36. Aftermath
Scholar Arc
Still Day 16, evening
It didn’t take long for the guards to arrive. Even though Atlas and his friends had been brought to the outskirts of the city, a huge explosion would kick the guard into overdrive and cause them to respond immediately.
Unicorn mages had used wind spells to clear the dust and dirt that was still settling, revealing a gruesome sight. Where there was once a cornfield, only a huge crater remained. They estimated the crater to be around one hundred and fifty feet wide, and thirty feet deep.
Immediately after the discovery, they started searching for the cause. While mages scanned the crater for lingering magical energies, scores of guards scoured the vicinity. They first found Dusty’s unconscious henchponies strewn around on the ground and soon after, Atlas’s group inside the barn.
After a rough explanation of the circumstances, they were brought back to the crater where the commanding guard directing his subordinates orders from.
They were approaching a heavily armed unicorn guard, flanked by the guards who found them. The commanding officer had just finished giving his orders to a group of regular guards when his eyes fell upon the approaching group.
He had a white coat and a deep blue mane. His purple and gold armor seemed more intricate than that of a regular guard, and a purple plume of hair rested atop his helmet.
Atlas had to chuckle at how familiar the stallion looked.
“Report!” The unicorn barked at the frontmost guard.
“Sir! We found these ponies in a barn about one mile away from here. According to them, the explosion was caused by a surge from the dark gray unicorn, Sir!” The guard dutifully responded while saluting.
The commander’s eyes locked onto Atlas’s, who awkwardly waved back at him and sported an apologetic smile.
“Bring them back to the base for further questioning.” The commander commanded. “Do not allow them to talk on the way there, and make sure they’re kept in separate rooms for now”
“Sir, Yes, Sir!” The guards surrounding them said as one.
They were lead away from the carter in single file, the space between them making sure they didn’t talk, just as was ordered.
Atlas sneaked a look back at the crater and a shiver ran down his spine. He already knew that surging was a bad thing. Regular unicorns could only damage their immediate surroundings at worst, but if that was what happened whenever he surged; he’d have to avoid it in the future at all costs.
Just as he finally thought he was at peace with his new life, something happened that made him question everything anew. This time he got lucky and nobody was seriously hurt. At least not anypony who didn’t deserve it. But what if the next time it happened he was within the city? The mere thought of the possibilities scared him as he turned away from the destruction he’d caused.
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It had been what felt like hours since Atlas was led into a small room by the guards.
After their group arrived at the nearest guard facility they were lead inside what looked like interrogation rooms. The guards had made sure they had no chance to communicate with each other aside from shouting and put each of them in their own room.
The room Atlas found himself in had no decorations whatsoever, only a table with two chairs facing each other occupied it. The chair opposite the door sat a nervous Atlas.
By now he had spent quite a lot of time by himself, with nothing but his thoughts to keep him company. His fantasies about what the guards were going to do with him and his friends kept becoming progressively worse as time passed.
What if they would lock all of them up inside a high-security prison in the middle of the mountain? What if they condemned them to spend the rest of their lives in there?
If this scenario would come to pass, Atlas was well and truly fucked.
Every now and again his thoughts flicked back to what happened after his surge. He actually confessed his love for Belle after she let him know how she felt about him. After thinking about it again and again he actually wasn’t quite sure about this.
After all, up to this point he’d never fallen for someone. Was what he felt love or infatuation? In hindsight, he was probably just caught up in the heat of the moment. Atlas felt confused since he never actually had a girlfriend. He didn’t exactly know how that would pan out going forward.
Nevertheless, even though he felt that the whole thing was rushed, he was willing to try. He definitely felt something for Belle and was curious to see what might come from this development.
While he was waiting for anything to happen, he played around with his hooves. Idly clacking them together to try and see what sounds he could produce. From time to time, his eyes would be drawn to the door, expecting it to open and some very angry guards to enter.
Alas, no one came and he was left to his own thoughts. Since there was no clock inside the room, Atlas had no idea how much time had passed already. It certainly felt like forever to him, and he wondered how his friends were faring. Judging by how much time had already passed, they were most certainly questioning them first, saving Atlas for last.
He tried to remember what exactly happened back in the barn, so he would be ready for their questions. He could more or less remember everything until shortly before his surge. He could faintly remember hearing a familiar voice before his memory went dark.
Atlas racked his brain to place the voice he heard to a face but came up with nothing. After a while something else resurfaced from his memory. Before he went out of control he could feel something strange happening to him.
Something akin to a wave of energy washed over him. Once again his recent memories were scoured for the familiar feeling. This time, he was able to remember it happening twice before. Once when he said goodbye to Vibrant Colors, and the other time when he and Crimson decided to travel together.
Atlas wondered if those three moments were somehow connected, and if those waves of energy actually did anything to him except leave him with a slight tingle.
The noise of the door being opened snapped Atlas out of his ruminations, his eyes darted towards the entrance. A single pony walked in, though Atlas could see two guards standing outside before the door was closed.
The Pony had brown fur and a dark brown mane. Although he didn’t wear any armor, he did wear clothes. Something akin to a coat was draped over his backside, his two front hooves inside sleeves keeping it in place. The coat obscured his cutie mark so Atlas had no idea what it was.
The unicorn stallion carried a stack of papers with him in his magic, which he set down on the table before taking a seat opposite of Atlas.
The unicorn proceeded to flip through his papers, stopping to read over a few passages on some of them and generally ignoring Atlas’s presence.
Atlas felt awkward watching the unicorn, wondering if he was allowed to speak up, or if he was supposed to wait quietly while the unicorn finished whatever he was doing. He silently watched the unicorn work for a few minutes until he just couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Umm… Excuse-”
“Mr. Atlas.” The unicorn immediately stopped him.
The last of the pages floated back down to the table and arranged themselves neatly in front of the unicorn. For the first time since entering the unicorn established eye contact with Atlas, acknowledging his existence.
“Your friends have told us a lot about you and what happened tonight.” He said. “But first let me begin by introducing myself. My name is Inquiring Mind, and I’m in charge of criminal investigations around here.”
Atlas nodded, feeling it unnecessary to introduce himself since Inquiring Mind already knew him quite well apparently.
“Today’s events have proven to be quite a headache for me.” Inquiring Mind continued. “Do you have any idea how much damage you caused?”
“I’ve… I’ve seen the crater if that’s what you mean.” Atlas said casting his eyes downwards.
“Yes, but it’s not just structural damage you did. Your spell pretty much obliterated a whole field that was growing very important produce. I doubt that I need to tell you that we don’t produce enough food as is.”
Atlas nodded once again.
“At this time we need every ounce of food we can get, thus what you’ve destroyed was of great value not only to the farmer but for the whole of the Kingdom. A grave crime in these less than bountiful days.” Inquiring Mind shook his head in disappointment.
Atlas mentally prepared himself for a long time in prison. At least it sounded like they blamed Atlas alone, and his friends could at least go free.
“That being said, the circumstances were quite… unique to say the least.”
Atlas perked up at those words, a faint amount of hope spreading within him. Maybe they would lessen his sentence?
“All of your friends have told us the same story, and there’s no reason for us to believe they are lying since they were under a truth spell the whole time.” Inquiring Mind pulled a page out of his stack. “Thus we have reason to believe that this ‘Dusty’ character is to blame for the most part.”
Atlas allowed a smile to creep onto his face.
“That doesn’t mean you’re out of dodge yet, Mr. Atlas.”
Atlas’s smile immediately vanished.
“The insights of your friend Amethyst Blade were especially valuable to us.” Inquiring Mind adopted a troubled look. “Those inhibitor rings sound like bad news, to say the least. Could you tell me how your experience with the ring was?”
Inquiring Mind’s horn started to glow a soft orange and Atlas felt a tingly feeling around his throat. The truth spell, Atlas concluded.
“Well, according to Dusty they just cancel out a unicorns ability to channel magic through the horn. Control channeling still seems to work though, at least it did for me…” Atlas answered.
“Hmmm… interesting.” Mind wrote down the new information on a paper. “Mr. Amethyst Blade hasn’t tried that. Thank you for this information, it might help us come up with a countermeasure.”
“Of course,” Atlas answered and left it at that.
“As far as your punishment goes, since the circumstances were quite unique and a surge is not exactly controllable you can expect it to be lenient.” Inquiring Mind said. “Especially since it was a life or death situation.”
Atlas nodded in acknowledgment once again. Opting to talk as little as possible as long as the truth spell was in effect.
“But there was something else that Mr. Amethyst Blade mentioned, that I’d like to verify myself since it’s a unique situation.” Inquiring Mind said.
He got up from his chair and went over to the door. He opened it slightly, levitating a device through the opening. The door was closed again and the device floated down onto the table before he retook his seat.
Atlas seemed to recognize the device, but couldn’t quite place where he had seen it before.
“I think you’re already familiar with this test, so if you’d please?”
Inquiring mind gestured towards a ring that was connected to the device. Atlas looked at the transparent orb resting on top of it when he finally made the connection. This was the device used to determine a unicorn's magical affinity.
Atlas complied levitating the ring over his horn. Even though he knew now what the device was for, he couldn’t quite understand why he’d need to take the test again.
As expected the orb began to glow a soft green after a while. Inquiring Mind nodded but didn’t do anything else. They both watched the orb as its color slowly changed to red, representing Atlas’s secondary affinity. Once again Inquiring Mind only gave an acknowledging nod, although he seemed to be tenser than before.
Atlas was about to ask what this was all about, when the orb started to change it’s color again. Instead of the expected green, it seemed to lose color until only a soft pink was left.
Atlas furrowed his brow as Inquiring Mind released a tired sigh. The orb continued on to change to the previously expected green, leaving Atlas to his confusion.
“Huh?” Atlas managed to say after a few moments.
His jaw was slightly agape, looking towards Inquiring Mind for an explanation. The pony in question said nothing at first, opting to wait and see if the phenomenon would repeat itself. Sure enough, the orb turned a soft pink a few moments later.
“You may take off the ring now.” Mind said, a quill in his magic furiously writing something down.
Atlas was still confused and wanted answers, but did as he was told. He levitated the ring off his horn and set it down next to the device while waiting for his interrogator to finish.
“Your friend Amethyst Blade described the spell you used to us in great detail.” Inquiring Mind said, setting his quill down. “According to him, you created a ball of pure mana by mixing different types of condensed energy, before firing it at Dusty. A quite common way of attacking for inexperienced unicorns to be sure.”
Inquiring Mind rubbed his temples with his hoofs, indicating a headache coming on.
“Perhaps the most disturbing thing about this spell is that three different types of mana were used to create it.” Mind’s eyes fixated themselves on Alex’s. “In all of the Kingdom’s history, there has never once been a unicorn who commanded more than two elements at once, which makes you an unknown. A dangerous one, if today’s events are anything to go by.”
“But it was an accident!” Atlas rebuked. “This only happened because of the surge! If I pay attention and be careful this could easily be avoided.”
Atlas saw his chance and tried to barter against his inevitable jail time.
“You are right.” Inquiring Mind said with a tired sigh. “We all got lucky your surge didn’t happen in a densely populated area. Still, just trusting your word is not enough for us.”
Atlas braced himself for whatever judgment they had decided on, at least it looked like if he was put in jail, they wouldn’t cut him off completely from the outside world.
“Mr. Atlas. As you are right now you are a danger to yourself and anypony around you.” Inquiring Mind said. “We will have you continue your education at our academy as you did up until now, so you may learn how to control your powers properly.”
Atlas breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn’t want to go to jail.
“However.” Inquiring Mind added. “You’ll be placed under heavy surveillance, and if there are any signs of things getting dangerous you will be dealt with accordingly. Additionally, you’ll have to cooperate with any and all research about your triple affinity. If you so much as try and hinder anypony that requires information from you, we’ll count that as an act of rebellion and lock you away. Is this understood?”
“Yes.” Atlas gulped. “I understand.”
“Very well then.” Inquiring Mind said. “You and your friends are free to go. One of my men will escort you back to your respective homes. Do you have any questions left?”
“What about my days off at the academy?” Atlas asked nervously.
“You are free to continue your life as you like, just know that no matter where you go, somepony will follow you from the shadows.” Inquiring Mind said with finality. “Have a good night Mr. Atlas.”
Inquiring Mind got up from his chair and left the room. He briefly spoke to one of the guards standing outside, before trotting out of sight. Shortly after the head of a guard poked into the room.
“Follow me.” The guard said with authority.
Atlas sighed a breath of relief and got up from his chair. All things considered, his punishment wasn’t too bad, and it seemed like his friends got off scot free. With a huge load off his shoulders, Atlas started following the guards towards his friends.
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great chapter again.
Better make that henchponies, as in henchmen.
7553799 agreed
7551560 there you go
7551787 I already have people helping me out, but thanks!
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7553854 Thanks
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7553799 Agreed
7553860 your welcome
but there is a few ideas/concerns i have with this wouldn't he be concerned if his friends were in danger because of it? would he ever think of what would happen if they told him to kill one of them for science? it isn't the Equestria that is in the show, and it isn't Earth either. there are ruthless ponies and Bell's mother is just an example. what would happen if a similar minded individual was watching them like Dusty? just waiting for the right time to strike. and would the third affinity be reported to the academy?
other than that a very nice chapter
7553877 Not sure what killing one of his friends would contribute to science ^^
There of course could be others watching him, as for right now, I can spoilerfree tell you that there is no one. (for now 
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The triple affinity will be commonly known news, since it is a great scientific discovery :P
7553887 The triple is unique for sure but isn't it still less significant than Amethyst's Purple magic affinity?
/reads desc
Human is not a proper noun any more than dog or chicken is.
To the story!
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7553946 They are when you're speaking german :P I have a hard time adjusting to the english 'capitalize nothing' way of writing, but I'm getting there ^^
An interesting premise. I'll be sure to check this out...
Whew! he really dodged a bullet on that one!
7554040 There's more capitalization in German? Huh... Also, ALL proper nouns are supposed to be capitalized. That includes the names of languages.
Also (again), Probably won't read it now, but probably later.
7553957 Hestia is an Olympian in that she is of their generation. Dionysus is an Olympain as in the position. And she still lives on Olympus, therefore she is an Olympian as in the demonym.
(because of Percy Jackson, I dunno if my typo of Dionysus' Olympian status was actually a typo...)
Furthermore, all my research shows she only gave up her throne; I see nothing about her surrendering her title.
7554040 Yeah, midway through the story, I figured English was your second language, and that your first had different rules for capitalization. I only know English and some French, and their grammar systems are basically the same, what with being both Latin-rooted.
7554253 Oh, cool.
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Relevant: The Awful German Language
The surveillance is more or less warranted-sure, it's an invasion of privacy, but then again he's demonstrates himself as a walking weapon of mass destruction and I'm also someone who thinks the mutant registration act from the Comics was reasonable. That being said, I really hope he searches his memory for the worst songs he heard from Earth and takes to singing them whenever he notices whoever is shadowing him.
Hopefully, by the time he's graduated he'll have gone through seventeen different stalke-er, observers who couldn't take his singing anymore.
Laughter. Loyalty, Magic .. well those are a given.
Generosity, Honesty and Kindness .. I wonder .. the three guards that lead them into town?
Kindness ... one possibility for Kindness went back home to continue painting landscapes so she is not a guarantee...
This may need more thought :P
7553912 Utterly unique vs. rare? That's kinda a big difference. Also, you are seemingly born with a Magic affinity, but Atlas just somehow gained a new affinity. How/why did this happen? Can it be taught/replicated? What does it mean? Can he learn the other affinities? I don't think it's been mentioned specifically, but I'm assuming one is more or less born with their affinities, they just have to learn about and practice them.
7554810 Based on the chapter titles and when they happened, Vibrant Colors(the painter) is Kindness, Crimson is Loyalty and Charity Belle is Generosity. It hasn't been confirmed yet, but I think we are all assuming Amethyst is Magic.
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I do not know when Vibrant Colors will come back but that does look like her in the pic .. This leaves Honesty and Generosity up for grabs... I wonder who they will be?
Sure sounds like Atlas got off easy here, especially with the notable guard presence. One benefit which is hard to overstate is that they're watching him all the time, which - while eliminating any measure of privacy - also means that the guards can testify to his innocence in the eventuality of an ... event.
Until they get killed by the High Queen, that is.
Great chapter!
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This means that they will eventually overhear discussion of Atlas Alex's immortality.
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When I think of the purple affinity, I think of it more of a Jack of all trade type of affinity. I think a unicorn with a life affinity with same level of training as a magic affinity would be able to out "heal" the magic affinity unicorn or at least learn at a faster rate. So I believe a unicorn with the other 5 affinity would be able to out preform a Magic affinity unicorn. We also don't know if each affinity has there own manna storage .
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Read the above. Anyway my current theory when it comes to affinities is Atlas originally had no 'known'(white/none) affinity after ponyfication. I think he will gain each affinity in time that will also include the Magic affinity but that may be the last one. This ability is exclusive to Atlas due to 'white affinity'/'Godhood' and no other pony even Amethyst. Now you are probably asking what evidence is there to this welll.....
TAKE THAT!
Atlas first demonstration of magic was the ball of only green magic he threw at Crimson's attacker. This took place after Vibrant Colors goodbye you know the green mare. And before Crimson joining Atlas party you know the red stallion. Atlas first demonstration of having the 'twin affinity' took place after this when he was getting tested. And finally after his realization with Charity Belle the pink mare he has a third affinity.
My theory goes much deeper then this and has some solid evidence backing it up to the point I would consider it spoilers.
I also agree with you on who the elements are.
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Thanks for the well thought out story, only a few stories can get me going like this. I can't wait for the next chapter!!
..I have the sudden urge to play some Phoenix Wright..
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Charity Bells is Generosity. Her name is an act of generosity and in the earlier parts she freely gave away food and money despite being poor. Also given the last chapter was called Generosity and she was freely giving herself away to save the others I'd say she fits the bill. I would say Laughter and Honesty are still up for grabs.
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Possibly observe. I think they already established its a common madness among unicorns to think they're immortal. And since we know more than one in four ponies has a mental issue... Probably not going to be reported.
Except for that one time.
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Hypothetical or actual?
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I see. I was counting Charity Belle as Laughter as she always had a smile on her face and always did her best to cheer up others.
I still like her for Laughter but I can see how she could EASILY be Generosity as well.
Kind of like A.J. and Rainbow could easily exchange Honesty and Loyalty while still staying true to their personalities.
Here comes the master post of the century!
7554184 That could have definitely been worse ^^
7554240 German Grammar is a nightmare I tell you ^^ 7554479 This guy gets it :D
7554457 I'm somehow proud of myself because you only realized halfway through :D
7554653 now that would just be inhuman treatment from Atlas's side... oh wait :D
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This guy get's it. Magic affinity is really more a Jack of all trades, master of none thing.
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7557510 I would love to hear more about your theory since you're apparently dismantling the story pretty well. ;D As for Honesty and Laughter, one of them may have already been introduced *hint hint*
As far as the confusion about Belle's "Element" goes. I'm trying to do a different take on the behaviours we've seen on the show. I think the most radical changes would be Generosity and Honesty. If you compare Rarity and Belle in terms of generosity, they're basically the same, but worlds apart. Same with Applejack and /Name reducted/.
7557915 Well, having generosity as the primary trait doesn't restrict a character from trying to keep others happy... Look at it as "giving away" happiness. Also, she isn't exactly trying to cheer everybody around her up, her personality is just a bit random/laughable ;D
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After remembering a game from my childhood "Quest 64" I think I can further expand on the magic affinity. In Quest 64 magic is broken down into 4 main group Earth, Water, Fire, Wind simple stuff so far. When you level up in that game you also increase the level of one of the magic types. So it's up to the player to figure out what magic she/he should focus on. Now this is why I remember the game till this day; if you are leveling up multiple magic types you get something on the lines of new/fusion magic. example earth 10 + water 5= mudslide / fire 15 + wind 10= homing arrows. So I think the magic affinity is this in a nutshell the ability to create/fuse new magic you know like how Starswirl and Twilight did. This is what magic masters in, adaptability which is another reason why it's an OP affinity. Don't out combat a combat affinity user, mix in some manipulation or illusion to get the uper
handhoof.I'll PM you my theory before getting the okay to post it or not. Sometimes explaining how something works early take the magic away from the experience(pun intended). I'll pm later today there's a lot to type and not much free time at the moment. If I'm wrong and you like it anyway you are free to use it. While I love theorizing, predicting, and coming up with new concepts, writing was never really my "special talent". Though I would like to try later on but I'm still a pretty big procrastinator.
I would assume one of the guards he met earlier. Though I can't really back it up other then saying being blunt/honest.
Yeah I agree, there's a difference between being well off and being generous vs poor doing so. Rarity doesn't sacrifice too much when compared to Belle. I'm generous when the situation fits I may not do the same if i'm struggling.
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I was going to reference AJ and Rainbow as example of mixing elements. I can see why some would think she is laughter; pink earth pony mare with a bubbly/happy personality(I can see similarities).
7558605 that magic system sounds a lot like the one from Grandia, which is coincidentally the best RPG I've ever played!
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Yeah I just looked at some game play; it looks to be a lot more complex then Quest 64. Then again we are comparing PSx to N64 so it's expected. Anyway I haven't heard about it before I only had the 64 as a kid; later on I did get a ps2 but I was pretty limited with what game I could get for it. I do enjoy RPGs but I usually stick with turn base/action. Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Digimon world 3, bravely default. lol I kinda panic when it's "time turn base?" I prefer to sit and think on each move before attack
Well if the magic is the same on a base level between the two games, that's what I think of the magic affinity in this story.
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well, there are cultural imperatives. Remember, anyone who watched Ghostbusters in the eighties was told "If someone asks you if you are a god, you say YES!" The bible says more than three times that we are the children of God and that the kingdom of heaven is within you, and if God lives within everyone it would stand to reason that we ourselves are gods... not necessarily 'immortal' but still accurate enough when responding to an other worldly entity.
After all, using mythical realism, I'm sure most humans would agree that they are gods of prosperity or creativity and everyone knows that a true artist knows when to kill their ego and that the wheel of fortune spins up and down. We could even make the argument that humans are gods of luck with a probability advantage unheard of when compared to other sentient animals on the planet. Plus, I've seen no evidence that immortals cannot die, they only seem to have been blessed with the 'one with nature advantage' which means they either don't feel the effects of age or age more slowly, not necessarily that they are invulnerable.
I can't help but wonder if Crimson and the others managed to keep Bell's status as political exile a secret. If the locals knew they had the daughter of the leader of an opposing nation in their hands, I doubt they would simply let her be on her way.
Why do you make your story's so good? I can't put it down, and I absolutely can't wait for the next chapter.
7557416 To ur response to seergun: methinks he may be the one to 'make/bring forth' the elements/tree of harmony??????
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That may be a possibility; we don't know where the elements came from other then the tree of harmony. Atlas could have planted the seed that would eventually become the tree of harmony but there is not enough info yet to give ground for this theory. We do know that some of the elements of friendship have been found with Atlas friends but we don't know yet where this may lead. We have to wait for Laughter and Honesty before we can see where this goes. I do like the theory though.
7580442 Thnx! And yea, I like making theories, then breaking them over my knees when they don't go according to cannon!
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lol I usually don't let those kind of things bother me because of the whole multiverse thing making anything possible but I do appreciate stories that can hold the cannon well. This story is doing a great Job at that and I feel he will continue on this path since it was stated at the beginning that it will follow the cannon as closely as possible. Well at least until Atlas wakes up; then a new timeline will probably be created from that point on.
7581880 Well,Atlas is kinda waking up, but its like a sorta kinda Percy Jackson scenario.
7582035 Well the world is more...
7582130 dear lord here we go again.......
Probably has been said, but lazy to read the comments. Atlas seem to gain affinities when he makes a deep bond (friendship) with a pony of said affinity or element of harmony. Kinda make sense to add pink magic right after being told by laughter that she loved him. Life for Vibrant and combat for Crimson.
there's one thing off with this scenario I believe. the unicorns most likely would ask why dusty would want to kill them in the first place, which would lead them to learning about belle's past. once learning that, I don't see the unicorns not doing something with that information since belle being here is going to cause future problems.
Launched a magical nuke and got off with being shadowed... That's pretty good.
Someone better pick up that phone because i frakking called it!
Ah shit, they've already called him research material, try not to die Atlas
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Um...
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Well, if he dies, and they figure out that he possesses resurrective immortality, what do you think's gonna happen to him then? I don't even want to think about it.