancer’s eye shifted toward Twilight, but the rest of her continued to face straight ahead. “You explained the significance of those allegories with such passion, how could I not? What’s important to you is important to me, little star.”
“Except Sunset,” Twilight said automatically.
Moondancer frowned and turned her face away. “Yes, I…” She exhaled. “I should have told you how I felt a long time ago. You were the only true bright spot in my life. But you were so shy and reserved. I was afraid… if I told you the truth, you would flee. Then Sunset came along the moment I stepped away and… I let jealousy and bitterness overwhelm me.”
Twilight tightened her grip on her sword. “That was more than just jealousy at Prom.” She watched Moondancer cringe.
“Perhaps. But that was the basis for… most of my actions.” She finally turned her face toward Twilight, half of it obscured by a porcelain white mask. Twilight could see the tail ends of blistered scar tissue on the bridge of her nose and the underside of her cheekbone. The exposed half of Moondancer’s face lacked its usual makeup, exposing faint bags under her eye.
“I’m so sorry, Twilight,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper. “Perhaps you’ll find this a hollow apology. I regret my actions deeply, and I do not wish death upon Sunset. But I still loathe her with all of my being. You, however… I can never begin to apologize enough for what I almost did to you.”
A second wave of emotions overtook Twilight. Like before, it was impossible to settle on just one or think of what to say next. How could Twilight accept Moondancer’s apology when she still felt so much vitriol toward Sunset? Twilight squared her shoulders, her mouth set in a thin line.
“If you’re really sorry, then tell me what’s going on. Why would you side with Tempest? I… I still want to help you, Moondancer, because I know this isn’t you. But you have to let me!”
“Ever the kind and compassionate soul,” Moondancer said with a longing smile. She swung her legs over the branch and pushed herself out of the tree. She gently floated down, barely making a sound as she touched onto the grass. “I received your letter. I thought you would have outright hated me. Yet, you still care. Even now.”
Twilight’s fingers relaxed on her hilt. “You were my first real friend. My best friend. I don’t know if we can ever go back to that. But like I wrote, in honor of our friendship, I want to help you if you’ll let me.”
Moondancer rubbed her eye. “It used to be that you just being my friend was enough. Just having you by my side, shining with your brilliant light was all I needed. You were never supposed to be dragged into all of this—this world of magic and monsters.”
“Well, I’m here now, and I’m not going to run away. I’m going to help my friends stop Tempest and Tirek, even…” Twilight’s throat constricted. “Even if it means fighting you.”
“I know.”
A soft breeze blew through the trees and rustled the pine needles over the girls’ heads. Only a yard of grass separated them, but Twilight looked at Moondancer from the opposite side of a chasm. So much had changed in such a short span of time. Twilight wanted things to go back to normal. She wanted to return to a world where things made sense. A world where she and her friends weren’t constantly in danger from magical mayhem. A world where she wasn’t staring down Moondancer with a sword in hand.
“Twilight,” she said, “I want to tell you everything. I really do. But I can’t.”
“Moondancer…”
“Unless…” Moondancer held her hand out, and a silver rapier materialized in a flash. “I know so many secrets, but I also value my life,” she said in an aloof manner, eyes casually glancing around the glade. “Why, if I were forced into a life-threatening position and the only way out was to talk, I suppose I would have no choice but to let something slip.”
Twilight tightened the grip on her sword hilt again. Was she really going to do this? Could she really do this? Twilight had less than a month of sword practice, and Moondancer had been training for who knows how long. And did she really want to raise a sword against her best friend?
What other choice do I have? It was either fight Moondancer with the slim hope of learning something useful, or sit here and wait to be rescued.
A bell went off in Twilight’s mind at the thought. She was in danger again. Her friends were no doubt looking for her. If they found her now…
No! I refuse to be the damsel in distress this time! She pulled her sword free and tossed the sheath away. “Fine, Moondancer, I’ll fight you! Then, you’re going to tell me everything!”
Moondancer held her sword out in front of her. She eased a foot forward, raised her free hand over her head, and bent her knees. “I certainly hope so,” she said with a flicker of a smile.
*******
Pinkie shoved her face through the hedge, ignoring the twigs and leaves scratching her cheeks. She popped through the other side, finding the tennis courts occupied by a single couple. She pulled her head back and picked the leaves from her hair.
“Nope. Nothing over there.” They had only been searching for thirty minutes, and the hotel grounds were a big place. But Pinkie wasn’t too optimistic about finding Twilight or Cadence. It had been hard to keep her optimism constantly up over the last few days.
She still held out hope that Sonata and her sisters were being forced into doing all these bad things—that they wanted to be good. But they had already hurt Sunset. If they had taken and hurt Twilight or Cadence too, Pinkie didn’t know if she could keep excusing them.
But Sonata had been so happy when they were in the kitchen, cooking and laughing and eating together. It didn’t make sense to throw it all away.
“Pinkie.” Two fingers snapped next to her ear. She turned her head to see Applejack lower her hand and look at Pinkie with a frown. “You okay, sugarcube?”
Pinkie slumped her shoulders as she watched Rarity walk further down the path wrapping around the building. “I dunno. I want to find Twilight and Cadence, but I’m scared we’ll also find Sonata.”
Applejack gave a heavy sigh. “Ah know this ain’t easy to hear, but not everyone is like Sunset. Some people don’t wanna change.”
“Maybe,” Pinkie mumbled. She had met some really stubborn people, Sunset included. Maybe there were people out there worse than them, who didn’t want to change and wanted to stay mean. But she was positive Sonata wanted to change—was changing.
She tailed Applejack and Rarity, moving from the tennis courts to the picnic field. They passed by other family members combing the area for any signs of the missing women. From a short hill in the middle of the field, they could see the lake docks and the people renting canoes and jet skis.
“You don’t think Cadence rowed out to the other side of the lake, do you?” Pinkie asked.
“I hope not,” Rarity said. “We’d never be able to find her.”
“Come on,” Applejack said, turning away from the lake. “There must be more places we haven’t checked yet.”
They followed the path back to the front side of the hotel. One of the security officers was pushing out someone who looked like a tabloid journalist. Pinkie could tell because he had that sleazy, ‘I-want-to-know-people’s-secrets-and-expose-them-for-money-even-if-half-of-them-aren’t-true’ smile. Pinkie hoped none of the paparazzi caught wind of what happened. Cadence would never be able to live it down.
“Maybe we should start looking in the forest as well,” Rarity suggested. “I don’t think we’re going to find anything here.”
Pinkie nodded. “Yeah. Let’s—” Her hair vibrated, and something pulled her right shoulder forward. She snapped her eyes toward the edge of the forest, closer to the mountain range. That’s where she saw them: Sonata pulling Cadence by the arm and vanishing into the trees.
Pinkie broke into a sprint, kicking up gravel as she crossed the parking lot. Rarity and Applejack’s cries fell on deaf ears. She had to catch Sonata, had to know why—had to know if any of their time together meant anything.
Applejack caught up to her and said between breaths, “Pinkie, what did you see? Who are we chasin’?”
“Sonata and Cadence!” They broke into the forest, hard pavement giving way to soft dirt and grass. Pinkie had no idea where to go from here, but something kept her moving, guiding her through the trees. Dry pine needles crunched underfoot and heavy breathing filled the air. More than once, she almost lost her footing from the uneven ground or an exposed root.
“Pinkie, where are we even… going?” Rarity’s voice petered out as Pinkie finally came to a stop at the mouth of a cave dug into the side of a tall hill.
Pinkie took a second to catch her breath, then pointed to the sloping tunnel. “There.” She could feel it.
Applejack reached into her pocket. “Ah don’t like this one bit. Let’s get the others and—Pinkie, wait!”
But she was already sliding down the cave path, narrowing her eyes to adjust to the darkness. The tunnel opened to a rough, circular cavern. Rocky shelves protruded from the walls and long stalagmites rose from the uneven ground.
All three Sirens stood on a small ledge near the back. Aria held what Pinkie guessed was the Staff of Sacanas that Sunset and Twilight talked about. Sonata stood off to the side, holding an arm behind her back and trying not to meet Pinkie’s eyes. Adagio stood between them, something red gleaming around her neck.
Pinkie jumped back, nearly crashing into Rarity. “Uh oh!”
“What—?” Rarity looked over Pinkie’s shoulder and her eyes widened. “But… how?”
“A little gift from our new benefactor,” Adagio said, stroking her gem with a finger.
Applejack grinded her teeth. “And all it took was stabbin’ us in the back!”
“We do what we have to to survive in this world.” Adagio balled her fists. “You don’t know what it’s like to be constantly starving. I’ll take a meal over friendship any day.”
“That’s why you kidnapped Cadence, isn’t it?” Rarity asked, pointing an accusatory finger. “To stir up negativity and then feed on it!”
Aria snapped her fingers. “Bingo.”
“It wasn’t easy getting past security and putting her under our control, but I’d say it was worth it,” Adagio said. She inhaled and smiled in satisfaction.
Applejack flared her nostrils. “Where is she?”
Aria airily waved a hand. “Don’t worry. She’s just wandering around deeper in the cave. We didn’t hurt her or anything.”
Pinkie looked off to the side, seeing a narrow passage between two large rocks. She looked back at Sonata, staring at the floor. “Sonnie, you’re really okay with this?”
She didn’t answer immediately. She scuffed the tip of her shoe against the earth and bit her lip. “I… we already… they’re my sisters, so—”
“Sisters don’t force you to do things you don’t want to do!” Pinkie yelled, tears dripping down her face. “They’re not mean to you. They don’t insult you! Sonata, please!”
“Leave her alone!” Adagio snapped. “Good sisters listen to their elders who know what’s best for them. Otherwise, they get punished. Besides, Sonata knows she wouldn’t last five minutes without us.”
“You know that’s not true!” Pinkie shouted to Sonata. “You’re your own person! You’re better than this!” She looked at all three Sirens. “You’re all better than this!”
Aria shifted uncomfortably, but Adagio just sneered. “Enough of your high and mighty attitudes! You think everything can be solved by the ‘magic of friendship’! Friendship isn’t going to feed us!” She took a fighting stance.
“You took away our voices. You took away our means of survival. It’s only fair we take something of yours now.”
Applejack raised her fists. An orange glow enveloped her body, and pony ears sprouted from her head. “Fine, if it’s a fight you want, it’s a fight you’ll get.”
A horn sprouted from Rarity’s forehead. She held her hands out and created two hexagonal shields. “Aria, you don’t have to do this. Like Pinkie said: you’re better than this.”
Aria tightened her grip on the staff. “Sorry, Rarity. But we have to do what we have to do.”
Pinkie’s powers didn’t manifest. There was no warm, tingling feeling that made her giggle. She didn’t feel the urge to burst into song or dance with joy. There was only a rock sitting where her heart was supposed to be. “Sonnie, please don’t make us do this.”
Sonata wiped her eyes and finally looked up at Pinkie. She tried to glower, but it only came across as a grimace.
“Talk time’s over. Let’s get the show started.” Adagio snapped her fingers.
Aria made a hard roll of her eyes but held the staff over her head. The white crystal took on a bright hue, illuminating the cave and forcing Pinkie to cup a hand over her eyes. The light dimmed, and Aria pointed the crystal at Applejack. It gave out a soft hum, then fired a beam of light straight for her chest.
*******
Twilight and Moondancer circled one another, sizing each other up. Twilight made a constant effort to make sure her heels remained perpendicularly aligned. She readjusted her fingers around her guard and rolled her shoulders. She would have to be flawless if she wanted to best Moondancer. Their swords hadn’t even clashed, yet beads of sweat were forming on Twilight’s forehead.
Moondancer was in striking distance. Twilight wondered if her best strategy would be to attack Moondancer’s left side, where her view was more obstructed thanks to her mask. Or would that be too underhanded? Maybe she could—
Moondancer took a step and a swing. Twilight blocked it in the nick of time, the blade coming uncomfortably close to her shoulder. Moondancer disengaged and struck again, but Twilight was more prepared this time, deflecting the attack and pushing it away before following-up with a thrust of her own.
Living up to her name, Moondancer gracefully backpedaled away. She re-engaged on Twilight’s right side, striking low. Twilight turned her wrist out and down to catch the blade, then flicked it away and swung horizontally. Moondancer’s quick agility kept her out of harm’s reach. She stepped back again and smiled in delight.
“Very good, Twilight. Aunt Selena is teaching you well. Of course, you’ve always excelled at anything you put your mind to.”
“Don’t compliment me when I’m mad at you.” Twilight took a measured step forward and lunged again. Her blade bounced off Moondancer’s, letting off a metallic ping that bounced between the trees. Both girls came back to en garde and circled each other again.
Twilight examined Moondancer closely. The way she carried herself, each step she took; all of it was done with little effort. Meanwhile, Twilight was still putting in a conscious effort not to trip over her own two feet. Selena told her to let her actions flow into each other. But how could she do that when she still needed to mentally break down her actions to make sure she did them right?
Moondancer stepped and swiped at Twilight’s left side this time. Twilight weaved out of the way and countered with a slash of her own. Moondancer parried and rolled Twilight’s sword to the side, then struck at her shoulder. Twilight surprised herself with how quickly she was able to swing her arm back and repel Moondancer’s attack.
Follow-up!
Twilight pushed forward and attacked Moondancer’s left side. She made an impressive block, then sidestepped and aimed her sword for Twilight’s waist. Twilight watched the blade approach in slow motion. She lurched her sword arm with as much force as she could, knocking Moondancer’s arm over her head. Twilight turned to the flat side of her blade and swung for Moondancer’s hip.
Like a bolt of silver lightning, Moondancer brought her sword down and parried Twilight’s blow, knocking the blade into the dirt. Twilight jumped back, heart-pounding after that burst of speed Moondancer displayed.
Moondancer stood at en garde, her rapier resting lazily in her hand. She watched Twilight with an amused smile.
Twilight tightened her grip and jumped forward, aiming for Moondancer’s left side again. Moondancer parried and turned Twilight’s blade down before extending into a thrust. Time slowed again as Twilight saw the tip of the blade aimed at her gut. She jumped to the side, escaping with only a tear in her shirt, and countered with a thrust of her own.
Moondancer’s lightning reflexes kept her away again. She parried, disengaged, and waited for Twilight to make another move. With narrowed eyes and clenched teeth, Twilight struck again.
Attack in quarte! Parry! Move back! Parry! Under her guard! Thrust!
Twilight knew she was hyper-focusing. Her cognizance just below her surface thoughts told her she wasn’t letting her attacks flow into each other. But breaking down her actions was how she moved from one move to the next. It may not have been as fluid as Selena had tried to instruct, but it was the only way she could keep pace with Moondancer.
The two duelists moved about the clearing in a semi-graceful dance. Twilight would initiate the attack, and Moondancer would block or redirect them before countering with a more elegant version of Twilight’s moves. Every time she got close to getting hit, Twilight’s reflexes would jump into high gear, and she would parry Moondancer at the last second.
They retreated from each other again and resumed their pacing. Twilight breathed hard, sweat running down her forehead and her arm trembling from her repeated clashes. She could see the rise and fall of Moondancer’s chest, but she was otherwise taking their fight in stride.
She has the stamina. And the skill. But there has to be a way to win. Twilight looked past Moondancer. She stood near the edge of the clearing, a wide pine tree looming right behind her. Maybe if I can pin her…
Twilight pressed forward and brought her schiavona down vertically. Moondancer eased a foot back as she raised her rapier to block. The clash rang through the forest; the force of the vibration made Twilight wince. She wasn’t sure how much more her arm could take.
Moondancer pushed Twilight’s blade up and away and brought her arm back around for an upward strike. Twilight leveled her sword to block, but the impact force pushed her off balance. She teetered on her back foot, sword pointed skyward. Her eyes followed the point of Moondancer’s blade, waiting for it to cut across her.
Instead of bringing her arm back down or transitioning into a lunge, Moondancer followed through and brought her arm all the way around again, giving ample time for Twilight to hastily recover and block the next swing.
Did she throw that attack?
Twilight pressed forward, slowly pushing Moondancer back toward the tree. That soft smile never left Moondancer’s face, even as her heel came up on a root. Twilight narrowed her eyes and put as much force into her next swing as she could. The collision against Moondancer’s sword rattled her bones, but it was worth it to see Moondancer’s smile fade, even for a second.
Her back hit the tree, and she held her arms out as Twilight pointed her blade at her neck. Moondancer made a throaty giggle. “Très magnifique, Twilight. You have me cornered.”
“No, I don’t,” Twilight said between labored breaths. “You let me win.”
Moondancer frowned, but her eyes looked over Twilight’s head. “I certainly did n—”
“Yes, you did! You slowed down every time you were about to hit me! You deliberately missed!” Twilight yelled. Her eyes stung; from sweat or tears, she couldn’t say. “You were never taking this seriously! You were never taking me seriously!”
“Twilight,” Moondancer said in a weak voice, “I don’t want to hurt you.”
Twilight took three large steps back and came to en garde. “Fight me.”
Moondancer eased off the tree, her sword limp in her hand. “Twilight—”
“I don’t need you to coddle me!” Twilight said, raising her voice again. “I’m not some fragile flower! I’m not helpless!”
“Of course you aren’t—”
“Then take this seriously and fight me!”
Moondancer breathed a quiet sigh from her nose. Mouth set in a thin line, she raised her sword to Twilight. “Fine.”
Twilight blinked.
Moondancer was in her face, her sword coming from the left. Twilight, blocked it, but the sheer force of the blow numbed her hand. Moondancer struck again, her sword leaving a trail of silver as it sliced the air. Twilight barely fended it off, but Moondancer just came at her again. Twilight couldn’t keep up—her brain couldn’t even relay instructions to combat this lightning-fast offensive.
With a final swing, Moondancer knocked Twilight’s blade from her hand. She slid forward, raised a palm, and unleashed a blast of white energy. It felt like a large fist had punched Twilight square in the chest. She flew and landed on her back, gasping for air as she stared at the blue sky between the trees.
Of course, she seethed. She knew that victory had been too easy. One month of training, and she actually thought she could stand on Moondancer’s level? On any of her friends’ level? Still, Twilight had hoped. Maybe through sheer determination and will, she could have won.
But, no. Sword prowess or not, Moondancer still had magic on her side. Twilight was simply beneath her. Ribs aching, Twilight sat up, making out Moondancer through her watery vision.
Moondancer’s sword disappeared in a glitter of light. She turned her face away. “You put up a good fight, Twilight.”
“Don’t patronize me,” she spat. “You could have won at any time.”
“I didn’t want to.”
A cold chill ran down Twilight’s spine. A whoosh of wind made her turn her head to the right to see a dark portal appear between two trees. From it emerged the woman she had seen at Prom, a black traveling cloak over her shoulders.
Tempest Shadow.
Moondancer’s whole body froze. She stared wide-eyed at Tempest. The dark woman barely gave her a second glance. Her eyes were on Twilight.
“Hmm. I’m disappointed. I would have thought at least one of your friends would have come to save you by now.”
“I don’t need saving!” Twilight winced at her sore ribs.
Tempest smirked. “I’m starting to see why you like her, Moondancer. She’s got a little fire in her eyes.”
“Why are you here?” Moondancer asked, a faint quiver in her voice.
“I just came to make sure you were doing your job. And to see if those girls had shown up yet.” Tempest tapped a golden amulet around her neck, odd lines etched into its surface. “I’m owed a few souls.”
Twilight stared at Tempest, at the haughty smirk she wore: a smirk that oozed self-importance. This is all her fault! Sunset losing her soul! My friends being in danger! Moondancer betraying me!
With a surge of adrenaline, Twilight jumped to her feet and scooped up her sword. Tempest was unarmed. One good strike and Twilight could end this for good! She could make up for losing to Moondancer. She ran at Tempest, blade drawn back…
This time, the fist that connected with Twilight was made of iron. She flew across the clearing and crashed into a tree before crumpling into a heap.
“Twilight!” Moondancer shrieked.
Twilight propped herself up on her arms, gasping in pain as her ribs shifted. She raised her head to see Tempest looking down at her.
“Your bravery is sadly misplaced, girl,” Tempest said with an amused smirk. She lifted up the gold amulet.
“Tempest, please,” Moondancer said, holding her hands out. “Please, leave her alone.”
“I’m not going to hurt her. I do need to get the others’ attention though. Just one scream.” The lines on the amulet lit up.
Twilight stared, transfixed. Her heart pulsed. No, not her heart. Her soul. The pulse reverberated through her entire being.
What is this?
A warm blanket settled over her as hundreds of memories flooded her mind. Playing with her big brother, staying up late and reading a book under the covers, her dad bringing home a new puppy for Christmas, drinking tea with Moondancer, sleeping over with her friends.
Every memory of Sunset.
Someone tore the blanket off, exposing Twilight to a bitter cold. A voice whispered in her head, growing louder every time it spoke, repeating the same word over and over again.
Useless.
What good was her academic record in a world full of magic? She was surrounded by super-powered humans and magic casters. What business did she have here other than being a liability?
“Aw, are you feeling a little inadequate, Twilight?” Tempest said from far away.
“N-no… I…”
The chill bit deeper, making her tremble. Twilight could see Sunset rising off the stage, embracing her harmonic magic and singing her heart out. This was what her friends had been working toward. And Twilight had almost ruined it because she had been entranced by the Sirens.
“Is that resentment I see buried deep in there?”
“No,” Twilight moaned.
But it was true. She was stuck hiding in a stone culvert while her friends fought for their lives against a winged demon that called itself Sunset. She wanted to help. Instead, she was magicless and defenseless. Why couldn’t she have even just a little magic so she could help?
“You let your friends do all the fighting for you? Tsk, tsk.”
“I want to fight too!” Twilight sobbed. “I just can’t!”
She had tried to stand up to Moondancer at Prom, only to be swatted away. And again, just now. Even with her sword training, she was still…
Useless.
Pointless inventions. Magical studies that went nowhere. What good was any of it? Spectacular Seven? What did she bring to the table other than encouragement and hypotheses?
“Face it, Twilight. Compared to all your friends, you’re nothing,” Tempest whispered. “I know how that feels. To be powerless, helpless. Treated and regarded as inferior. Lord Tirek promises power to humans like you and me.”
“Tempest, stop it!” Moondancer screamed.
“I’m only telling her the truth.”
The truth.
Twilight stared into the glowing lines. They waved hypnotically, making sigils and runes Twilight couldn’t understand. But they spoke the truth. In a growing world of magic, she was useless. She was—
A golden blur delivered a haymaker straight into Tempest’s jaw. She blasted through the clearing, bouncing against the dirt before coming to rest at the base of a tree.
The trance around Twilight broke, and she gulped down a lungful of air, ignoring the sharp pains in her center. The cold eating at her slowly ebbed away, though the echos of ‘useless’ still rang in her core. Blinking away her tears, she looked up at her rescuer.
Hair burning bright and curling over her shoulders like it was alive, wings and tail dancing with scarlet flames, and a golden aura shining brighter than ever before.
Sunset stood over her, eyes narrowed in Tempest’s direction and filled with a wrathful fire.
Twilight vs. Moondancer
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Holy-
That escalated quickly!!! But this is getting really good!!!
Keep going!!!
Oh man...
This is getting tense!
earn a rating that'll get u in2 the feature box on every update, and then turn off ratings so it's locked in place and can't be broken
that is some impressive gaming the system right there
Sunset should have looked back at Twilight, smiled and said "It's okay, I am here"
I would have fucking DIED bruh
Still epic moment at the end. Tempest? you done FUCKED UP.
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Sunset has arrived and she wants ALL of the smoke xD
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Applejack is finna clock Adagio in the jaw
Tempest is gonna get her ass kicked
Holy shit, Tempest is about to get fucked.
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Sunset is here to whoop ass and save her girl. I swear if Sunset and Twilight don't get laid by the end of all this bruh xD (JK...kinda)
Très.
I think you meant “amused” ‘cause Tempest doesn’t seem confused to me.
The tension in this chapter is truly insane. Good thing you’re going to finish updating this volume fairly quickly since I still remember the torment back when you were writing the second one.
Oh boy, things are picking up and fast. Poor Shining, thinking he did something wrong to make Cadence not want to marry him when she was just being controlled by the Sirens. And all that negativity coming out due to people not understanding why, it really makes things harder for the Spectacular Seven when the Sirens can feed off it. And sadly, it is very realistic, as recent events in the real world have shown the kind of negativity people will put out without even checking to see if the thing they are being negative about even exists.
Bravo on Sci-Twi for laying into Moondancer even while still trying to reach out, to learn what she can. She certainly handled herself maturely in that, better than most people. And she performed excellently in the fight; sadly, she still needs more training and Moondancer had magic to always give her an edge once Sci-Twi told her to take this serious.
And that seems to be the core of Sci-Twi's negative feelings: not feeling like she is being taken seriously. Moondancer coddled her for years instead of treating her like an equal, trying to help Sci-Twi improve as a person. That is the difference in why Sci-Twi fell for Sunset and not Moondancer: Sunset never coddled Sci-Twi. She was rough with her at first, but her softer moments came out where she genuinely tried to help Sci-Twi feel better and encourage her to become better. Sunset truly came to respect what Sci-Twi could do and she in turn, really making a powerful love where they better one another.
But poor Sci-Twi, all the negativity she had been holding in is rising to the surface because of Tempest. Tempest plays on those insecurities, making her offer sound alluring in Tirek granting magic to humans. Sci-Twi wants magic to stop being useless, to stand alongside her friends. Sci-Twi has always been useful, though, just in a different sense. Yes, problems like the Sirens getting to her happened, but she always believed in Sunset and the others, bringing out some of their best sides, especially Sunset. As much as Shimmer called Sci-Twi the "heart of the Planeteers," that is not a bad thing. Everyone needs something like that in their lives to make them feel better, to see the best of themselves when down. And Sci-Twi has been helping where she can with studying magic. It just takes time; time they do not have enough of, sadly.
It really feels Tempest's actions here are pushing Sci-Twi further and further into becoming Midnight Sparkle down the line, and it will be something to see how Sci-Twi, Sunset, and Moondancer deal with that. Sci-Twi is just so well written in how she feels about herself and her friends.
And poor Pinkie, trying to still hold onto the best she saw in Sonata, even while Adagio keeps bringing her sisters down with what "family" means. Family is more than just obeying elders - something I'm sure we'll see with Golden Light soon enough. Family supports you, loves you, and helps you to become better, even when others might have given up. Sure, sometimes you have to cut ties with people who will not try to be better, but family goes on longer than others. Hopefully Pinkie will be able to reach Sonata and make her family. And hopefully Applejack will be able to avoid that staff!
For now, we wait to see Sunset throw down with Tempest and/or Moondancer! I can't wait to read it tomorrow! Great start to the finale and I am eagerly awaiting parts 2 and 3!
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Moondancer is slowly growing on me more and more.
Also? All of this talk of her being useless and Sunset coming to save her with her magic?
Anyone else see Midnight Sparkle slowly beginning to form behind Twilight's growing insecurity? Because I sure as fuck do!
C de: Cagastes tempest
We para cuando el próximo capitulooooo
>:y
Poor Moondancer...
She's stuck in a trap, and she's desperately hoping someone will help her escape.
Adagio all but stated she abuses Sonata into following her orders...
Man, she really needs a punch in the face!
And poor Sonata needs a hug and someone to look after her.
We see that Twilight's past feelings of helplessness have given her a serious flaw: pride.
She feels ashamed for needing help. Even when help is the thing she needs.
In truth, asking for help is the smartest, bravest thing you can do.
This moment made me want to applause.
Ooof, even though I knew it was coming, this still hit in just the right places.
Adagio and Tempest are just so vile in this, and I love it. Moondancer still has some sympathetic qualities, but the way she's inadvertently feeding Twilight's insecurities by going easy on her was painful to see. And poor Twiggels, feeling like she's useless in all this, especially after Tempest pulls the darkness in her heart to the surface. Also, I don't like how Twiggels was looking at those runes. She might be getting some ideas that could lead to a magic-trapping pendant.
Sunset's dynamic entry was very cathartic. Hopefully Tempest lost a few teeth from that, and ends up with a some burn scars in the end.
well shit...
Gee, volume 1 ends with confronting the Sirens, 2 with confronting Moondancer, and 3 ends with both. This is easily more than the sum of its parts, though. I feel really bad for Cadance and Shining. They're just collateral damage. I hope Sonata can be convinced. She very obviously feels terrible.
Yes, yes it will. You just need to give it a chance
Been waiting for someone to do that all story
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Uh... Sunset has been put through far too much to be in the mood for that.
The Dazzlings have betrayed her, Shining's marriage is on the line, and the woman who tried to steal her soul has gone after her girlfriend.
Sunset is DONE.
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Adagio all but stated she "punishes" her younger sister when she disobeys. She deserves whatever she gets.
Unfortunately, it would've been better for Sci-Twi to swallow her pride and accept an easy victory. She could've gotten the necessary info, and not been made into an easy target of Tempest.
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Me too.
Tempest has ruined lives wherever she went. I hope she proves herself to be not-so-invincible in the face of fiery wrath.
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Lol facts man Sunset is out here ready to scrap! I get the feeling Tempest is gonna get some kinda sick thrill out of this fight though.
Adagio is finna get her ass clapped by Pinkie, Rarity & Applejack; all three of whom have sisters and you know DAMN well Pinkie and Rarity are gonna try their hardest to get Aria and Sonata to break away from Adagio. It's gonna legit take Adagio being all alone and under someone else's control to finally get what she's doing is wrong and I feel thats where this is going.
Cause think about it, Adagio feels in power because she has two lackeys she can boss around but to Tempest? All 3 of them are pawns and Tempest is like Adagio on crack. Power hungry, ruthless, calculated and a master of manipulation. So imagine how low Adagio would feel and be brought if both Aria and Sonata get talk no justu'ed by Pinkie Rarity and Applejack and they leave her behind?
Because if you really think about it, if they decide to turn against Adagio? What could she POSSIBLY do to them that's worse than what Tempest could and would do to them? if they go with the Rainbooms Sonata has already proven they don't NEED negative emotions to survive in that one small scene a couple chapters back but Adagio is too stubborn and Aria is too skeptical.
So yeah I get the feeling that Aria and Sonata will betray Adagio and leave her with Tempest.
As for Tempest vs Sunset? Place your bets, I'm betting on Sunny picking up Twilight's sword and charging it with magic cause that sounds like something she could do. Cause you right; she out here to FIGHT.
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Adagio must not realize who the main characters are and she still must not get what Sunset had to experience during her time 'cursed'
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I can picture Tempest going all "your not so different" on Sunset once Shimmy starts going all out.
I'm guessing that Sonata and Aria will quit, while Adagio flees with Tempest. I can picture that Tempest will toss Adagio under the bus.
I'm guessing Tempest will escape somehow. I doubt, as the main villain, she'll lose so soon. But I can picture Sunset leaving Tempest the same "gift" she left Moondancer.
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Adagio being Tempest's bitch for the rest of this story would be SO cathartic. Moondancer is growing on me more and I truly don't wanna see her just be another villain because its clear she doesn't want to be allied with these people but she isn't being given much choice in the matter and the love a child has for their parent is hard to overcome as i speak from personal experience.
I can see why its so hard for Sonata in particular to distance herself from Adagio because you can tell while they have a rivalry? Aria doesn't hate Sonata the same way she hates Adagio because while they may be sisters its VERY clear Adagio doesn't view the other two that way. She sees them more as pawns to be used at her whim, not actual family and so Pinkie calling this out makes a lot of sense.
Why? Cause she has not 1. not 2 but 3 sisters. One of which is older than her, the other is her twin and the last one is basically mini Aria. I really can't wait to see the moment when they betray Adagio and she's all like "YOU DARE PICK THEM OVER ME?! YOU UNGRATEFUL INGRATES!!!" and Tempest shows up and basically bitches her into coming along and leaving the other two there since they arent of any further use(to Tempest)
I'm having an emotional roller coaster when reading this chapter. That's to deep for Tempest to say to Scitwi and MoonDancer letting her say that. The more and more I read this story the more I hate MoonDancer
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Yeah, Moondancer has certainly done terrible things, but she's been around a wretched person and a cowardly father, so its not like she can know better.
Adagio not seeing her sisters as anything but pawns is dead on. Or worse, Adagio honestly believes that her treatment of Sonata is OK.
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Oh god what if Sonata disowns Adagio as her sister and calls Pinkie her sister? Ohohohoho shit xD
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ADAGIO: GRRRRR! TRAITOR! I have zero self-awareness about how I use that word.
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These next few chapters are gonna be insane bruh xD I really just can't wait to see what the girls are going to do to try and talk down Sonata and Aria because you can tell neither of them wanna do this. Aria has come to actually like and appreciate Rarity because Rarity legitimately values what she has to say and what she thinks and Sonata never wanted to hurt anyone at all, she's literally being manipulated.
So imagine how Adagio would react seeing Sonata and Aria say and act on the fact that they DON'T need her? That is what I really feel is going to break Adagio. Best way to teach a control freak how to value power is to make them feel powerless and out of control.
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Adagio is someone who rules through fear.
Rob her of her control and she's powerless.
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For me it isn't enough to rob her of what her ability to control. You have to teach her what it means to be afraid, to be controlled, to feel like you are lesser than the one above you simply because they SAID SO. That's the lesson Adagio needs to learn because if you think about it Sunset had to learn that way. She wasn't going to initially change on her own, the elements of harmony had to subvert apart of her will and punish her with a magical curse to get her to see that the way she was treating others was wrong.
Adagio i feel legit needs to be Tempest lackey and almost literal bitch for a little while because someone as proud and conceded as Adagio? It's gonna take a HEAVY dosage of karma to get her to change and Applejack I think can see this more clearly than anyone else besides Sunset.
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Yeah I can see that.
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Maybe once they knock her down like...5 pegs maybe she can be friends with Shimmer? Frankly if Albi was gonna do Sunset x Adagio? This would be the chance to do it no joke xD Cause really? Adagio and human Sunset Shimmer would probably get along considering they view friendship in a similar manner though i think eventually Shimmer is gonna come full circle and have her own group of friends. I don't think the Shadowbolts play any factor here anymore so i doubt it would be them.
So yeah if the Dazzlings all get reformed and they become friends with the human version of Sunset more than the pony version and they form a little group of friends? Maybe with Moondancer also? I could roll with that.
Because really EVERYONE here has a common enemy. Tempest & Tierk and Tempest is a fucking IDIOT if she thinks Tierk is gonna honor the deal just like she was an IDIOT for thinking the storm king would honor his deal
Sunset be like "Don't fuck with my girlfriend."
Oh I know.
Of course.
You and me both, Han.
Something's wrong. Tempest is behind this somehow.
She's not here either. Moondancer, what did you do?
Nope.
Dammit RD...
Definitely the handiwork of the Sirens.
TNG. You're trying to give her a coded message that Tempest won't get because she's not a colossal nerd.
You really cannot.
I suppose you wouldn't.
Oh good, actual fencing posture.
The hell? Probably a trap.
Called it.
Yet.
Alright, fuck you.
She's holding back. If she wasn't, she'd have gone for a stab.
She did. She's trying to throw the fight semi convincingly.
Très.
Your funeral.
Hope and Despair.
YOU DUN FUCKED UP, EDGEHORSE! You done brought down the Super Saiyan Sunset Swagger!
(I must congratulate you, my heart was pounding the entire time.)
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Sunset came in like TFS Vegeta xD "mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine MINE!....Mine"
Twi is not going to be happy she had to be saved again. That's a lover's quarrel that won't be pretty. And also:. Sunset Phoneix Mode. Duck and cover, bitches.
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I'm telling you man Midnight Sparkle is gonna start low key developing in the dark half of Twilight's mind and is gonna start whispering at her to get more power and when she eventually morphs into Midnight Sparkle Sunset is gonna HAVE to be the one to defeat her and its gonna be EPIC and also heart-wrenching
The discourse and speculation in this chapter has just been... spectacular.
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Lol you knew exactly what you were doing you mad man xD This is friggin' oda level foreshadowing and teasing your doing...and i fucking love it
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Tempest feels like the type to get a literal sick thrill out of fights like this though if what Shimmer told us about her is of any indicator? She used to be weak and frail as all Hell but then Tierk gave her power and thats how we have the villain we do now. Question is, is sunset powerful enough to take her by herself? All the rainbooms together would wipe the floor with Tempest but i am pretty sure that's why Tempest separated them.
I feel like Sunset might have too much on her hands though because Moondancer is likely going to be ordered to help in this fight and I am not so sure Sunset can take these two vs one, she managed to defeat Moondancer once though I get the feeling the kinda magic Tempest is wielding is a lot more powerful and similar to that of Tierk himself but that's purely my head canon of course.
Ngl, I was afraid that Twilight's self-doubt would be the beginning of her being corrupted by Tempest and becoming Midnight Sparkle, which I hope won't happen in this story.
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I would bet money thats gonna happen but its gonna be a slow burn as it should have been in the actual show
I have a theory the wedding no matter the universe is cursed
That’s probably not good
interesting theory If have true
Hell have no fury sunsets rage
you were my sister Moondancer
sonata You’re breaking my heart
Batman: you stole my line
applejack: no I didn’t
Good technique
You fucked up
https://m.Face the of wrath the daughter of that sun
First wave report:
Shit's already gettin' really real! And Twilight is developing a Vergil complex!
DIS MOONDANCER??!?!
Ohhhhhhh, its Sunset!!! Oh boy she angry. HIT THE DECK SHE GONNA EXPLODE!!!!
She's in her phoniex mode right?
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She done fucked up alright, the others are probably gonna come and hit her with the rainbow laser thingi.
I struggle not to root for Moondancer here, oh my. She is such a well written character!!! Moondancer and her character arc is easily becoming one of my favorites.
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That should happen. Sonata was soo confused when pinkie called her out. They had such a good time together.
It's 6:17am, BST. I've been up since 8pm yesterday. I just got done reading this chapter, and the next one will supposedly come out later today.
My heart is racing right now. After 6 or so months of not reading this fic, I'm glad to be back.