Sunset kept the binoculars to her muzzle as she hummed to herself. “Do you see the one with the really large and funny hat?”
“I think he’s called a Sous Chef.”
“But his name isn’t Sue.”
“No, Sunset, it’s a term for the head chef in a kitchen, derived from the French to mean–“
Sunset rubbed her forehead and cut Twilight off with a sigh. “I know what it means. I was just trying to joke around. Now, do you see him?”
Twilight nodded as she lazily spun in a circle in the air. “I still don’t see why you’re so excited for this. It seems kind of mean.”
“They’re called pranks. Besides, you’re a form of ghost, so isn’t haunting kind of a part of your job description?”
“I never signed a contract to work as a ghost.”
Sunset hit her head against the table she sat at before pointing a hoof through the window she was spying through. “Just… just go and do your magic.”
“So freeze everything?”
Sunset looked up and glared at Twilight, but the smile Twilight bore simply caused her to grimace and groan. Twilight let out a small giggle and slipped through the glass, made her way across the open space between Sunset’s room and the kitchens, and then went behind a set of hanging pots and pans. She tapped one gently and watched it swing in front of the Sous chef. A frown came across her face and she tapped it harder, but still no response. Well, I guess I have to try a little harder than.
The clamor of the pans was silenced almost immediately by the chef’s horn glowing and him glaring at the pastry in front of him. A bead of sweat ran down his face and he waited, keeping his grip on the pans tight. The crash of the drop sent spams through his body, and Twilight gently tipped his hat. She smiled as he didn’t notice, but decided that she had had enough of trying out Sunset’s new activity. As she left though, the chef let out a deep sigh of relief.
Pssht.
His eyes tweaked as the soufflé slowly fell to its untimely demise. The stallion opened and closed his mouth for a few moments before screaming, “No!”
Twilight appeared next to Sunset as she giggled, delighted to have foiled the poor stallion’s attempts once again. Twilight on the other hand, was not so pleased. “I don’t think I like haunting.”
“What? Oh come on, that is classic slapstick.”
“It’s mean. Look how sad he is.”
Sunset rolled his eyes. “He’ll just try to make another one soon. In fact, I rarely get such a perfect opportunity to ruin it.” She sighed as Twilight continued to frown at her. Playing with the servants and guards had been one of her few ways to entertain herself in the past, and she wanted Twilight to be able to enjoy it too. Wait, guards! That’s it! “Twilight, please, give me one more chance, okay?”
Twilight narrowed her eyes, but soon remembered that she honestly didn’t have anything better to do. Besides, Sunset rarely gets to have a day to herself, so it is really nice that she wanted so badly to spend it with me and just me. She smiled at Sunset and put a hoof on the yellow mare’s nose. “Okay I guess.”
Sunset spun around almost instantly to hide her blush from Twilight. She then led the way as they went towards the front of the castle and the barracks. Once more, they took a strategic position outside of the guard’s main barracks where most of them would be hanging out currently. Twilight snuggled into the bush next to Sunset, causing the other mare to shiver. “So, what are we doing here?”
“You’re going to do something simple. The absolute worst thing it can do is slightly scare some ponies. Sound good?”
“That doesn't answer what I’m going to do.”
Sunset rolled her eyes. “Fine. You’ll grab one of their sheets, put it on while invisible, and make spooky noises. Though… give me a spooky voice.”
Twilight cleared her throat and waved her forehooves in front of her slightly. “Wooo.”
Sunset blinked a few times before smacking herself, causing Twilight to frown. At this point she had started to be able to understand at least what this gesture was and didn’t like it when Sunset did it. It made her feel bad, like she had failed to do something right. Well, maybe a different dialect would help.
The three layered voices that spoke Eldritch words shook Sunset to her core and she lowered her hoof as she shivered harder. Twilight bit into her lower lip. “So, will that do?”
Sunset slowly nodded, and Twilight clapped her hooves together before flying into the room. For the first few minutes it worked like a charm. The guards were startled by the sheet, but it definitely was the voice and cold that emanated from her that sent a few of the closer ones into a panic. She paused for a few moments, unable to stop giggling as the owner of the sheet fell onto his back. Maybe Sunset is right? This can be kind of fun. The sheet around her was then yanked off by a pink aura.
“What are all of you doing? If I didn’t think higher of our dear princess then to do such an elementary prank on us, I would say she at best was testing our courage, and from what I see, you all failed!” The white stallion put his hoof down onto the ground as he shook his head, his beautiful blue mane swaying with it. “It’s just a sheet.”
Twilight’s eyes were wide as she stared the new player in her game. His toned muscles, tall frame, long and slightly messy hair, dampened by a shower he just took, simply took her breath away for a moment. One of the guards yelled something about ghosts and that same stallion turned to face directly at her. “Fine, if you guys insist, I’ll check for them.”
Twilight thought about the prospect of the handsome pony spotting her, and panicked.
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“So, can you two please tell me why my captain of the guard was frozen today?”
Sunset and Twilight both swallowed hard as they laid down in front of Celestia. Sunset opened her mouth, but Twilight beat her to the punch. “I panicked. I’ve never tried talking to a handsome stallion before. I’m sorry! Please don’t punish me!”
Both of the mare’s eyes widened as the words settled on them and both shouted, “Handsome what?”
Celestia now was faster then Sunset as she calmly stated, “I would suggest removing such thoughts about him. You and Shining Armor are related.”
Twilight’s brow furrowed. “Wouldn’t he be something akin to a thirtieth generation nephew of mine, at best?”
Celestia simply opened her mouth before shutting it. Sunset finally took this as a chance to speak her own reason for why she should dislike him. “He doesn’t like books.”
“He what?” The ground around Twaith froze as she fumed, and Sunset let out a sigh of relief, thankful that no further questions were to be asked about the threat, even though she still wasn’t absolutely certain why she considered him such a tremendous threat. Unfortunately for Sunset though, that night, Twilight floated into the barracks and waved at Shining Armor from the other side of the room. She then threw her hooves into the air, happy she could even do that.
You know, that's actually an interesting point.
To an immortal at least many centuries old, just how many generations past does it take before dating your own descendants stops being deal-breakingly eww and 'just' becomes creepy instead?
Man, Celestia giving Twilight The Talk in this universe would be just wrong!
"When a mare that's sadly technically a legal adult I can't stop and a sick stallion love each other very much, it's vastly important that the mare never, ever tell me any details of their unholy union; least I fall to darkness and madness in a way not unlike my sister from cheer squick alone..."
5965271 Admittedly, when I started reading that, it went a route I had not expected. Still funny, but not the route I expected.
Looks like someone hit the feature box with an update.
5965303 Every time!
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Works 100% of the time 60% of the time.
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Well... If the immortal in question is a thousand+ years old, and each generation had at least one child, they would be partially related to a pretty large chunk of the populace.
Also,
5965307 Have them play poker.
But not conventional poker.
Like cake poker.
Where they all have to conceal their intents about wanting the LAST slice of cake.
Thought processes and all.
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Well, if you're going by genetic similarity then X-th cousin is roughly equivalent to X+1-th generation. So great-great-grandchild = 3rd cousin and so on.
I suppose an immortal would have to consider these things, since if you kept having children every so often it would take a surprisingly short amount of time for your entire species to be descended from you.
the answer to this question, will determine if i read it or not, or maybe it wont, not sure, sounds like a cool plot, anyway.
is the wraith part, as in SGA wraith, or another kind?(for thoose of you, not familiar with the short term, SGA is Stargate Atlantis)
5965525 I am not familiar with Stargate Galactica, so sorry about that. If she were though, this would have crossover on it probably. I'm talking about the super ghosts prety much with control over souls, other undead, and ice for the most part. Evil, malicious beings that only wish to tear the world apart!
Mary the Sous Chef – a character who always wonders why others laugh at her...
I guess to repeat that, one needs three larynxes and a few tentacles...
One could say that Twilight is kinda cold when it comes to relationships... Hmm, that may make an interesting chapter: Sunset teaching Twilight how to talk with stallions without freezing them.
5965556 Why would Sunset ever want her to have that ability?
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Hmm, you're right. Less competition xD
Oh my, Twilight seems to be having a Freudian slip! This should make things interesting, I love Sunset's subtle jealousy.
Shining actually has pink magic just like Twilight's, hence the pink bubble surrounding Canterlot in A Canterlot Wedding.
5965682 Whoops.
5965533 I think you're getting Stargate Atlantis confused with Battlestar Galactica, as they are completely separate shows.
Also, the Wraiths aren't actual ghosts, they're really more like weird vampire bugs.
5965870 No matter what, I don't know any of that stuff, and it was a total mind fart that caused me to put Galactica. For proof of how shit I am with popular sci-fi, I barely even know Star Wars.
Next chapter idea:
Twaith tries to introduce herself to Shining Armor. He freaks out.
Sunset, Celestia and a random guardpony get the respective duties of comforting Twaith, calming Shining down enough to apologize to Twaith, and cleaning up the blizzard-struck hallway.
Shining Armor becomes (entirely chaste) friends with the dynamic duo as a result of the talk.
5965939 She is a god damn *Jumbled goes into a corner to attack the air and rage*
5965956 ... Sorry. Didn't mean to anger you - what'd I say?
5965969 I made an author's note in one of the chapters to carify this, and I have stated it at least half a dozen times in these comments, but the picture depicts a filly Twilight because this was the best picture I could find, not because she is a filly. Everyone is just about their canonical ages, so Twilight is an adult mare.
And I'm sorry for being rude, just, ugh.
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Twirath is as old as Twilight is on the show. Just ignore the cover picture
5965971 Ah. Oops. I'll edit my original comment, by the way. The premise of Twaith freaking Shining out (maybe by appearing through the wall or accidentally freezing everything around her) is too hilarious to let go.
I guess I assumed filly because of the general adorable tone of the story, and having the memory of a goldfish when it comes to Author's Notes.
haha this is great
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and now I really want a chapter where Celestia gives Twi the talk
Awkward family reunion/dinner
5965533 okay, and here i was hoping it was something i knew, anyway seems interesting, so i will read it when i have the time.
5966352 Sorry.
Here's a fun prompt: Something big shows up to threaten Equestria. Celestia gives Twilight her full power back and asks for help. In the ensuing fight scene, Spike becomes a mature but not adult sized Dracolich and saves Twilight. He doesn't quite speak yet though, and is more just territorial against someone hurting "mama." That would be a fun scene for his first word if you didn't already have something planned.
Wonderful story by the way, I just discovered it and binge read the whole thing.
Definitely want a chapter where Twaith and Shining sit down and talk and him finding out that he is related to her
maybe we can find out some of Twaith's past from it since his parent's might have something on her
also can Twaith speak Eldrith because of what she is or because Cthulhu taught her?
5966619 I would say Cthulu.
Hmm- prompt.
Twaith tries to figure out what, exactly, Spike eats. Sunset helps, while Celestial frets and worries that the answer is souls.
Further prompt- Twaith realizes what happened to Luna, Celestia tries to convince her not to tell Sunset while distracting Sunset with..
I dunno, let's go with spike. Really wanna see more of the lil' monster
One last thing- this can only one way- Sunset vs Shining vs Cthulu in a winner takes Twaith spit-swapping make out match!
Yay! I asked for this one back on chapter 2!
5966623 A surprisingly apt tea partner and aficionado of mystery thriller novels, that Cthulhu. Makes wonderful pies. Provided a mare can get over the reality-warping eldritch wrongness of his very existence, which only takes a century or two.
Sheesh
i knew she was old but shining armor is her nephew in thirteen generations down the line
wau
i'm impressed...
5966357 its fine, no need to appologise.
5968053 even better, it's the 30th Generation!
Okay, I have to do this for shining armor.
Well, that ship sunk
Life ain't easy for a Chef named Sous.
It means 'under chef' and is the second chef not the head chef
I think Shining just needed to... Chill out.
Talk about getting a... Cold reception.
At least he wasn't so scared that he was frozen stiff. Oh wait.
I guess Twaith could say that it was Ice to meet him.
Twilight can speak Eldritch? Nice.
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OH GOD MY SIDES! Just it's Sheer in this case. Would be hilarious though.
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Corner. Now.
And now I've got "It'll be Okay" stuck in my head. THANKS OBAMA! >:[
5965993 actually, she would be a good thousand years older.
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dude u need to chill
these jokes are just so cold
his willy is probably pretty chilly right now
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Radar has picked up a helicopter going soi soi soi.