World Eight - Narnia
"So... you don't have any problems with the humans being in charge of your world? Surely they must have some fault?"
Xlestia's annoyance rose as the native unicorn shook her head. "Nothing that comes to mind. I mean, Miraz was an awful tyrant, dear, but no one has had a cross word to say about King Caspian since his coronation."
Munching on a piece of toast, one of the native centaurs - a curious version of the Equestria creature, with no horns and pale skin - rolled his eyes. Swallowing, he said "Your Highness, you won't find any hidden problems by asking more than once! Do you know something about humans that we don't?"
Thinking fast, Xlestia said "Even though I was worlds away, the cruelty and hateful nature of humans was known to me."
"Sounds to me like you were using Miraz as an exemplar for Adam's race." A pony-sized Talking Beaver explained in-between mouthfuls of fish. "But the true Kings and Queens of Narnia are as polite and well-mannered as one could ask for! Besides, Aslan has endorsed them anyhow, so you can put those worries of yours to rest."
When the word 'Aslan' reached their ears, the equestrian ponies seated at the picnic table all had very different reactions.
Twilight was gripped with the idea that the Princess was coming and she had to get ready, which was strange because her mentor was right next to her. She still felt like she should start cleaning, despite the Narnian/Equestrian luncheon being held outdoors.
Fluttershy felt like all of her animal friends were hugging her at once, and the winged pony looked very silly trying to cuddle them back.
Pinkie Pie squealed in delight; her special squeal she saved for only the greatest of celebrations.
Rainbow Dash found herself suddenly sitting bolt upright, like she'd somehow been caught napping.
Rarity started to swoon, then stopped in confusion as she had no idea why she would do such a strange thing at the mere name of a stranger.
Applejack perked up, smiling broadly under her hat, before slumping in confusion much like her friends.
As for Xlestia... she could feel, deep in her soul, the most primal of fear stirring.
She shook herself, but the feeling remained. "W-who?"
"Aslan." The beaver repeated, and Xlestia's dread mounted. "The King of Beasts, son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, and rightful Lord of Narnia."
It was just a name. The name of some native trumped up creature: probably a human, Xlestia reassured herself. No need to fly back to her castle and hide under her covers right this instant. Really, she just needed to get a hold of herself.
"Actually, he's the reason none of us are worried about that magical wall you arrived with." The native pony spoke up, a brave steed by the name of Michael. "There have already been sightings of Him. They say He's on His way here!" He whispered in excitement in the way that actors do when they want their whole audience to hear them.
"WellthishasbeenanicelunchbutIreallyneedtogonowbye!" Xlestia squeaked, vanishing in a burst of golden magic.
"What was that about?" Rainbow Dash wondered.
"Well, royalty is on its way. Perhaps the Princess merely feels that she must be ready in time to greet him?" Rarity speculated.
Michael reached over to take a bite out of another apple, but the bowl was empty. Seeing this, Applejack said "Hold on, partner."
Trotting up a hill to the trunk of the apple tree they were eating under, Applejack gave it a powerful buck.
The dryad of said tree leaned out of it's upper branches, furious with the earth pony. "I say, do you mind?"
The border 'guards' were the first Equestrians to sight the Lion. Though the sight of him evoked feelings of fear and comfort both, their first thought was to their duty, and to that end they blocked the path leading to the Barrier.
But the Lion took no notice of their efforts, walking straight through the upheld spears without touching them, leaving the guards scratching their heads at the feat.
Walking quietly up to the hostile wall of magic, the Lion simply breathed on the Barrier, a breath whose power was undeniable to all who saw it. Imminently, the Barrier halted, to the stunned amazement of the guardsponies.
"Recede." Aslan commanded, and it was done. Both guardsponies and Barrier withdrew from his presence, and though the Barrier did naught but shrink slowly, the guardsponies would later report that it acted as though it was somehow ashamed.
Without hesitation, the Lion resumed his trek towards Canterlot as the Barrier shrunk out of sight.
"Ignite." Xlestia whispered, horn aglow, as she channeled sunlight into attempting to recast her Barrier. The spell spluttered and died as it had done many times so far. "Come on, ignite."
"It will not ignite, Princess of Sunlight."
Xlestia's breath caught in her throat. Frantically, she reinforced her door with as much magic as she could channel. The door itself glowed a brilliant gold as enchanted chains snaked around the hinges and latch. So impressive was her spellwork that for an instant, she dared hope that it might hold.
But the latch turned regardless, the hinges swung smoothly, and the force holding the door shut failed completely. Standing behind the wood was the great Lion himself, Aslan.
"W-who are you? Get out!" Xlestia scrambled backwards, abandoning her spellwork.
"Do you claim not to know me, Princess of Sunlight?" Aslan advanced into the room.
"Go away!" The Princess cried, hurling a bright yellow bolt of attack magic at the feline intruder. To her escalating panic, the bolt flowed over his mane like water before disappearing entirely.
"Why can't I hurt you?!" Xlestia cried hysterically.
Aslan, his face as calm and unmovable as a mountain, looked unblinkingly into the eyes of the panicked princess. "This world was intruded upon by your own - not merely that, but the land around yours became poisoned. Tell me how that came to be, Princess of Sunlight."
"I - I don't know - "
Aslan's face did not change, but when he interrupted her, she could almost feel herself pressed into silence. "Tell me how that came to be, Princess of Sunlight." He repeated.
Xlestia suddenly got the distinct impression that Aslan was not asking her because he did not know the answer to his question. She bit her lip.
"Tell me how that came to be, Princess of Sunlight." He asked for the third time - and Xlestia knew that he wouldn't be asking a fourth time.
"Because - because I moved us here." She finally admitted.
"And why did you do such a thing?" Aslan said, his voice low and deep.
"Because they needed saving!" Xlestia spat, annoyed that the Lion had to ask.
"They?"
"The humans! They're all the same kind for sunlight's sake! And yet they segregate themselves from each other, usually on the most asinine of reasons, like color or heritage or economy! What kind of species nearly starts a war because one group wanted to try communism?!"
The alicorn took a deep breath. "They fight and they hate and they die. And this isn't a recent thing either; they've been doing this for their entire history! Clearly, there is no hope for the species. Surely it is the ultimate kindness to free them from this cycle of pain and death?"
"You believe that you can redeem the race of Adam and Eve by yourself?" Aslan asked without inflection.
"Of course I can! Simply changing them to ponies will fill them with Harmony such that they can't even think of treating each other that way ever again!" Xlestia roared into the lion's face.
Aslan didn't react in the slightest to the alicorn's voice, merely continuing to stare intently into her eyes.
Hmph. Xlestia thought. He can't refute me, can he? I'll bet he's just as frustrated with the humans as I... why can I smell ink?
Blinking, the solar princess looked up - and nearly screamed in shock.
Words had been scrawled in broad strokes on the ceiling.
Neglect.
"Sister, perchance could thou spare some time today?"
"My apologies dear sister, thou wouldst not believe the number of nobleponies clamoring for our attention this day. It will have to wait for some other opportunity..."
Condescension.
Xlestia marked off the final lines of the spell. This should lift the entirety of Equestria off and onto the human world. Well, not quite all of it - magic rarely respected political boundaries. Still, even if she did leave somepony behind - or even part of somepony - it wouldn't affect the overall plan...
Hypocrisy.
Humans. Xlestia sneered though her crystal ball. Look at them all... such creatures that couldn't even scrounge up the basic levels of Harmony ponies had managed before I even took the throne, all those years ago. This just won't do - I can't stand such disorder in this world or any other.
There were other words too, but Xlestia screwed her eyes shut and placed her hooves over her ears, trying not to see, to feel the record of all her faults plastered around her bedroom.
So determined was she at desensitizing herself that she only realized Aslan was next to her when she felt his breath on her neck. She stiffened.
"The children of Epona do not hold any special position in the Final Judgment, Princess of Sunlight." He told her quietly. "Both you and your people require saving just as much as the children of Adam and Eve. You may show them the path - but only one with no faults of their own is truly capable of cleansing another of their sins. Do you understand?"
Xlestia didn't move, terrified the Lion would bite her if she so much as twitched. Watery tears of fear began to drip down her face.
Aslan sighed, and his sigh was like the wind blowing down from the mountains. "Go home, Princess of Sunlight. Rest, and contemplate thyself."
With a soft tap of one of Aslan's paws, the castle vanished, revealing barren mountain as both the nation of ponies and it's inhabitants were whisked back though the Woods between the Worlds back to their home.
The ancient Lion softly walked away. Unlike Jadis, the "White Witch", the Sun Princess had neither enacted something as evil as the Deplorable Word nor had stolen a fruit from the Tree of Life. There was still hope for her - if only she would heed his warnings.
World Eight - Once a friend in Narnia, always a friend in Narnia
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I really do love this. Please sir, may I have some more?
Damn
... and that, folks is how you do it without violence, yet still retain so much AWESOME that your computer screen explodes, as it's unworthy to display the words written. All Hail Aslan!
This fucking chapter. Best of them all.
10/10
I've never read the books nor watched the movies (nor any other media they may be in). Is Aslan really so... OP? Mary Sue? Perfect?
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6019710 He's Jesus, as a Lion
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Aslan is literally lion god and jesus rolled into one...
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He's lion Jesus as written by a very devout Christian. So, probably.
6019710 Basically, int he novels, Aslan is in, a very literal sense, Furry Jesus
No, Seriously. The author outright states, and I believe it's said in Universe that the same entity that Narnia sees as Aslan, the human world says as Yehoshua bin Miriam/Jesus Christ/The Jewish Zombie on a stick
6019710 I couldn't say much about the last two, but I have read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe before. Aslan is not OP. He was kept at bay for centuries by the White Witch while she covered the land in an eternal winter, and Aslan actually died. Granted he was resurrected but that was through some very old magic activating according to an equally old prophecy, not his own power. As for the pony's reactions, it's more to do with his legend and reputation. It was built up in the book and sorta carried a certain power and presence with it that all Narnians reacted to. Kinda like certain figures of our own world and history.
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Word of God (Or C.S. Lewis):
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Thanks for the quick response. I was aware that he was supposed to be a representation/allegory of Jesus (and/or the Christian God), but this depiction here is so... exalted.
Previous chapters had Xlestia defeated because she was faced by better minds, by anti-magic beings, and even by greater raw power. This was the first one were it felt like she was beaten by a better entity (in all respects), and I found this unsatisfying.
6019861 Eh. You're free to feel as you feel.
Suggested Worlds-
Pendragon
Percy Jackson
House Of Night
Guardians Of Ga'hoole
Destiny
LOTR
Remnant (RWBY)
Send an OP lion to stop an OP horse. Fitting.
world suggestions
Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo?
Kore wa Zombie desuka? (Is this a zombie?)
Medaka Box Abnormal
Cthulhu mythos old man Henderson
okami
I doubt you'll do a chapter based around it, but could you do a chapter where Xlestia ends up fighting the Perimians from Chaotic? My reasoning for this is as follows:
1. Perimians could easily counter Xlestia's main strategy with both Mugic such as Refrain of Refusal to destroy the shield, while some creatures would be immune to the potions due to them not being affected by opposing Battlegear.
2. It'd give Xlestia and her followers a taste of their own medicine in the form of Danian Parasites.
3. The irony of Harmony being forced to flee from those who are Chaotic, when Discord failed before them, is too good to pass up!
Am I the only one who read Aslan's lines in Liam Neeson's voice?
That was fun to watch. Surprisingly well executed as well, I'd have thought Aslan to be a challenge to write.
All praise Lion Jesus! Wait, I'm Jewish...
6020412 Nope. I did, too.
Other worlds. . . Hmm, how about the Twilight Zone. Possibly have the ponies scrambling in equestria because Celestia vanished while Equestria was transitioning to earth, but then someone recalls "Say, wasn't there a winged unicorn who showed up in a bunch of the old Twilight Zone episodes." Maybe Twilight watches the whole series to finally get to the episode where she showed up and named the three books she cross referenced for the spell to enter the Zone and get Celestia back.
Awesome chapter.
How about Jackie Chan Adventures.
I must suggest: TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!
Xlestia needs an EPIC punch in the face.
EDIT: Also lets add Megas XLR in the mix
Edit 2: Never mind. Saw the chapter.
so how would end if they went warhammer 40k
Idea. Have the next world be Asura's Wrath. After seeing the Barrier and Xlestia's plan both angers and reminds reincarnated Asura so much that he remembers his past life and regains ALL of his power and abilities, and goes to the Barrier and smashed it with his fist and the rest is up to you
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Actually that's been looked at in World Suggestions One. Basically Xlestia successfully seized a human planet, but because it was nowhere important and everyone else had more important things to do no one did anything about it. Then a tyranoid fleet came by and ate everyone. No one really noticed that either.
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okey didn't knows
well what about the fantasy version
BlazBlue please. I really would like to see that one happen.
Dead Space.
Please.
Like, the possibilities are endless. Isaac Clarke (professional badass) could kill her with the classic Plasma Cutter, or she could end up facing Necromorphs (which wouldn't be destroyed by the Barrier, because they aren't human, or even human-made), or... OR...
Humanity after the Convergence.
You just got a favorite.
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He kinda perfect, 'cause he's supposed to represent God, but he's not... quite a Mary Sue. He doesn't have a lot of screen time, nor does he get directly involved in conflicts until he has to be. More like Celestia in the show cannon, except he actually does something beside spout exposition.
EDIT: And wow, I had no idea there were so many Narnia fans here.
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He was. I went back and reread the second half of 'The Magician's Nephew' to get a grip on how Aslan talks and acts.
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I know, right?
All of the favorites! You has them!
6022220 Probably the overlap in intrests. Not a lot of stories with noncrapsack worlds and honestly good deities these days. (Looking at you GoT, Supernatural, Walking Dead)
i was expecting something stupid, rushed and retarded
gladly disappionted
Ideas:
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Aang and other avatars can contact the spirit world and ally with deities very interested in keeping balance. Aang's spirit-bending May also be useful, along with the connection benders have with celestial objects. Fire benders are empowered by the sun, so Celestia's presence would backfire.
Avatar - Celestia manages to ally with the Navi and drive humans off of Pandora... accomplishing virtually nothing. She then has to deal with a new race of isolationist warriors in her borders.
Lord of the Rings - Destroying humanity by bringing magic into the world would only empower groups like the elves... And Sauron. And if all humanoid life is covered, Celestia gets to deal with Ents, undead creatures and characters, The Ring, etc. middle-Earth could conquer Equestria by remaining still.
Discworld - So many possibilities! It could be as simple as the Auditors disapproving of an even more complicated system than the Disc has. Captain Carrot of the Ankh-Morpork Watch could make invaders feel really guilty, non-human residents could pass through, Vetinari could scheme, and Vimes ask where his cow is. Witches like Granny Weatherwax have enough experience with elves to cut through the bullshit quickly. Death is savvy and protective enough to scare many off, especially the supposedly immortal. And if all else fails, this causes the gates of the Dungeon Dimensions to open.
Star Trek: Next Generation - Celestia pops up on a planet. Enterprise shows up shortly later. Picard gives a speech describing the proper way to try humanity for its crimes, the philosophy behind the Prime Directive, how good intentions can be perverted, and so on. Discord leans on fourth wall. Then, we either see a peaceful resolution where Equestria withdraws or watch how Wesley reconfigures the ship's engine to send Xlestia into the dreaded land of G3.5 ponies.
War of the Worlds - Xlestia conquers Earth long before the barrier is needed. She dies from the common cold two weeks later.
Final Fantasy X - Xlestia arrives to find the locals have a problem called Sin, a giant monster that destroys stuff. She works to defeat it before letting the barrier push through. It then turns out that ponies have no idea how to send the dead off. The Church of Yevon leads its indestructible army into Equestria, growing to include dead ponies and similar.
Kid Icarus - Celestia arrives and observes the humans for a bit before Pyrrhon blindsides her for messing with his sun. After that is sorted out, Celestia learns that she is part of a very complicated war between Palutena, Hades, Viridi, and others. In the following conflict, the Chaos Kin gets loose, infects Celestia, and wipes out a good portion of the multiverse.
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Na, I'm o0ld school. I read it in Ronald Pickup's voice
Awww, nopony else gets to meet Him?
6019710 in the books aslan usually restrains his power because he feels that the people of his world should deal with the problems that they essentially created for themselves. xlestia and her ilk are not part of his world, and as such he felt no need to work through subtle means. the white queen in the lion the witch and the wardrobe was not originally from narnia so again that was where he was the most overt in combating the invader.
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He is a good lion, but He is not a tame lion.
6026312 Here's my proposal... realms of Magic: The Gathering... Dominaria under Nicol Bolas's rule. Tarkir in its altered timeline, where Dragons rule. New Phyrexia, having undergone it's own conversion already and really not liking this interference with "The Great Work".
6019715 ... Somehow, I love the idea of Xlestia being stopped by the alien guardians of the planet. XD
6026731 I merely meant it to represent my face as I read this chapter, because I'm such a big fan of the Chronicles of Narnia, and this is a particularly well-done crossover that even kept the slight religious themes intact without insulting anyone, something extremely difficult to do.
I entirely agree that CB would not work within Steven Universe. Pearl has this... thing, about protecting humans in particular, probably something to do with her fangirl crush on Rose, and it's definitely rubbed off on Garnet.
Skip to 1:00 to see it, it's the only relatively short clip I could find that had both of them doing it:
I have a very cathartic mental image of Garnet punching Princess Xlestia in the face.
Sorry about the huge post with all the headcanon, I just got a little... excited.
6023343 For the Avatar one. Luna would have no power over the moon, because Yue would sure as heck not allow the Princesses to mess with the balance. And Celestia getting on the Fire Nation's bad side would probably be disastrous for Equestria. Aang being the pacisfistic, good-natured guy he is, would of course try his best to sold the problem diplomatically.
Also the prescence of Equestria may have a very good chance of disturbing some spirits.
The human world from the Diablo series would be interesting; would the barrier work on the dead or demonic? And what would the angels have to say about it?
Same with Starcraft universe, actually; would the zerg and protoss be affected, and what would happen when they got involved?
I would like to see a Kamen Rider chapter, if only to see Xelestia get a Rider Kick to the face.
While I loved this chapter dearly, the Mane Six's reactions to Aslan didn't' feel quite right. More than likely because I stay away from Narnia Fanfiction, so this is the first time I've seen stuff like this written by someone not C.S Lewis. Anyway, While this was fantastic I also couldn't shake the compulsion to write what I thought the Mane Six's reactions would be. And I wanted to post it somewhere, and its not long enough for a full story, so...here it is.