“Your name is Moonlight Glimmer.”
“Twailyt!”
“No,” Starlight said firmly. “That’s not your name anymore. You are Moonlight Glimmer.”
“Twailyt!”
“Moonlight.”
“Twailyt!”
Starlight sighed in frustration at the little foal in her hooves. They had been at this for over an hour now—with all of her children. She had tried calling Rarity Sapphire, Applejack Sunshine, Rainbow Dash Prism, Fluttershy Buttercup, and Pinkie Pie Pearl, but none of the pint sized fillies accepted their new names, and kept insisting of their own.
“Let’s try again, Moonlight.”
“Twai!” Pinkie Pie shouted gleefully from the floor. Starlight glared at her as she laughed and clopped her hooves together. Twilight glanced down at Pinkie and then turned back to Starlight with a victorious smirk, pleased that someone agreed with her.
“Quiet, Pearl!” Starlight scolded. “Moonlight, mommy’s giving you a new name and a new life. Can you at least try to accept it? For me?”
Twilight gave her a curious look and pointed a hoof at her. “Mommy.”
Well, at least she gets that part right.
“Yes. And mommy wants the best for you, Moonlight dear.” Twilight sill looked confused, causing Starlight to groan. “Never mind. I’ll just coach you after lunch.” The mare set the foal down on the floor and crossed over to her newly made kitchen.
During her exile, she had spent more than enough time in the caves. Every tunnel there was, she had explored. Before she acted upon her revenge, she decided to make a home here in the caves. After working a series of odd jobs for three months, she had enough to buy food, drinks, furniture, and cooking supplies. This part of the mountain had so much space, Starlight was able to make an entire house here—fit for a mare and six fillies.
Starlight went over to her little kitchen area and lifted the lid off her pot of oatmeal. Being the brilliant unicorn she is, Starlight had figured out a way to power electricity through the mountains.
But then, is there anything I can’t do? she thought smugly, stirring the oatmeal with a wooden spoon.
Twilight sat at the entryway, her ears flat against her head. She still felt guilty about disappointing her mommy like that. She didn’t mean to.
“Uh!...Uh!”
She turned her head and saw Rainbow Dash struggling to her hooves and stumbling across the large wool carpet before falling down on her flank. Attempting to walk was the main activity for them for some time now. Seeing how Twilight had mastered it just a few days ago, the others wanted to join in on the fun.
Applejack smirked at her sister and stood up slowly, carefully walking almost three feet across the carpet.
The little pegasus scrunched her nose at the smug earth pony and raised her back, buzzing her tiny wings. She stuck out her tongue as the hovered across the room. “No fair!” Applejack shouted, pointing at Rainbow. “Cheated!”
“Nuh-uh!” Rainbow said, landing back on the ground.
Applejack toddled over to her and poked her in the chest. “Uh huh. No wing.”
Fluttershy quietly watched the scene from her little corner. She sat with her legs tucked underneath her, her wings tightly folded against her sides. She wished she had the courage to walk too. She tried it once, but then she fell down and hurt her bottom. She had given up on the idea all together because of that painful fall. And flying? No, she just wasn't made for this sort of thing. Maybe it was for the best.
“Girls, time for lunch!” Starlight called, levitating six bowls of oatmeal. She led the foals over to the large dining table, complete with six high chairs on one regular chair for herself. After she sat each bowl down, she helped the little fillies into their chairs.
When she tried to help Applejack, she shook her head vigorously. “Me!” she insisted, and hoisted herself up. Starlight had to chuckle.
She’s certainly headstrong, even as a tiny foal…
With everyone properly seated, the foals started to dig in…all except Rainbow Dash. Starlight sighed, knowing what was coming. Not again… Nevertheless, she walked over to the little pegasus with a kind smile. “Eat, Prism. You want to grow up to be a nice and tall mare when you grow up, don’t you?”
Rainbow Dash shook her head.
Starlight used her magic to scoop up some oatmeal with a small spoon and held it to Rainbow’s mouth. “Come on, Prism. Open up~!”
Rainbow turned her nose up. “No!”
Starlight raised an unamused eyebrow. ‘No’ seemed to be her favorite word lately. “Prism--"
“Wainbow!”
Not this again.
“Prism,” Starlight repeated. “Eat your oatmeal.”
She prodded the spoon against the foal’s mouth, but she pushed it away with both hooves. “No, no, no!”
“Noooo!” Pinkie giggled.
“No,” Rarity said, trying out the word.
“Pearl, Sapphire, stop that!”
“Nope!” Applejack declared.
Fluttershy tilted her head to the side. “No?” she asked, looking to Twilight.
The unicorn nodded. “No.”
Starlight threw her a look of warning. “Quiet, all of you! Moonlight, you know better!”
Pinkie Pie pointed at the sulking filly. “Twai!” Then she pointed at Applejack. “Ay jay!”
“Wawity!” Rarity screeched.
“Shy,” Fluttershy whispered.
“Those are not the names I’ve given you!” Starlight growled, nearly at the end of her rope. How did they still know their names?
She had wiped their memories completely, she made sure of that! She could think of no other explanation other than what she had read about them. Surprise, surprise, they turned out to be the original bearers of the Elements of Harmony.
Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, Laughter, Loyalty, and Magic.
A bunch of hogwash if you ask me.
Starlight was sure that this process would work, but it almost seemed that they were….resisting somehow, without even fully knowing it. She would have to read up on the matter further. She fixed the little girls with a stern glare. “All of you be quiet and eat your oatmeal, or there will be no desert!”
A blanket of silence fell over the table as the foals turned to their mother in shock. Starlight smirked inwardly. Gotcha.
Rainbow Dash, however, was quick to recover and knocked over her bowl of oatmeal in a tantrum, getting the sticky substance all over Starlight’s coat. “Uuugh…”
Rainbow screamed at the top of her lungs and pounded her hooves against her little white tray. Rarity looked at her and tears started appearing in her own eyes. "WAAAAAHHHH!"
“Oh, come on…”
It wasn’t long before the chain reaction started; others joined in on the crying, their high pitched screams piercing Starlight’s ears. She rubbed her temple in exhaustion and moaned. “Please…stop crying…Rainbow Dash….”
Instantly, Rainbow stopped screaming and sniffled. Starlight blinked. “Uh...oh for…” She turned to the other crying foals and sighed. “Fine. Have it your way. Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. Stop crying.”
It both relieved and disappointed Starlight when the foals fell silent. Her nose suddenly wrinkled when she smelled something foul in the air. “What in Equestria is that?” The foals looked at Pinkie Pie, who smiled at Starlight innocently.
“Ugh! Gross!”
After three more diaper changes, Glimmer had settled in her rocking chair with a book while the foals played together on the carpet beneath her. It had been eight weeks since Starlight whisked the elements away.
The Princesses have been frantically searching the country for some time now—she knew this because of the newspapers she picks up on her weekly trip to the market a few hundred miles from the mountain—which would be a problem, if you didn’t fully grasp the benefits of telelportation.
She knew the caves would be the only safe place to raise her children…away from the watchful eye of the royal guard. She lifted her gaze from the page and smiled as Pinkie chewed on Applejack's ear. Starlight had had a very vague idea on who were the youngest and the oldest of the six, so she sat back and let them decide for themselves; how they reacted towards each other might give her some leeway.
Twilight of course, showed great intellect and served as a sort of guide for the rest. Rainbow Dash was also protective, but teasing. Her maturity was at an all time low, according to Starlight. But she was showing early signs of flight already.
Rarity almost had the same level of attitude as Rainbow Dash, but more toned down in a way. It was more sass than full on rebellion. Pinkie Pie is the most playful one, always giggling and smiling, and all the girls seemed to protect her more, comfort her more. Applejack threw the least tantrums and cried very little. She was a happy carefree baby, but she was also very independent.
And then there’s Fluttershy. As Starlight predicted, she was the quietest, but spent a lot of time playing with the others, and giggled like any child would when she had fun. Starlight tapped her chin. She decided to make Twilight the oldest, since she would be her special pupil. Applejack would be next, followed by Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and then Pinkie. She smiled to herself and focused back on her book.
Twilight had toddled over in curiosity and stood on the tips of her hooves to see what her mommy was reading. Starlight noticed this and scooped her up with one hoof and placed her on her lap. Twilight stared at the left page of the book and looked up. This area of the caves had a narrow opening in the high ceiling, revealing the starry night sky above. Twilight looked at the book and then pointed at the sky. “Moon!”
The corners of Starlight’s mouth lifted. She’s intelligent alright. That would had to be fixed soon. “Yes…that’s the moon…despite my efforts to name you after it. But…I suppose it’s the one thing I’ll let you keep….Twilight Moonlight Glimmer.”
The baby cooed and nuzzled Starlight’s chin. The mare’s smile faltered for a few seconds. She thought of the distraught parents and family members that the girls were forced to leave behind.
It’s for the best, Starlight told herself. It’s for a good cause. Let them mourn. When eveypony thinks they’re dead, it'll be easier to do what I'm meant to do...and now that I have six new successors? Starlight closed her eyes and smiled. My time is now.
Starlight had finally managed to tuck in each and every one of her daughters in their cribs. Being a mother was much harder than she anticipated. She lost countless hours of sleep trying to get just one foal to sleep; and if she accomplished that, another foal would start crying. Not to mention all the accidents she had to put up with. It was enough to want to pull her hair out! The screaming, the feeding, the burping, the nursing. At one point, Starlight began to think it was all a lost cause.
But then, by looking at their sleeping faces, she knew that it would be worth it someday.
She peered down at Rainbow Dash, all snug in her pale grey blanket. Sleep peacefully, demon child, she thought. It might be a bit rash to think about, but she knew she had to keep an eye on that one. If she dared to rebel even more than she does now…that could be dangerous. These weren’t ordinary ponies after all. But then I’ll be able to give her more proper punishments when she grows older, Starlight thought with a smirk.
“Sweet dreams, girls,” Starlight whispered, walking in between the two rows of cribs, three on each side.
“Life is so grand in Our Town…”
It's six not fix.
6231572 Waah, I confused! thanks for telling me
Now this looks interesting.
6231579 Lol.
This is getting interesting.
I like trains
Please write more. This is reeeeeaaaaaaaaaally good.
OK I'm intrigued. A Villain is the mom to the hero's this time can't wait to see were this leads.
Well I'm intrigued
starlight glimmer having trouble with foals just like how pinkie pie having trouble with foals twin when her first time babysitting the twins
hmm with mane six turned into foals and later growing up as a equalist villan type uhh i guess im pretty sure discord,celestia and luna didnt like it at all.
futhermore starlight should notice about discord.
I do wish you'd allowed Starlight to rename the Mane Six... Their new titles were really cute!!
Fostering rebellion, that's what I'm calling this plan of hers. It's not going to work . . . fully. I have a feeling that Twilight will be the hardest to break of brainwashing, but at the end of this story, Starlight will fail.
. . .
I hope.
6233062 yeah and i hope at end of this story she fail
6233030 Most of the ones I've seen with her have been rather dark. Well, this one still has the same feel as the actual episodes featuring her, but the others took it a bit higher, if I recall correctly.
Well, the first chapter was kind of hard for me to get through, but this made it worth it. Let's see how this goes...
Why do I get the felling that she'll begin to regret this as time passes?
You wrote "telelportation".
Why did Starlight give them different ages? Is she going to tell them that they are her biological daugthers?
It is nice to know that the next chapter should come soon, I am curious.
Look on the bright side Starlight Glimmer, you have DECADES to get this right.
Taking care of six fillies by herself is NOT going to be easy. Kudos for Glimmer for simply not going insane if she pulls this off! A single mother of six, Glimmer has at least my respect for undertaking something like this!
How long has it been now since the first chapter? Since they see Starlight as their mother and each other as sisters.
I'm surprised they still have their old names wired into them. Then again, Starlight has plenty of time to work on that.
“Fine. Have it your way. Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. Stop crying.”
This'll make her job actually a LOT LOT LOT harder, she should know better than to give in to the demands of infants.
The Princesses have been frantically searching the country for some time now
Which is why the name changes are NEEDED. Six ponies with the mane six's names WOULD get Celestia's attention way too quickly.
I REALLY HOPE you continue this story!
I REALLY want to see how this 'nurture vs nature' story turns out!!!!
So Twilight is no longer an Alicorn? Interesting.
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I agree totally. And it fits with the 'fresh start' here.
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Thankfully Discord is NOT omnipresent. And since Discord runs on Orange and Blue morality even when not evil, I imagine him being fine as long as Fluttershy is happy.
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Ironically, I imagine what'll be interesting isn't just how much being raised by Starlight Glimmer changes her six new daughters, but how raising six foals changes her! The irony is that Starlight applying her philosophy to the only spot it SHOULD BE applied, a parent SHOULD love their children equally!
Sapphire, Sunshine, Prism, Buttercup, Pearl, Moonlight. I wonder if raising her six daughters will make Starlight realize she mistook equality for fairness.
There the big fanfic where Twilight centuries later gives birth to the reincarnations of her five friends and then runs away since Celestia in this verse is a secret selfish-flank hole whose willing to let an entire village die to get what she wants.
A fanfic where the mane six get AR'ed into babies and raised anew by Starlight Glimmer is ironically would make a BETTER PARENT in this happenstance.
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Hmm . . . interesting. I like your thought process on this; I never considered how much Glimmer would he changed by the kids she's raising. But when I think about it, I do truly wonder how she'll come out of this parenthood fling. Seeing as giving equal attention and treating everyone equally is hard to do when you're a mother to, in this instance, six radically different children, I think the kids and the experience will change her.
This does make me become more interested in the story, now. Thanks for the insight!
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Are the foals now blank flanks?
6234050 Yes.
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That should technically mean they've lost their self image. Okay, they're still the vessels of the Elements, but that DOES mean more that they're clay for Glimmer to mold.
That being said, I can imagine the great irony of them indeed getting natural Equal Marks, but then being DIFFERENT COLORS instead of all black. Depending how much Glimmer is able to keep her life time long scheme from falling apart.
What I find interesting is that Glimmer's AR spell turned Twilight back into a unicorn.
Glimmer has a LIFE TIME ahead of her to teach these six the virtues of all being equal. Ironically they might end up being better at it than her!
6234138 Haha, you have a point there! I have it all planned out, so we'll see how this goes Right now, let's just say they will learn plenty of lessons in chapter two.
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Also, I think the name changes are needed not just from a psychological view, but from a pragmatic view, since having six ponies with THOSE names would get way too much attention.
This story has gotten me really excited!
Oh, I wish this was a complete story that spanned hundreds of thousands of words.
I could get out in this concept and premise for some time!
6234368 I have that part covered, Starlight's a brilliant gal.
Wow, this has to be one of the best plots I've seen in a while. 10 points for a well thoughtout scheme.
But then, is there anything I can’t do? she thought smugly, stirring the oatmeal with a wooden spoon.
Ironically I think being a mother might HUMBLE her egomania.
There was actually a fanfic where Prism was Rainbow Dash's birth name.
6234063 I STILL think you should go with the name changes... But it's your fic. Do as you wish... :)
Aaaaand you have my attention.
Hmm.....
Proceed.
that looks just like the stoy i was looking for, i just hope she doesn´t have to run away from Celestia all the time, i am actually interessted about Starlight Glimmer here.
I can understand that they probably don´t change their personality because of the new life, at least not that easy, but why do they still know their real names? I thought everythimg was erased.
That´s cute, even if i am never sure what to think about those Babys being able to talk, i guess it helps the story.
It really looks like the spell didn´t worked right, and some memories of them would be still in them, and their mind would be strong enough to have some sort of own will, as they try to defend their own names, and i think that because of the way Twilight nodded about the "No".
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Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, Laughter, Loyalty, and Magic.
Not sure if that really if that explains it, or is every Element of Honesty named Applejack?, it could be because i am a bit tired, but i understood this that way, well a bit.
Honesty while it still seems a bit weird for me, i can´t think of a better reason for them being able to remember their names, or resist in any way. However, i thought they would only keep their elements, like Applejack being Honest, not being Honest, knowing her name, and somehow still resist Starlight as much as she does.
Another thing, if i take it to seriously, if they lost their memories, shouldn´t Twilight even forget what a moon is?, sicne she probably didn´t heard that word from Starlight.
Even if it seems to be otherwise, i like that story, i suppose i just react different, beause i am tired.
The thing is, can their destines truly be altered? Like if Starlight Glimmer keeps repeating the "Great Message" over and over again into their minds; there personalites will go along with: Equality..is..the only way to live. Thus, they gain Equal cutiemarks?
Hmmm.. I like it!! Nope, cross that, I love it! It's an interesting and cute story.
6233785 I'm not to sure about that, as seen in "Make new friends, but keep Discord" we learned he would became very jealous and frantic at the thought of somepony taking Fluttershy away from him, though he lightened up on Tree Hugger, I have no doubt in my mind Discord would do horrible things to Starlight, even if it's only for Fluttershy, especially if this spell is irreversible. I'm doubtful Discord would be happy that his only friend doesn't remember him thanks to a crazed equality loving sociopath.
6233797 May I ask the name of this fic?
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I read that Fic.
Also I agree after all fair doesn't always mean equal.
THERE IS A SECOND LION KING?!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
6723739 actually 3 lion kings...
Ooohh, dis gon b gud.
As for the age of the mane six, my head cannon is that Fluttershy is the oldest, then Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.
How do we have the same headcanon?