Fuzzy Fluffy Fables

by Fuzzyfurvert

10. Unnamed Skype fic 2

Author's Note:

Written in the Twiluna group skype chat.

Skeeter the Lurker threatened me with violence if I didn't make this a fic. Who knows, maybe I will.

Twilight bursts into the throne room in a flash of magic. She marches up to the throne where Luna sits. "Luna, I need the Moon!"

Luna raises an eyebrow. "Why?"

Twilight gestures behind her at a seasick-looking Rainbow Dash that is still getting her bearings after the sudden teleport. "This bitch doesn't belive I can move my shadow faster than the speed of light! I need the Moon for a demonstration."

Under Twilight's direction and Dash's barely contain tirade of complaints, Luna moved the Moon until it hung low in the sky directly above the castle. Her sister, having been roped into the situation by the purple menace, was casting a broad beam of sunlight directly at the Moon, highlighting it's features.

Twilight cackled madly in between loud explanations of the speed of light and the circumference of the Moon and how these ridiculously large numbers dictated the speed at which something could cross the surface of the Moon.

Dash continued to look ill as facts were shouted at her face. But the mare stood her ground, refuting Twilight's claim to be able to break the ultimate speed limit.

With a manic laugh, Twilight raised her hoof in front of Celestia's horn, casting an enormous shadow on the surface of the Moon. "Now watch, Rainbow-Not-So-Fast, as I blow your mind!"

RD crossed her hooves. "Even if this works - which it won't - I'm still not going to buy you lunch at Denny's."

"Shut up! I'm Scienceing!" Purplenerple giggled like an unhinged baboon and moved her hoof slightly. Upon the Moon above, her shadow followed, crossing the surface at superluminal speeds to reach the opposite edge. "Ta-Da!"

Everypony was silent for a long time. Finally, Luna looked at Twilight and asked. "Is that it? I'm pretty sure if I keep the Moon here any longer it's going to screw the tides up something fierce."

"And I don't want to repel another Seapony invasion." Celestia added tiredly.

"Yeah, sure." Twibutt frowned. "No one ever cares when I display the weaknesses of physics. Solve some old farts last spell, you get to be a princess. Prove that the laws of physics can be observational broken and you don't even get free dinner at Denny's WHEN YOU'VE CLEARLY WON A BET!" She glared at Rainbow Dash.

"You didn't even move, you dunce!" RD threw her hooves up in exasperation. "Stop being so salty! I'm sorry I compared your flying skills to that of a blimp, ok?"

"The proper term is 'zepplin.'"

"Oh my faust, nopony cares!" Dash yelled.

Comments

[Exaxxion]

these are nice

i like these and have come to terms that all of them will not continue

even though their scraps and discarded i hope you write more, ive always enjoyed your writing and even stuff like this confirms my choice that following you was a good idea.

have a nice day

-Exaxxion

[Fuzzyfurvert]

5802635
Wow...that's quite the compliment. I'm glad you enjoy what I write, because it's readers like you that continue to inspire me to write more.

Thank you for making my day, and you have a good day as well!

[Exaxxion]

5802725 if pretty words make you write more you should expect more comments in the future

glad i made your day, i don't normally comment on things but your stories are some of the few worth a reply

even if its a short and sweet one im glad you took it to heart

-Exaxxion

[Pinklestia]

Next, facing Tirek

One Moment Twilight Sparkle was there, the next she was still there but Tirek was defeated and stuck inside a big cage.

"See? FASTER THAN THE SPELL OF LIGHT!"

[Ultimate Bromaeda]

5802725 Yo! Heard pretty words make you right more
'The majestic eagle soared through the radiant night sky'

Please right more, I'm having the time of my life here

[B_Munro]

Very funny! Although strictly speaking, a shadow being an absence of light rather than a concrete object, nothing is "moving."

Audience: NOPONY CARES!!!

[PresentPerfect]

I don't get it. D:

>invoking Faust
WORST FIC EVER 10/10

[Fuzzyfurvert]

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I thought you were being facetious about not getting it!

Look, it's simple: Twilight was displaying how the laws of physics(in this case the Speed of Light Limit) can be broken - in an observable manner, if not actually. As a previous commenter pointed out, shadows are voids in the field of light particles. Their apparent "movement" is tied to the relation of the light source and the proximity of the object creating the void. So when Twi moves her hoof, the shadow being cast on the moon "moves" with her, and from the point of view of the ponies below, it crosses the entire surface of moon faster than the speed of light.

Except that it isn't. Nothing is actually moving, so nothing broke the speed of light and RD still doesn't have to buy her lunch at Denny's.