Chapter 27
Ah. Spring.
Sighing happily, I took a deep breath as I walked onto the practice yard, pulling the clumsy metal ring weapon from my satchel before removing the thick fabric sheath from it, turning it over in my magic before I shook my head.
I want a word with whomever it was that thought this thing was a good idea.
What the hell was wrong with a dagger? You could throw a dagger around in the same way. But nooo, they had to make something more difficult to hold and use.
Still, Luna did get it for me and she did expect me to be able to use it well enough to not be a danger to myself and others.
...Okay, it also looked kind of cool. But so unpractical. I did have to admit however that it had been getting easier to handle with practice.
Shifting my magic around it to grip only the inner edge, I got to work on practicing with the stupid thing.
In fact, it almost had a bit zen about it. It took so much focus that it cleared your head which was nice.
Even so, I was glad winter was finally over. They only cleared the snow and clouds away a couple of days ago, and that sentence is still strange to think.
Manually removing all the snow and suddenly it goes from being cold to spring? The trees already had leafs starting to grow.
Have I ever mentioned this world is strange?
Not sure I will ever be fully used to some parts of it. Magic, sure. Moon and sun being manually controlled?
Okay. Strange, but not completely in your face.
The season being manually managed by the inhabitants?
So. Damn. Strange.
Turning my head, I tracked the flying steel circle as I brought it into a wide orbit around myself, spinning it as I brought it towards the target from the other side. Trick was to keep it moving and spinning, not allowing it to hit directly.
If it was a direct hit and it didn't cut through, it would bounce and you would lose your grip.
Stupid bloody design. No wonder it was just ceremonial now, if even that. The group that used it were extinct.
I had to admit though that as a training tool it had potential. I had been getting faster and more precise with my telekinesis from all the practice. Don't mean I would ever use the damn thing in a fight though.
Flinging it towards the target I barely missed as my attention was pulled towards voices on the other side of the wall.
“Careful... Careful... don't bump it! Careful, damn it!”
What in the world?
Picking up the so called weapon, I sheathed it and dropped into my bag. There was actually a enchantment on it to shrink it into a ring you could wear on your horn, but Luna didn't want me wearing it like that until I showed I was proficient enough.
Shrugging the bag on, I trotted over and exited through the gate before I froze at the sight before me.
Four guards were lugging a large statue along, Princess Celestia overseeing it, their sergeant directing them to put it onto the sky carriage.
The thing was that it wasn't a normal statue. I recognized whom it was of. Or rather who it was.
That was petrified Discord.
“Princess?” I asked as I slowly approached, “What's going on?”
Celestia turned to me with a smile, “Good afternoon, Blank Page. I hope you slept well.”
“Same to you, Princess.” I said and gave the stoned chaos spirit a vary look, “...Why is that thing outside the dungeons? Finally going to drop it into the deepest part of the ocean?”
She shook her head, “I am relocating Discord to Ponyville. If he can be redeemed to use his power for good, it would be a great boon for Equestira. And with the elements at their disposal, I believe that Twilight and her friends are more than capable.”
I stared at her for several long moments without moving a muscle.
Did she just say what I thought she said. That almost sounded like...
“Princess... are you intending to release Discord?” I finally asked carefully, taking half a step back.
“I believe it to be perfectly safe. With the Elements of Harmony at hand, I trust my student to be able to contain him.”
I looked at her before looking up at the... twisted snake like dragon creature seemingly made up of a bunch of creatures. Then I stared at Celestia.
Finally I nodded, “I... see. Good luck, I suppose.”
They put the statue on the carriage and Princess Celestia got onto the second carriage. Celestia giving me a wave as the teams of Pegasi picked up speed and pulled them up towards the skies.
Staring after them for a moment I then gave the unicorns that had done the carrying a nod before I trotted back around the corner back into the training yard.
As soon as I was out of view, I broke into a full gallop back towards the tower. I need to get Luna fast while we still had time!
Celestia had gone insane!
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Yes.
Also, FIRST!
Is that supposed to be there?
That thing should have been made with a spoke to grip rather than just an empty ring...
Love his reaction to the plan though. Cool and level until out of sight then PANIC.
Alright. I'm sold. need to read the first one though...
ahahaha! I hope Page and Q have a chapter of sorts. Did I say 'Q'? Oops!
Out of hoof, not hand, I suppose.
Honestly, that's not a wrong conclusion to draw given what we know. Luna would have said something to Page if she knew, meaning this was being done without Luna being informed. And Luna was informed about the Crystal Empire plan. The plan to release Discord on the face of it sounds insane, so it'll be interested to see if Page was being kept out of the loop or what weird reason is being used here.
Canonically the fact that Celestia lost to Chrysalis and Sombra's return prompted Discord's release in the first place, but Celestia never lost to Chrysalis in this story. There is no looming Changeling threat, they are nominal allies of Equestria now. There appears no logical need to take this risk, especially since Celestia was content to sit on Discord being imprisoned for over a thousand years beforehoof.
What is her reasoning for this change?
Keeping hold of that Chakram while it is moving around seems wrong. Xena gave hers a mighty toss and it slashed and ricocheted through her enemies with ease.
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Hasn't it also be postulated that Celestia has some sort of prophetic visions? Something to explain why she would do something out of the blue for no good reason, or give Twilight a letter with directions, yet hardly any clues as to why.
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Funny, I recall at least one story that pulls the prophecy card with a HiE that the prophecy doesn't cover, and it changes the outcome, rendering all the prophecies void. I recall Celestia having a nervous breakdown from not being able to predict the future and facing stress from all the uncertainty.
It's very easy to have faith in your student when you know in advance if they will succeed.
and so it begins. “I am relocating Discord to Ponyville.
Well, it's true.
I do believe we have a causal relation here
OH I love how you have Page think Celestia has lost it, maybe have him think that the Nightmare is back but is in Celestia's body and is heading to Ponyville to corrupt the Elements so the can free Discord then, that would be a great idea for a story and this is what Page could thing is happening to Celestia.
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"There is no way we can hold him forever. Eventually he will break free again, and the next time might be beyond the lifetimes of the Elements. Better to see if we can fix him now when we have the tools rather than wait and pretend the problem doesn't exist."
Indeed you have, but it merits being said again.
And just like that narrative casualty demands he will use it in the future.
I'm curious. Is English your native language?
6837928 Nope.
6837056 Xena also had the almighty protagonist armor, not to mention that IRL a chakram wouldn't hold on to momentum like that; it would fall to the ground or get lodged in some poor shmuck after the third hit. Only someone like Kratos or Ares could control it like that. Someone with a mystical disposition for handling weaponry. I guess Saito would be able to as well, come to think of it.
6838036 I'm going to guess..... German.
LUNA LUNA LUNA!!!!!!!!
Wha.... Huh?
CAN ALICORNS GET BRAIN DAMAGE???
wat
6837089 Ooh! What is the title of this story! I must give that one a read!
No she's just trolling Twilight
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A bit behind here, but did you ever get the title of that fic?
6837459 Oh Shiat!!!!!! You just got burned bro!!!!!
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"Where?! I'm not goin' back!"
I hope Page calls him Q accidently.. and he's all..
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Likewise. I need to know!
what page could say to overthrow the sun tyrant.
Funny, I just started playing my music in random order. Right when I read that sentence "A Whole New World" from the Aladdin soundtrack started playing.
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It's been theorized, but the only 'evidence' we've seen is her dream about Tirek...which was a vision of the present, not the future...and we saw how well her plan for dealing with that went down...
And no, Celestia had little to do with it ending in their favor. In fact, her plan after "Let Discord deal with it," blew up in her face was essentially to put all their eggs in one basket under a giant ALL ALICORN MAGIC HERE sign, with a 'map' in the throne room no less, then basically let Tirek win.
Both the Crystal Empire and Tirek only ended well due to dumb luck, not because of Celestia's plans.
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but that's the thing, evil winning is the plan. Twilight conquering all always ruins her plans of world conquest.
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I wanna read it too !
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I NEED A NAME TOO!
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned it, but since you aren't a native speaker:
Trees and books have leaves, Leafs are hockey players from Toronto.
To be fair... Page might have a point...
There are two aspects to that sort of thing:
- if it gets out of your control during a fight, there's almost a guarantee that your opponent will not be able to use it effectively against you, and
- the intimidation factor must be off the fucking charts... I mean, there's only one kind of warrior that uses those, and if you're facing a War Mage... run.
I would say that, with the sort of skills he's acquiring - even if he's still kinda crappy with them - the fight would likely be at least even, considering that since the War Mages haven't been around for a good chunk of history, nobody would expect (or train against!) that sort of approach. And against an opponent at his proficiency level, he'd probably win by default thanks to this.
Why there isn't a handle in the middle of the ring. It would be impractical if you use a hand, but not telekinesis. Focus your magic there and no problem holding the thing.
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About Celestia being insane?
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He is an unicorn, it would be strange if he didn't had a point.
Equestria
Celestia never ask Luna or Cadance... Did she?
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I guess immortality can do things to your head...
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I love puns ♡