Walking
The princesses had been kind enough to arrange her a room in the palace.
She shook her head as she rolled out of bed, breathing deeply. Yesterday’s fainting spell was a one time thing, she decided. Walking toward the cabinet, she pulled a brush out of the drawer and... looked at the mirror.
Well there was no avoiding it. Heterochromia, and the bizarre mix of features on her face... she had freckles, she suddenly realized. Freckles. With a shake of her head, she brought the brush up to her face.
And then she paused.
...Okay girls, what’s it going to be today? Everypony chime in.
She held the brush in anticipation.
...Please? We’ve got to start thinking individually again...
And then, blessedly, the other voices faded into her thoughts.
Well, we have to make sure we can maintain it the whole day. Something practical. Maybe, you know, a hime cut?
Ah think that’s a good idea. Maybe braid our mane, keep it out of our eyes.
Um, well, I kind of like... like hiding my eyes.
We can certainly work out a compromise, dear, crimping our mane should let us look elegant without attracting attention.
I don’t care what we do with our mane. Just keep our tail straight, you hear? Don’t want to wreck my flightpath.
Has anypony else noticed our mane doesn’t match our tail? That’s just really neat! I mean I’ve never seen anything like that!
She arranged her mane, in the end, with a pair of wavy bangs in the front and an elegant braid in the back. Straightening her tail proved to be a nightmare, though, and eventually she just slammed the brush back into the drawer in frustration. Grabbing her hat, she flicked it on her head and gave the mirror a final glance. “Looking good, looking real good.”
Her stomach rumbled. Breakfast? Yes. Tightening up her wings, she walked toward the door and prepared herself for a new day.
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Breakfast was a quiet affair.
Well, to be honest, it was more of a lonely affair then a quiet one. After heading out, she’d gotten more than a few odd looks from the ponies around her. Old habits took her to Pony Joe’s place, and the lack of recognition that the proprietor displayed struck her even harder then she thought it would. A brief explanation elicited sympathy, but...
She consumed her donuts without really tasting them.
They were all looking at her. Watching her. And she couldn’t really blame them, what with her being a patchwork of ponies. No, bad thoughts, she was a bunch of ponies who happened to share a body at the moment. They weren’t even whispering to each other.
Were they afraid?
She finished her meal and stood. Eyes followed her out the door, down the road... She shook her head. Part of her, probably the Fluttershy part, wanted to take to wing and hide from the inquisitive stares. But that wouldn’t solve anything. So she just kept walking forward, considering what to do next.
Checklist: She needed to get back to Ponyville. Even missing the celebration, she had obligations. Six ponies’ worth of them. Oh, and she should make sure her family knew she was all right--Twilight’s family. How would they react to this? How would she react to their reactions? What would Spike think?
Would they even recognize her?
Hey, no matter what happens we can take it!
She smiled to herself. Right. With new-found resolve she trotted toward Cadance’s mansion.
----
Steeling herself, she rapped on the massive doors before her. The doubts she had before were rising again, and her confidence was beginning to fade. Still, Shining Armor was quick enough to answer, looking at her with mild confusion.
“...Twily? Is that you?”
She sighed in relief. “Well, sort of. Can I come in?”
“Um-- Aha, well, just wait, okay?” The captain of the guard gave an embarrassed smile and shut the door a bit too quickly. She could hear a whispered conversation, shuffling sounds, opening and closing of cabinets, squirtbottles... suddenly she felt very guilty.
“If this is a bad time I can come back later!”
“No, no, it’s fine!” Cadance’s voice this time. “We, ah, well, lost track of the time, don’t worry!”
Very graphic images rose to the forefront of her mind. She winced. All right, who was that? Who even thought about that?!
Certainly not me.
I’m his SISTER!
Ah ain’t that kind of mare.
Oh, so THAT’S how foals are made! This explains so much!
I prefer action to imagination.
...aha... sorry...
Well. Live and learn.
The door opened again, showing a much cleaner yet somehow still disheveled Shining Armor. “Sorry about that. So! Twilight! How are you, um... doing?”
He backed up, allowing her to step inside the quite noticeably pristine room that served as a general living area and foyer to his wife’s home. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza was resting on a couch whose cushions had been almost perfectly replaced within the last few minutes; her eyes widened at the sight of the guest, but moments later recognition formed on her face.
“I am... well, we are doing mostly well. Aside from the teleportation accident.” She gestured to herself. “We... I... Twilight wanted you to know that she was going to head back to ponyville, but that she wasn’t really hurt. Majorly confused, but not hurt.” She laughed a bit awkwardly at her own joke.
“Oh.” Shining Armor nodded. “That’s understandable, I suppose...” He trailed off, unsure of where to take the conversation.
There was an awkward moment where the two ponies and one strange entity that might vaguely be referred to as a pony tried to find something to say.
“...So, how’s the married life treating you two?”
Cadance perked up. “It’s actually been quite nice. Shining Armor and I are extremely happy with each other. Did you know he makes the most excellent pancakes?”
“Yeah, he used to do them for me--for Twilight all the time when... she was studying.” She shook her head. “Sorry, still getting used to this. But it’s good to hear he’s treating you the right way!”
“Oh yes. He’s very good at...” The pink alicorn blushed a bit. “Well, he’s a good husband. Quite the catch.”
“I’m standing right here,” Shining Armor reminded them.
“Well it is true,” Cadance pointed out.
She coughed, mildly embarrassed. “Yes! Well. Anyway, we plan on catching the train back to Ponyville later today, so... We just wanted to check in.”
“Hey, why don’t you stay a while?” Shining Armor smiled and waved toward the kitchen. “I could make us something to eat, we could catch up on what’s going on. How’s your research been doing?”
“You are taking this remarkably calmly.”
He rolled his eyes. “I was the stallion who organized the guard escort that took you to the hospital.”
She blinked in surprise. “Guard escort?”
Cadance sighed, rising from the couch. “Well... the fact is, you look like an alicorn. And alicorns popping into the air from nowhere tend to be big events... we had to reassure half the press you weren’t some ancient deity out to destroy the world.”
Oh. That... that would explain the stares...
The princess put a gentle hoof on her shoulder. “I know how it is. After the wedding, I got accused left and right of being a changeling. If Shining armor hadn’t been there I might have broken down. Just remember, their fear will pass eventually.” She smiled gently. “Besides, you are the smartest unicorn I know. Amongst other things. You’ll figure out a way to undo this, I’m sure of it.”
“Thanks.” She nodded. “I guess you’re right... No, you are right, I can fix--we, got to remember that. WE can fix this.”
“That’s the spirit!” Shining Armor grinned at her, before walking into the kitchen. “So come on! Next train doesn’t leave for another 45 minutes, and you can take the flightways down so we’ve got half an hour before you need to go.”
She chuckled, turning toward her... well, Twlight’s brother. “Somehow I don’t think you’ll take no for an answer. Are you sure, though, I mean...” She coughed, gesturing between Cadance and Shining Armor. “I didn’t mean to, um, interrupt... things that were happening.”
“Oh, no need to worry about that.” Shining Armor waved a casual hoof. “We can stand to be apart for half an hour.”
Cadance giggled. “Yes, I can wait a bit...” Her grin widened suspiciously. “All we were doing was playing a game of chess.”
“Wha--Chess? Oh! Okay. I thought--er, that is--”
“We keep the sex limited to the night hours,” the princess added, completely innocent.
“...You did that on purpose.”
“I did that on purpose. You’re such a cute little filly when you blush.”
----
Shining Armor’s food was a good as she remembered, and the conversation they had was certainly very comforting. Through it all, thought, she couldn’t help but notice she slipped into singular pronouns far too easily; Twilight’s former foal-sitter and BBBFF would share glances when she mentioned something that wasn’t, well, exactly Twillight.
Somehow she didn’t think that was fair. It wasn’t their fault, but she wasn’t just one unicorn.
Eventually she’d excused herself and walked out the door, taking to the skies. This was the first time she’d flown, really flown, since the accident; she found that the wind in her mane was a good distraction for the stares that she received from the other pegasi. Soon enough though, it was gone; she had landed to purchase her ticket. And encountered another problem.
“Sorry, but this ID is invalid.”
“What?” She glanced down at the card, realizing the problem immediately. “Oh. See, there was a teleportation accident. I’m actually an amalgam of six ponies--”
“Yeah, sure princess.” The teller slid the card back. “I’m sorry, but without proper ID I can’t get you a ticket, and quite frankly I’m not one to believe in these wild ‘I’m Nightmare Moon as a filly’ claims I get all the time. So either break out your real ID or let the line move up.”
She raised a hoof to protest... then sighed, lowering it. “I see your point. My apologies for taking up your time.” She walked away, dejected. Yes, she could have just produced the six ID cards, but the pony had a point. So she left the train station, walking down the road to Canterlot’s main gates. It’d be a bit of a journey on hoof, but it wasn’t anything she hadn’t done before. Heh, at least these weren’t Rarity’s hooves, she wouldn’t have to worry about ruining a hooficure....
A little blue unicorn bounced up to her as she turned a corner. “Hey miss! You want to buy some candy WHOA you’re an alicorn are you a princess?”
She blinked. “Um, no, I’m not a princess... or an alicorn, really.” Then she looked at the small box on the filly’s back. “But I would like some candy. What do you have?”
“Oh, um, I’ve got colorbits, chocobars, suckers, and some gummy spiders!” She put the box down, brushing her green mane back. “Anything’s a bit, except the gummy spiders. They’re three haybits. Oh, and the suckers come in packs of six each! I’m going to raise the most money in my class and get the big dolly for a prize!”
She chuckled at the filly’s enthusiasm. “That’s a noble ambition. Well, let’s see, I think I’ll take... two colorbit packs, four chocobars, aaaaand some gummy spiders. That’s, what, eight bits?” She tilted her head in mock confusion.
“No, silly, that’s six bits and three haybits!” The filly telekinetically gathered all the selected candies in a group, giving her an odd look. “If you’re not an alicorn, why do you have wings?”
“Well...” She shrugged. “Teleportation accident. I’m, let’s say, borrowing them.” She counted out the money, deciding to round up to a full seven bits. “Here, keep the change. Actually, I’m an amalgam.” She caught the filly’s confused expression. “Er, six ponies smashed up into one.”
“Oooooh, so that’s why you look so colorful!”
“Yeah... It’s kind of weird, though, I mean, six voices in my head?” She glanced at the unicorn. “Well, it’s nothing you need to worry about. It was nice meeting you, miss...?”
The filly giggled. “I’m not a miss! I’m Sea Foam! What’s your name?”
She sighed. “Yeah, see, six ponies, so six names.... I’m Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash.”
Sea Foam was counting on her hooves. “Wow, that is confusing. Maybe you should just combine the names... no. Ooo! You could call yourself Combo Breaker!”
“Combo Breaker?” She had to admit it had a nice ring to it, but... “No, it doesn’t feel right. I am a combination, not something that breaks a combination.”
“Well then, what about that big word you used? Amalgam. That could be your name!”
She blinked. Amalgam...
“Oh no, I got to get going or mom’s going to worry! Nice meeting you Amalgam!” Sea Foam packed up the bits and her candy box, running off.
“Nice meeting you too!” Amalgam waved at the filly, smiling to herself. Amalgam...
Well, nice name, but it wasn’t like she was going to stay like this.
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Well, this is odd. In a good way.
Ah..I smell the good old "spoiler". Looking forward to more
EDIT:716811 sorry about that, I hope it's better now. Also Tuvix?
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For the love of tripe, will you at least let me get to the dramatic reveal before you spoil it? It's not for another three or four chapters at least, mumble grumble....
((I loved Tuvix.))
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Voyager episode.
743485 Ah, ok, I never watched it, but from what I can see on wikipedia, it looks interesting
I love this story in the deepest part of my soul, even though you totally ripped off Veil of Thoughts.
Grammar Natzi time!
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Never heard of it before.
965744 Dude, it was totally featured!
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Maybe it was featured before I joined FIMfic?
965757 *checks account age*Nnope.
But It also went by Part of YOU is ME. Click the link, maybe you'll recoginze the pic. Read it, too. No offense, but the writing is fantasic!
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Judging by the dates on the comments on both stories, it seems that it's the other way around ... unless that's the joke.
This can only end in awesomeness and seven different ponies waking up from the magical equivalent of the worst survivable bender EVER.
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Hmmm... All right, you have my attention.
Also, such fun with the newlyweds. ^_^
I hope you continue this story. This is a fascinating study of the mind and a very funny read to boot.
Odd x cool = great!
Interesting. I shall follow.
I assume that a haybit is some fraction of a bit? (The obvious guess is half a bit, but then the total would've been seven bits and a haybit, not six bits and three. Must be a quarter or a twelfth.)
I've always felt "split vs. save" to be a false dichotomy, and hope that the Mane Six can be restored without sacrificing Amalgm.
Because it needs to be said somewhere in this comments section...
Anyways, It's a rare event when a meme is used like this manner.
Is this ever going to get another chapter?
Cute stuff, I am a bit worried this'll just be a rehash of the Tuvix stuff but I trust ya n_n
Just stumbled upon this, great concept. Its definetily something I havent seen here before. Keep up the good work!
This story reminds me of Veil of Thoughts by Starwin, accept instead of all six of the main six together he only put Twilight and Rainbow Dash together and instead of being unfinished his story is complete, I hope at least one of these differences can be mad into a similarity because I like this story.
This looks cool.
[sarcasm]Of course you aren't.[/sarcasm]
This should be interesting.
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I also remember a story, once upon a time, that had Twilight and Fluttershy mixed together. Lord knows I can't remember the name of it, though.
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He, Fluttershy's awesome.
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I believe it was called Shylight.
Hey author, we gonna get an update on this in our lifetimes?
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That's cool.
Now it's stories like this that I've been finding very interesting whenever I can find them.
Will you be continuing this story? I want to see where it goes.
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Same here, it's a very interesting concept.
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I've seen it used before, but it often went off the rails and the ending wasn't very satisfying.
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Ah.
Makes me sad knowing this story might not continue. I love the premise, and the writing has a nice mix between light-heartedness and mystery.
Please consider bringing this back!
4961700 And there goes Fluttershy.
*sees how long since new chapter*
Aww, now I'm sad. I hope this comes back to life one day. It's an amazing read and I want to know what happens with Amalgam.
Reminds me of the story where Dash and Twilight fused. Feels like it has the same potential as that one. Really wish it would continue. Liked and Faved in hopes of good news in the future.
716811 Is this dead?
I hope that this continues. The tale of Trawfrapilpipulnlitaibtenogekhirerwt Dipjisapsatasherhckylkey must be told.
(Also, kudos on combining their names in a way that actually can be pronounced, even if it is incredibly awkward to say.)
Way to tempt Fate, Malgy. Wonder how the CMC will react?
I really like this story so far, I just hope it isn't as dead as it appears to be.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER
That is all.
Interesting
Please tell me that you're going to update this story eventually. This, this is an amazing idea, and I want to see what else you do with it.
Interesting story so far. I'd suggest looking into DID and cases where people have other people in their heads. (Sometimes called head mates or Alters) might help with portraying the mash up.
Given how old this is, I highly doubt it'll ever be continued/finished, but I just wanted to say that I love this concept.
Very interesting so far, and well done, too.
This looks interesting!
*sees when most recent chapter was published*
Umm...
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Why?!?!?!
I noticed that error.
Will this update?