Noctis Somnium
Outside the castle windows, a party that would surely rival anything Pinkie Pie had ever even dreamed of had begun. Luna smiled at the sight, as she had paused to look down at her old subjects for just a second as she worked her way up to the Solar Tower. As she turned away from the window to resume her climb, Octavia and Baralinka could be seen hug-tackling their middle sister.
Unlike the Lunar Tower, which was made of onyx bricks lined with torches to lead its owner to the top, the Solar was made almost entirely of stained glass and polished marble, and the steps before Luna seemed to have been dipped in the brilliant colors of a rainbow as she ascended them for what felt like the last time.
A new chapter for Equestria had began, and although there would certainly be much chaos and grief yet, Luna held certainty that it would also lead to a new era of harmony that would surpass anything that Celestia and her could have wrought. However, it still meant that hers had drawn to an end, and it would be a falsehood to say that it wasn’t a frightening feeling. Something that she had never even thought would occur was about to; A whole new beginning, a whole new life… Unlike anything she had ever known, most likely.
A series of windows just ahead told the tale of Discords reign over Equestria, and lit the stairs directly before her. When they had taken Equestria from him, and in turn, had taken their own place to reign; as the world that was once under their parents was split equally before them all... They had hoped to give the ponies of this land the freedom that Discord’s cruel way of ruling had prevented. This memory, in turn, brought a new concept to Luna that hadn’t occurred to her personally before. What was “Freedom,” really? Celestia had roughly defined it that day as the ability to make one’s own choices without unnecessarily high consequences. Although Tia had meant it more in the idea of “free will without retribution” the original way she had put it seemed… Fitting for what Luna was feeling.
After taking the throne, those millennia ago, when had she held that freedom? Every step had to be measured, as a single slip up could hurt thousands. She could remember that frustration, even though it had eventually faded to acceptance. Every step taken with the utmost care, but no-one gives a prayer. Luna’s eyes slid closed at the cold memory. Perhaps it was that bitter frustration, that feeling of being trapped with the only thing she felt freedom, choice, and pride in dismissed that had led to her corruption. But it would not be of any use to wonder about those things now. The spell that she had to cast would be long and complicated, and disarrayed thoughts would only make things even trickier.
The staircase drew to an end, stopping Luna before the soft pink and silver door that led to Celestia’s bedroom. It swung open as if by its own accord to allow her to pass through unheeded. The spell’s ruins had begun to alight upon the walls and fill the air with the scent of its ancient magic before she had even reached where Celestia lay. Questions that the spell itself seemed to dredge up were brushed away with the determination to save her sister, to make up for the sorrow she caused those ten centuries ago… And the underlying hope for the new day that would dawn tomorrow, filled with abandoned dreams born anew… And, perhaps… Freedom, as well.
You could just post them as four different chapters and then condense them down later, no?
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I suppose I could actually.
Well, if that's how you guys want me to do it, I will.
Okay, so the 'New Beginnings' arc is going to follow Luna and Celestia now that they aren't Princesses anymore right? I'm cool with this.
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Well, that will be a good part of it yes.
You of course realize... that when Shining Armor gets the -full story- of what's happened to his little sister he's going to crap a brick house, aye?
Happens to the best of us.
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AJ wears a cowboy/cowgirl hat ALL THE TIME-
Rather simply, Twilight, excited about hearing about this new creature, REALLY wouldn't notice that AJ just happens to be wearing it quite a bit more forward than normal...
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You are going to love the next bit...
(If I do it right anyway )
If you are going to post the chapters in this same story then every pony that (like I) have your story favorited will see the update. If you plan to post them as a whole new side/story then all your followers to notice the new story posted by you.
How ever you do it is fine with me
1372451 ....Oooooo goodiegoodiegoodiegoodiegoodie~! ETA on next chapter?
Well, in order to have users who have favorited the story notified you can either upload them as seperate chapters, or if you make a blog post tagging the story anyone who has favorited the story will get a notification for the blog post.
It's nice to have a warm, fuzzy story to go to bed on rather then a depressing one.
Would love to see where this goes in the next chapter, but I would also be okay with this ending here. Made my evening.
Personally, I'd rather you wait and keep doing good work
Not that this wasn't good, i'd just be willing to wait for the whole chapter at once, y'know?
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...Holy crap, someone has actually made a map.
Okay, now I'm going to have to explain plot and my reasoning.
1, a unicorn based hospital in Canterlot could have been absolutely USELESS, as if you may remember from the episode about Spike's birthday, they generally know SQUAT about dragons, and Zecora was the only one who was actually useful in the end.
2. The medallion had already activated at this point, and so Twilight had access to more magic than she usually would have. I also figured that adrenaline would have brought up "reserves" in magic as well. In my head that meant Twilight, in that moment, had about double to triple the amount of magic she normally would, and she has a ridiculous amount to begin with.
3. As spike had said when we first seen Multiple Teleportation "Warn me when you're going to do that" it made me think that at least half the damage was due to her not preparing the spell correctly, which she was sure to do here.
TL;DR I really did think this out, and I have reasons that her teleportation really would work just fine here, ok?
There is only one very small tiny issue I did not like with the story... Using the name Baralinka, which I never heard of, insted of bellamina marie pie. Nothing big, just that
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Bellamina is pretty, and I seriously considered it, to be honest, but I couldn't figure out how that would contract to "Blinky"
And I wanted to stick to fanon/canon as much as possible so, I looked at her colorations, and the cutie mark I had imagined for her, (A rose and vine wrapped around a microphone) and decided that a form of "Rose Chain" would be so fitting... Cue, "Baralinka" which has all the syllables and necessary letters to contract to Blinky XD
I don't think "tricken" is a word
I do wonder If Twilight and the girls will ask to Celestia and Luna to be their advisors?
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I remember readin' it somewhere, probably Shakespeare, but I'll switch it out for something else once I figure out a better word that fits the flow just as well.
Also, what happened to PMing me those criticisms, eh?
Moar pleashe.
Ees goot.
:D
1377350 Oh, sorry! Most authors are okay with comments, so it's hard to remember
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I second this.
It's been just over a day.
It hasn't sunk in yet what these six have gotten themselves into.
Once it does... well...
So Luna is making the ultimate sacrafice for Celestia. THE FEELS
Runes, not ruins. Think you made the same mistake in an earlier chapter.