11:59...teddybear
12:00...teddybear
1:00...teddybear
2:00...teddybear
4:00...teddybear
7:00...teddybear,
....zzzz
“Oh? What’s this doing out here?” Sweetie jolted out of her sleep, startled as she looks to the teddybear. Sure enough, Rarity was holding it up in her magic, head turning to look into her room quizzically.
“What are you doing up at this hour on a Saturday, and why is your toy in the hallway?” Tilting her head, Rarity slowly stepped inside as Opalescent skulked past.
“Uh well...” Going cross eyed, Sweetie tried to think of how to explain it. Because she was so busy trying to explain it, it was a long time before an important detail finally slipped into her mind. Eyes widening, her voice broke into a higher octave.
“Wait, SATURDAY?!” As Rarity nodded, Sweetie pivoted, looking out the window. Sure enough, there were signs of ponies she didn’t recognise walking past, and shops weren’t open so ponies could take their weekends off. Mouth falling open, she stood there as a feeling built inside her, before finally bursting.
“IT’S SATURDAY!” Jumping around the room, she brought Rarity into a tear filled hug, laughing. She was free! She didn’t know how, and she didn’t know why, but she was free! Now she’d be able to do that homework! She could get her friends their Cutie Marks! She could-
“Sweetie... Fine I won’t ask, but if you’re going to be up this early, you’re making your own toast. I’m going back to bed. I was up all night working on an order.” Giving a yawn, Rarity put the teddybear back in the hallway, and turned right, heading for her room.
Excited, Sweetie danced around the room. What should she do first? Cutie Marks? Cutie Marks. Yes, and then...oh her homework! And then she should try getting her Cutie Mark. Yes, this sounded like the perfect plan. What could go wrong?
“My name is Sweetie Belle. I have a big sister called Rarity, she’s an Element of Harmony, Generosity. How neat is that? Oh, right right. My parents are Hondo Flanks, and Cookie Crumbles. But I don’t see them that often...” Ears flopping down, Sweetie thought about that. Why was it that they rarely came home?
Shaking her head, she discarded such thoughts, “I don’t know who our ancestors are or anything like Apple Bloom, but I have my sister, and my parents. I love them very much. I would not be who I am today without them. Which is why, I composed a song for everyone today.” Putting a hoof to her chest, Sweetie smiled at her friends, and began to sing.
The song was soft, and quiet, and yet easily heard. As her voice swept around the room, her horn sparked, and lit up. Voices soon joined in her chorus, the very room beginning to sing. Even Diamond Tiara was unable to resist joining in the crescendo of ponies. Each one a celebration of their histories, of their pasts, of their family.
Opening her eyes, Sweetie’s song faded from their ears, but still stirred within their hearts. A bright flash turned her head, and she saw the mark on her flank. Staring at it, it all made sense to her now. This was who she was. She wasn’t a singer, no that wasn’t what the mark meant, though it was through song she had discovered it.
“You got your Cutie Mark!” Looking to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, Sweetie smiled joyfully, and walked over, the three embracing in a hug.
“I did,” she spoke, in tears.
‘And you will too.’ The very thought brought her to an all-time high, so overcome with emotion she found herself unable to speak. They would all get their Marks on the same day, sealing their friendship.
“Today is your day Sweetie. Whatever you want to do after class, we’ll do it!” Scootaloo’s wings buzzed excitedly.
It truly was.
Starswirl stared at the bed she slept on, before leaping onto it and sitting down. Tail swishing, his paw touched the air, it seeming to shimmer briefly.
“There you are,” he spoke, pawing through the shimmering. With a small burst of his meager magic, the room darkened, flashing briefly to a greyed out room, Sweetie on the bed, staring at the teddybear. Fading, he turned his head, to where the teddybear still sat in the hallway.
“She is experimenting.” Swishing his tail, he leapt off the bed, and left the room.
Could you please, for reader convenience, put a link to the loop the chapter follows in an author's note at the top of each chapter? Where in the original story you have multiple chapters for one loop, only a link to the first one would be necessary.
Oh! This is fun!hard trying to figure out what's going on without going back A Little Loopy!
So is that very last bit on Saturday Evening/Sunday Morning?
One Problem:
7345014 ok
7345014 Oh, is that what's going on. I couldn't make heads or tails of this story, because the chapters don't seem connected to each other.
7345450
Well, it is a sequel...
7345040
Could you also restore the bottom Author's Note? Or not?
7346148 They asked it be put up the top...
7346447
Well, you could use quote boxes instead for the same effect, and have it appear in downloads... Normal AN's don't appear in downloads. ... You can only choose one location for your Author's Notes? Not both? I thought you could do both...
7346567 Nope, only one. Why does it matter where it is? It doesn't take up a lot of room.
7346862
Only mentioned location 'cause it was on the bottom before, and I thought it was possible to do both. ... So not restoring the other author's note? *shrugs*
EDIT for future wonderers: It was something like:
7346928 You can only have it above, or below. Not both.
Soooo.... what's going on here? I'm getting something about time loops, not really, alternate timelines, and weekends?
7350149
I think the whole point is to connect it to the original story. You read up until the loop mentioned, and then there are differences in each of those loops because it isn't about actual looping every time, it is about the alternate timelines that come out of each loop.
This is about a bit of secret text, so its blurred out. If you can't find the secret text, don't worry, its just a typo correction, no need to look.
" Tail swishing, his hand"
he is a cat, he doesn't have hands. "his paw"
I know you looked, it's impossible not to.
Edit: Pro Tip! You can't put a spoiler bar over a text quote!
7378341 ty <3
7379190 no problem!
Forgive me, but I am staying way the fuck away from this.
7413311 Aww...
You'll miss the aftermath of
Brushie Brushie Day
Eternal Night Equestria
Sweetie Belle the fifth Alicorn Princess
Those are spoilers and just a few of the fun things you'll anticipate in this sequel. Hope they make you want to stay.
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remember the loop where sweetie's best friends died horribly and it was all her fault? remember the loop after that?
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7415747 Oh, don't give me that.
I perfectly remember those.
I'm actually looking forward to the consequences of
Diamond Tiara's Murder
Necromancer Sweetie Belle
Sweetie Belle assaulting Celestia and Luna with the army of chickens.
P.S. - Remember that Sweetie Belle will not loop here. So, her best friends in that loop will not disintegrate. The reason they hyper-aged in the first place is because Sweetie Belle looped.
The most likely outcome of that will be Sweetie Belle having a completed CMC sleepover at her house and her rejoicing that the loops ended.
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No, the loop after that. Where her friends all hate her, her very presence makes them sick, and it's all her fault.
Diamond Tiara's FUN, I could live with reading. But not that... never again.
7419343 Of course.
I actually want to see what happens if that didn't loop.
I especially want to see what Sweetie Belle would do when she accidentally drove Noteworthy to commit suicide, and the week did not loop.
Also, think of all the drama when Sweetie Belle died, and it did not loop.
What's worse than Sweetie Belle in remorse and self-loathing?
All the ponies close to Sweetie Belle grieving that they will not see her again.
At least, Sweetie Belle escaped the loop. Through death. So there's that.