Home is for the Weak

by Pickleless

Home is for the weak?..

It was a glorious full moon, glowing bright red, and painting all of Ponyville in a soft, pink light. Citizens frolicked about town, neighing randomly and conveying mindless joy. A young mare and a little filly laid in a box watching the moon in gentle contentment.

"It is a blessed night Shimmer." Diamond Tiara whispered.

"Truly Tiara, we are most fortunate." Sunset smiled.

"Princess Derpy has painted a masterpiece in the sky once more."

"I feel as if the Moon is massaging my brain in the most pleasant of manners."

"All hail the moon." the two monotoned in sync.

"Diamond, I have been thinking." Sunset pondered. "Do you believe there might be more out there beyond Muffinland?"

Diamond Tiara reared up and slapped Sunset in the face.

"Listen to me you succulent, sassy mare," Diamond scolded, "You are lucky that we are best friends. Have you said that to anypony else, they would've cut you down for being the heretic you are!"

"But what if?" Sunset said in a dangerous tone. "What if we left the town see to what lies past?"

"Then we would no longer be in Muffinland!" Diamond snapped. "What could possibly be worse than that?!?"

"Did you ever dream... that there might be more types of food out there than muffins?" Sunset whispered.

"Blasphemy..." Diamond whispered back.

"Answer me, well-polished child!"

"...Yes. Yes I did." She answered.

"Let us go Diamond, together!" Sunset grinned. "Think of the world we could dumbly neigh at! The things we could roll on and lick absentmindedly!"

"This is too much for me." Diamond's eye twitched. "I need to lie down and think about the moon."

"All hail the moon."

"Diamond, dream of a future brighter than starlight and baked goods!" Sunset pleaded. "We could be amazing and/or dead!"

"We really could be amazing and/or dead..." Diamond quietly said to herself.

"Let's go, now! To a brighter tomorrow and/or death!"

"Yeah!" Diamond jumped up. "I believe everything will be better or I'll die!"

"Or both!"

"YEAH!" The two cheered as they bumped hooves.

The two raced towards the edge of the town, laughing like a school filly and a grown mare with the maturity of a school filly.

"Stop, what are you two doing?!?" Shining Armor called out, "You both can't traverse past the veil of reality and leave the protection of the moon!"

"All hail the moon."

"I've committed!" Sunset retorted as she jumped into the mist.

Sunset screamed in pain as she felt her body slowly get torn apart.

"SUNSET STOP, THIS WILL KILL US!" Diamond screamed.

"I CHOSE THIS PATH IN LIFE, AND I COMMITTED!!!" Sunset screamed.

"WHY?!?"

"IIIIIIIIII'VE!"

"COOOOOOMMIIIIIITTEEEEEEED-"

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"And that's how Sunset Shimmer stopped being Celestia's student." Nopony finished.

Scootaloo blinked.

"What."

Comments

[Mellow]

I find the parallels between this and what actually happened hilarious.

[Gapeagle]

Praise the Moon!
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[Soufriere]

I… buh. *brain melts*

[josue]

you hurt my brain

[PonyDragon]

Scootaloo blinked.

"What."

I bet everyone here reacted like this.

[Aurora Dimmet]

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Sunset Shimmer will ride historic on the muffin road.

[Alondro]

6581413 Don't try and bend the Moon. Instead, you must realize the truth. There is no Moon... only Zule...

[TheGeekyOne]

What in the name of the Condense?

[Robot Sparky]

...............what?

[Scorch215]

well then......I got nothing else to say......moving on.

[masterhackingbrony]

Seriously this story, is so short, yet so packed full of the most perfect things, how do you do this, it's perfect.

[keaton-furman-prower]

So, did Diamond Tiara survive?

[Lucky Star 33094]

I'm loving this version of Celestia

[Briarpelt]

I... um... what?

[Jake Witt]

Now this is my kind of story! I should write stuff like this more, but take out the time travel / paradox aspect. People are sick of that crap.

[Bipper]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh, this is more chaos for my brain for today. I'm going to lie down for a moment.

*Shivers*

[PonyDragon]

7289293 Good enough.
But then you said...

"What."

...right?

[ZackAttack]

I always reach for that like button...

[Pony on Wheels]

All hail the moon.

[Blue Whirl]

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This, I needed.

[Fervidor]

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[yamgoth]

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[randome284]

I started laughing then stopped. I remembered why I don't laugh.

Nothing is funny enough. Except for this.

But this was freakin' awesome!

[Esalen]

What. Just. Happened. I'm very confused. Love the story though

[Dustchu]

Hehehehe, good lawdy lawdy

[AMuffinlover]

wut

[FireheartThePone]

Did you hear that? That was the sound of my brain exploding and being replaced by a moon.

Muffins.

[DNC]

[Alicon Glactistar]

I don't think I have ever heard the term "well-polished child" before.

[Violet Sky]

All hail the moon.

All hail the moon.

All hail the muffins.

All hail the moon

[Gizmo Gear]

*dies*

[The Real McCoy]

"No...she stopped being Celestia's student because Celestia was stupid enough to house her in a tower for all of her foalhood, and then say that friendship is the most powerful magic! It's obvious!"

[PresentPerfect]

"Answer me, well-polished child!"

I mean, this is amazing, but what

[Pickleless]

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Oh hey dude~ Where are all these reviewers coming from

[porcelainpony]

Scootaloo blinked.
"What."

me too, kid

[Pickleless]

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"Man this lighthearted story is just what I needed to kick back-"
Ah crap.
"Why did this get so dark-
Sorry~

[redsopine]

i feel thats payback for scoots plan to kill her

[Vaguely Demented]

Celestia doing a lot of acid would answer a few questions here.

[B_Munro]

Bumlestia has been sharing smokes with Ponyville's other street Ponies.