Ordinary Average Mares
"Hey girls?" Cadance said.
"Yes?" Celestia asked.
"Yo," Luna said.
Cadance blinked in surprise at Luna's response, but shook her head quickly and carried on. "What were your biggest ambitions when you were fillies?"
Celestia and Luna shared a glance.
"Big ambitions," Celestia repeated. "Uh... 'living past twenty.' Right, Luna?"
Luna nodded. "Remember, Cadance. We lived during the Discord Era. Me and Celestia were born into a life of crime and poverty."
"Like rap artists," Celestia added.
"Good heavens, Auntie. Please don't try to act modern. Not again."
Celestia blushed. "Sorry. But, to answer your question more directly: no. Me and Luna literally had no ambitions because we lived in a society where such things were not only impossible but punishable."
"Geez." Cadance frowned. "That's depressing. What a crappy world."
"You're welcome," Luna said.
"Well, fine, ya old hags," Cadance rolled her eyes. "I'll rephrase the question. If you had to start your life over again, and you couldn't be princesses, what would you like to be?"
"Hrm." Celestia pursed her lips. "That is a good question. I confess that when I was still quite young, I was intrigued by the idea of becoming an explorer. Sadly... um, other things came up. Namely, usurping a king and taking over ruling a kingdom. I didn't mind staying behind and letting my ponies go into untamed reaches in my place. Flash-forwards a couple thousand years and... well, I suppose I could make a week or so of free-time to fly off into some undiscovered country, but I don't believe any undiscovered countries even remain."
"Aw," Cadance frowned. "I was expecting something funny. Way to be a huge downer."
"I apologize," Celestia blushed. "I also sometimes contemplate a career as an ice cream taster."
"Yeah, but who doesn't?" Luna said. "Personally, if I had to assume an ordinary and average job... I would probably become a painter."
"A painter," Cadance repeated bluntly.
"She's actually a really good painter," Celestia said. "Like, really good. Too bad she doesn't ever put her talents to good use." Celestia shuddered. "Beautifully rendered paintings of a morbidly obese me, gorging myself with sweets. A painting of a sleeping me snoring loudly. A painting of me coloured pink, demanding a guard to brush my mane. At least thirty paintings of my defeat to Chrysalis, each increasingly exaggerated every time."
"It's called an 'artist's interpretation.'" Luna waved a hoof. "I was napping at the time. So I didn't actually see the event."
"Ah. That justifies it then," Cadance deadpanned. "Well, whatever. You know what I'd like to do?"
"Actually," Celestia smiled. "I think I do. You'd like to be a punk rockstar."
Silence.
Cadance blushed. "Is it really so obvious?"
"My dear niece, are you forgetting all the times I had to convince pre-adolescent you that spiking your mane was a bad idea?"
"Ew," Cadance sunk her head into her hooves. "Thanks for the awkward pre-teen flashbacks."
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Sure thing! Sunburst as Rincewind is one of those things I didn't know I needed until I saw it.
I decided it was time I changed it in order to put an end to the "Jesus your profile gave me nightmares" PMs.
Twi couldn't make it that day, huh? Punkdance sounds AWESOME though!
Don't worry Norris RL makes us all her bitch every now and then. Some more the others but my point still stands.
Also this was a good chapter can't wait for more.
-BFBL
Real life has a way of making things difficult.
I just moved and now don't have the privacy or space to write stuff
Okokok please do a chapter were cadence spikes her hair fir a bet
666 words? On purpose ?
7347357 ah good sir i was mocking the news ponys with that bad sentence for the time the missplled mine and my sisters names
Considering Luna's role as Guardian of Dreams, it's no surprise she'd be good at painting. Also, Celestia, you left all your ponies in limited borders, there's bound to be something out there. Even the mane 6 had a few adventures in Fluttershy's back yard (funny how her house is built on the Everfree forest).
Love the painting bit.
Nice avatar.
Well, she's not wrong.
Punk rock Cadence. Artists, do your thing.
Why do people not understand this universal language of "Hey, what's up." and "Yes, I'm here." and "Yeah, open the door it's cool." and "I'm on the toilet." and "Hey, ____. How are you doing my dear compatriot. Does thou wishes to acknowledge me back and potentially do the hanging outs?", like seriously. What is SO hard to understand about using "Yo" and all its inflections and body languages to respond, shoutout to, or warn others? Have our societies not evolved fully in some circles enough understand the simplicities of communicating with and through the "Yo" language yet?
As a Luna who frequently and almost exclusively "Yo" and "Yo!"'s I find Cadance's bewilderment almost insulting. It's a wonder she can even function as a normal alicorn princess individual pony given her lack of understanding of the simplest form of the "Yo" greeting.
Straight outta Everfree
OG Tia and Crystal Vicious
7347721 I think her bewilderment stems more from the fact that Luna—who has been off-planet for a thousand years, just casually dropped an extremely modern slang word usually only developed by native speakers in the first place.
7347483 Not that I know of, no. I didn't even know the "gorging herself with sweets" bit had already been taken, although it's extremely likely I saw it in passing on derpibooru and subconsciously remembered the idea.
Really though you shoukd blame this story for my "Luna is talented at visual arts" headcanon
7347337 Nope. Weird.
7347925 I guess some do not grasp the literalness of how "Universal" the "Yo" language is.
7347450 thank you
Cadence the Punk... I wonder what could be the name of the group... 'You will love me'?
7348301 "Love and War"?
as in "all's fair in love and war"
Punk rockstar is always the best option.
Also, my apologies for flooding you with comments. I felt inclined to give feedback and it sorta spiraled. ^^;
7348976 Not a problem at all! I quite enjoyed reading them all!
Cadance Lauper. Nuff said.
7351880 Ah yes of course. I haven't got around to watching season 6 yet, I'm planning to do so when all the episodes are out.
7351746
Huh? What ever do you mean?
I'm sorry, but Cadance with a spiked mane would be absolutely
ridiculousfantastic./me looks at the official map of Equestria, particularly at the section marked up "Undiscovered West"
Nope, no undiscovered countries remain. We don't talk about this one.
7351943 Norris confirmed secretly MythrilMoth.
7357973 I'm so confused. Can someone please fill me in?
Like I know who MythrilMoth is but why am I him?
Hahahaha, this gave me a good belly laugh, nicely done!
Also, Luna as a skilled painter? I like it!
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No kidding.
Fics before life, filled with extra strife.
Life before fiction, now we're mixin'!
BEST. COMEBACK. EVER.
glad to see that Luna is canonically a fan artist with a weird Celestia anti-fandom
And you can see all of them on derpibooru.org!