Chapter 20.
Sunset Shimmer’s wand glows as her clothes and other valuables float into her suitcase. She came here with a minimal amount of luggage; she’s going to leave with a minimal amount. Though having the Hogwarts house elves to take care of the day to day needs of all the mages has been quite nice. Her magic closes the suitcase and the latches click. With a flick, it’s onto the luggage cart that has been brought up to their room.
Clothing from another bureau began lining itself up in rows and folding in on itself, the azure glow around each piece guiding its actions in a fluid motion. Dresses, gowns, and outfits forming lines and each taking its own place in different suitcases. A parade of fashion and form, only matched by the level of control.
"Showoff," Applejack said as she rolled up another shirt into a tight wrap, and tosses it into her own case.
Rarity sticks her nose in the air. "Far be it from me, to allow such wonderful clothing to become creased. I see no need to roll my delicates up like that, just so I can fit everything into one case."
Rarity walks among her suitcases, inspecting how everything is packed in. She starts closing them, one by one. Finally, she gets to the biggest one, she closes it, but the zipper isn’t even close to being able to close. She climbs on top of the suitcase, grunting as she pulls the zipper around. Though she doesn’t seem to be all that successful.
Applejack groans, "You've been too pampered; you're weak as a little filly at the country fair, Rarity," she says with a laugh as she uses one hand to squeeze the suitcase down. With her spare hand she reaches over and grabs the zipper to pull it closed.
Rarity, for her part, sputters and her cheeks puff as Applejack gets the suitcase fully closed. With a yelp, Sunset swings her wand around as it starts to glow. The zipper glows in response as the slider, puller, and tape are all reinforced with magic.
Almost yanking the zipper off and jumping back a step Applejack looks at the zipper then at Sunset. "Whoa nelly, warn a lass before you do something like that. Whatcha do, anyway?"
"Reinforcement spell, also called the Rarity Over Pack spell, I didn't want you ripping the zipper straight off the bag." Sunset replies with a tap of the wand to her forehead.
“Geez, Rarity, we spent most of our time here at Hogwarts, how did you end up with so much more than we arrived with?” Rainbow Dash snickers as she closes her duffel bag and grabs her laptop case.
Rarity sniffs, “One always finds opportunities, even in dreadful circumstances, to find room for their passions.”
Pinkie Pie leans over, looking on as Rarity uses a decorative lock to tie the zipper together, "Oh can you picture the surprised look on a border security officers face if he opens that?”
Rarity rolls her eyes, "Please, Pinkie, I'd rather not think about some guard looking through my unmentionables."
"Let alone your unmentionables going up in the air like confetti from a party cannon...”
"Oh, darlings, for all its dreariness, I do believe I am going to miss this place," Rarity says, looking around and picking up a scarf from her bed and wrapping it around her neck.
Applejack giggles, "Me, ah can't wait to get back home, see mah family again, get back to some semblance of normality."
"Normality?" Twilight mutters, looking down at her wand. "You realize this is our last chance with these things."
Applejack perks up, "What do you mean, sugarcube?"
"We were banned from using magic by the minister, our wands confiscated, ordered to leave those mages alone. Our wands were stolen back, yes, but do you really think they will let us keep them?"
Rarity looks bleak, holding her wand close to her body. “No more magic?”
Twilight looks down at her wand slowly, and runs a finger down its length. In response, the wand glows in fits as she starts to embrace her magic then releases it. "Sunset... I- It’s strange, I used to be scared of magic, but now I don't want to lose it. I've learned so much with it, about it. It’s given me insight not just into the magic of Equestria, but of who I am. Who I am inside, who I could be, like it’s my...special talent." Gulping, Twilight wipes a tear from her eyes. "I know it sounds stupid, but I can't really explain it better than that."
Sunset sits down beside Twilight and gives her a tight hug. "You've finally earned your cutie mark, or at least come to understand it. Now you have to let it go. I'm so sorry, Twilight. I wish there was something I could do. I wish we could just talk to that minister, reason with him."
“That stuffy old man? I do believe he is only concerned with himself and what little power he really has. We are nothing to him!” Rarity seethes as she puffs out her cheeks, looking a little red.
Sunset glances around, and all her friends seem to be ready. With a flourish of her wand, Twilight Sparkle opens all the curtains in the various windows, letting the morning light into the room. She looks at her wand for several long seconds before tucking it into the pocket in her school robes. A knock at the door gets all their attention. Sunset nods to Pinkie Pie, who opens the door with a flourish.
Many of the mages they had met are standing in the corridor. The Weasley twins smile wide. “What, you thought you were getting away without us?” Everyone starts chattering as they make their way into the room.
Twilight moves closer to Sunset as Hermione comes up. “You know, we will need to keep in touch.”
Twilight glances at Sunset, "umm, how? I don't see many in the wizarding world with email addresses, or even cell phones."
Hermione giggles as Fred, George, and Fleur crowd forward. "Well that's where my..." Fred starts
"Our" George interjects.
"No, it was my idea."
"We both came up with it and..."
"Garçons! Boys, zat will be quite enough from ze both of you!" Fleur says firmly as steps between the two brothers. Turning, she smiles facing the girls. "Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy turns. "Ummm, yes?"
"Since we might not be able to stay in touch with email or standard post, I'd like to present you with this." Granger moves over to Fluttershy, a big smile on her face. From behind her back, she brings out a small covered cage, winking as she does. As Fluttershy leans forward curiously, she draws back the blackout curtain on the cage, getting a gasp from Fluttershy.
“It’s an owl!” Fluttershy squeals as she opens the cage and a beautiful brown and white Scop’s owl flits out and lands on her shoulder, looking up at Fluttershy with wide eyes.
"She's small but tenacious, she may not be good for package delivery, but she'll do letters without a problem, and she's an incredible navigator, even with no address.”
Ginny reaches up and strokes the owl gently, she looks back at Twilight, “This is actually Pigwigeon’s sister.” She giggles, “Younger sister, but same parents. We all chipped in, Fred and George contacted Eeylops with the special request and she arrived last night.”
Fluttershy smiles at the small owl. "Oh, she's adorable, I think I'll name her Gylfie..."
"Gylfie?" Fred and George say in unison.
"Yes, she looks like a Gylfie." Fluttershy reaches over and strokes the owl, which chirps happily.
A dark figure moves over to her,.“I will say, you are excellent when it comes to potions. I’ll have to meet your teacher back at home.”
Sunset giggles, Professor Snape hadn’t ponied up, but had gained the characteristics of the deer back at home. So very likely, he would turn fully into a deer upon going through the portal. She offers a hand. “If you get a chance to go through the portal and visit Equestria, I’ll make sure you meet her. Though the deer of the Everfree forest would likely surprise you with their abilities in potions.”
He smirks, “Indeed.” He stands there silently for a long moment, shifting his weight, finally he opens his mouth, “It was a pleasure.” He offers a hand.
Sunset reaches out and takes it. She looks into his eyes as they shake firmly. Then he quickly retreats from the handshake.
Professor Dumbledore steps through, with some of the ministers in tow. He stops before Sunset Shimmer. “Good morning, I trust you are ready to get home?”
Sunset looks at Rarity and Twilight, she steps forward, straightening her robes around her form. “Professor Dumbledore, Minister Fudge. I know what we did was against the rules, but we were trying to protect all the mages here. If you want to punish someone; punish me, please. They have just started to find out what magic means to them, and I know how it feels to have it then lose it. I can't do that to them…” She stumbles to a stop at the look on Professor Dumbledore’s face as she tries to fight back tears.
Holding his hand up, Dumbledore looked at her sternly. "Silence child. Cringing and gulping, Sunset steps back with the girls, casting a quick glance back and forth between Rarity and Twilight. In a stern yet noble voice, Dumbledore speaks calmly and clearly, the walls almost vibrating in response. “Young ones, as you are not traditional witches, nor have you officially completed any classes at this school, the members of the Ministry have arrived here to confiscate your wands.”
Sunset reaches her hands out, touching Twilight and Rarity's arms gently. Both of whom look down at their wands. The tip of Twilight’s is glowing softly, an image of her cutie mark floating above it. Shaking her head, Sunset starts to open her mouth but is stopped by Dumbledore, “I, however, have discussed the issue with the ambassador and this will not happen. Sunset Shimmer, while your use of magic is rather unconventional, you and your friends are just as much a mage as any one born in the United Kingdom or United States. Therefore, in accordance with the International Magical Agreements Act, with MACUSA treaties regarding mages travelling between our two nations. You are hereby granted license to keep your wands.” Drawing three cards from his pocket, he nods as they slowly float up to and hover in front of each of the girls.
Reaching out, Sunset gently grasps her ID card to look at it. Not only does it have her photo on it, which turns side to side occasionally, but it also has the image of a sunburst, half gold, half red, with a gold and red ying yang symbol in the center. She looks up with a smile. “Thank you so much, Professor. But I miss the muggle world where I live. My old school, my phone, the mall, all the different things I was able to do. Not to say that your world isn’t interesting, it is. But I miss... home.”
"Equestria? Or the United States?" Dumbledore inquires in a fatherly voice.
Sunset looks down. “I miss Equestria, sometimes so badly it hurts. It’s where I was born, where I grew up, but it’s not my home anymore.” Her friends come up and join her in a group hug, “It's their world, where I found out who I really am, and now it’s mine, too. My friends are where my heart is, and that is where my home will always be.”
She stops for a long moment, inspecting the card before putting it in her pocket. “Thank you, Professor.” She leaps forward, wrapping her arms around him. After a long moment, he returns the embrace.
“Are you ready to go? The train will be here soon; the carriages are downstairs to take you to the station.”
She glances at her friends, who all nod. Rarity brings out her wand, and all the luggage is picked up and gently floats to the cart, loading it down. Professor Dumbledore flourishes his own wand and taps the carriage, which disappears with a flash. He looks back at them with a smirk, “Your possessions will be loaded aboard the train. Time to head downstairs.”
They walk slowly through the castle that they’ve called home for a surprisingly long time now. Some of the students are walking through the corridors, but with it being a weekend, they are more likely in their house common rooms, or finding fun things to do with their time off. Getting to the first floor happens much sooner than Sunset realized, she’s leaving this place, possibly forever. She holds back tears as she gets into the carriage. The rest of her friends crowd in as well, except for Fluttershy, who takes her time with the two thestrals pulling the carriage. She hugs them for long moments before she finally joins them in the carriage and the skeletal creatures walk slowly towards the wizarding town of Hogsmeade and the train station there.
***
The big Four-Six-Zero engine of the Hogwarts Express trails steam as its wheels screech against the steel rails. The massive train slowing to a stop as it pulls into the Kings Crossing station in London. Sunset Shimmer is the first out of the cabin. She walks down the steps and onto the platform. She looks back at the train and the workers pulling their luggage from the dedicated car. Then she turns to look at her friends as they join her on the platform.
"Come now, girls, lets not stand around and dally here," Professor McGonagall says as she starts walking. "Follow me though the portal."
"Portal?" Sunset inquires as she walks up beside Professor McGonagall, holding her carry-on in her hands in front of her.
"Of course, one does not park the Hogwarts express on a platform where muggles can see," Professor McGonagall states as she steps through the barrier onto the normal platform.
Stumbling through Sunset quickly checks her hands and hips before breathing a sigh of relief.
Raising an eyebrow Professor McGonagall looks at Sunset, then back at the other girls who don't seem to have the same reaction as Sunset. "Is something wrong?"
"Nope, just making sure I still have hands and not hooves. Magical portals and all. You can never be sure," Sunset says, looking up with a smile.
"Indeed," the professor states softly. Sunset follows the signs to a local train. And before they know it, the girls are pulling up to the airport.
“Sunset! Sunset Shimmer!” The voice was unforgettable, she would recognize it anywhere, however she didn’t have time to turn before the arms wrapped around her in a surprise hug. Principal Celestia squeezes her tightly as if holding on for fear of losing her again, before, after a long moment, she lets go and leans back to look at her.
“Principal Celestia,” Sunset says with a bright smile.
“When the Scotland Yard officers said you had been taken by the Protective Command, I was ready to panic. Officers or constables, I think, kept me in the hotel saying it was for my own safety,” Principal Celestia says, “I’m just so glad you’re alright.”
Sunset shrugs. “I’m sorry, but we didn’t know everything going on.” She looks back at the other girls, “They didn’t tell us much, and wouldn't even let us use our cellphones or computers. I guess they didn't want us tracked.” She reaches up and hugs Principal Celestia again, “I’m just glad they were able to figure it out.”
Principal Celestia ends up with an arm around Sunset’s shoulders. Lowering her voice, she looks down at Sunset. "I was scared it was something like another Friendship Games fallout. I'm not sure if I have it in me to take another power crazed demon from Equestria incident.” She stops for a moment, glancing at Sunset, “No offence.”
Sunset rolls her eyes as they head towards airport security. “None taken.”
"Pardon me?" McGonagall asks curiously, raising a single eyebrow as she looks at Celestia's hair.
"Oh, I'm sorry, are we in your way?"
"Principal Celestia, this is Miss McGonagall. She's been looking after us while we were in protective custody."
"Oh, thank you so very much, I know these girls can be a handful at times. I apologize for any trouble they caused."
"No, they were not any trouble for me, although I do hope they learned a few things, such as how to carry themselves as proper ladies in public," Miss McGonagall said shifting her glance to Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. "I do hope all of your students are not this… energetic."
Looking down at the girls Celestia smiled, "No, these ones are special, but every student has their own needs and we try and help them at Canterlot High. Especially Sunset here."
"How so?" Miss McGonagall inquired as she raised an eyebrow.
"Sunset is... a foreigner, a refugee of sorts. She's here without any family, parents, and had a hard time adapting. My sister and I take turns looking in on her to make sure she's doing ok. As do a few other parents now. ALL of their parents are rather worried however," Principal Celestia says with a smile. "Hurry up girls, we have to get through security for our flight home."
"Ugh, I used to think it would be fun to fly on a plane, but now, I just think it’s boring," Rainbow Dash says. "Honestly, I wish I could just go on my own and meet you there."
"Tut, tut, girls, listen to your principal, and I hope you have a nice trip. Since I am in London I may as well do a little shopping," the professor says as she turns and heads out of the station.
"Bye, professor!" he girls call out in chorus.
***
The early morning breeze dances and plays with the grass and flowers, lifting and carrying dandelion seeds into the air. Small gusts of wind play with Sunsets hair as she closes her eyes for a moment leaning back against the statue. She places her hands on the book in her lap, the last journal entry had carried the end of their trip to its Equestria counterpart.
Looking around she smiles at Rarity who's laying on her side, a plush blanket under her as well as a pillow. Twilight looks down at her glasses as she cleans them, sitting behind Rarity. It feels strange to be home, to be able to relax, and not to see magic being used by everyone around them.
"Argh, that trip was so boring!"
Fluttershy blinks. "But I thought you love flying."
"Yeah, when it’s me doing it. After you fly on your own, on a broom, an airliner might as well be a bus. Slow, crowded, can't walk around, and Equestria forbid you consider opening to door and going out for some fresh air," Rainbow dash says with a huff.
"Sorry, Dash, but people don't jump out of airlines at 32,000 feet for fresh air. I do agree, though, economy class is no way to fly," Twilight says with a giggle and takes her glasses off starting to clean them.
With a deep thrum, the statue glows briefly as Princess Twilight steps through the portal landing on her hands and kneels on the pathway. With a quick look around she see's the others already here, "Sorry, sorry, sorry, I got here as fast as I could, you wouldn't believe the friendship problems I've been having."
"Two legs," Sunset chirps with a smile.
"Four legs is so last world, darling," Rarity says and offers Twilight a finger sandwich.
"So, what did I miss?" asks Princess Twilight as she settles down and starts to eat.
"Not much Sugarcube, just Rainbow Dash actin as twitchy as a hen with a fox near the coup. All she be wanting to do is to go flying and bust clouds," Apple Jack says before taking a bite of her apple.
"What can I say, flying is just so awesome. The speed, the exhilaration, I just love it," Dash says and huffs as she looks at the others, "Oh you wouldn't understand."
Pinkie Pie sneaks up and sits behind Applejack giving Princess Twilight a wave.
"Wouldn't understand?" Twilight says more than asked, "I think me, Rare, and Sunset understand wanting, no needing to do something, and having it taken away."
"Okay, point taken," Dash says and falls onto her back, looking up at the sky.
"Ummm, so I take it you had a rough time," Princess Twilight says looking between them.
Sunset looks down. “Yeah.”
Pinkie Pie quickly grabs Applejack’s cowgirl hat putting it on and holds it tight to her head as she runs out into the field. Touching her bear head AJ narrows her eyes getting up and charges after Pinkie, “Give that back!”
“Ok, you want to tell me what you learned from all of this?” Princess Twilight asked with a smile and a slight head tilt.
Sunset looks up sharply. “Oh really, you learned that look from Princess Celestia, didn’t you? Was this all some kind of test?”
Princess Twilight shakes her head, “No, Sunset. You’ve had a pretty rough time with all of this, based on your writing to me. I just want to know.”
Twilight puts her glasses back on and looks down. “Princess, I.... I was always good with science, good with chemistry, math, and even electronics. I don't know if I can explain it but, when I started learning spells, it was like my eyes were opened. Like everything else was just a small part preparing me to learn magic, or a substituted for it. All my studies were just a means to and end that was missing...”
"That was missing the magic, like everything else was just a way to help better the understanding of spells."
"You, you understand?" Twilight said looking up at the princess wide eyed.
"And when you started when you touched your magic, I mean your own magic, you felt something deep inside, in your heart and soul." Closing her eyes, princess twilight holds her hands over her heart.
Nodding slowly Twilight blinks. "You felt that, too?"
"The moment I got my cutie mark, and every time I felt the joy and excitement of learning a new spell."
Pinkie waves AJ’s hat at her bounding back and forth trying to keep the goal post between her and the farm girl, the two laughing as they burn off some energy.
Rolling onto her belly, Rarity props herself up on her elbows and bends one leg at the knee and swinging it in the air. "Ponying up was always special, was always fun, but I always felt something missing. Fluttershy and Dash had their flight, Applejack and Pinkie got their strength and well, whatever Pinkie does. Twilight, Sunset, and me however felt like we were missing something."
Sunset nods, "We never got our horns, our magic. You know what it’s like to be a unicorn without her magic. It, feels strange, almost wrong."
"You feel trapped, cut off. You're almost willing to do anything to get it back before you lose your mind," Twilight says softly then looks at Sunset. "No offense."
"It's ok, its... Well,” she looks down, “it’s like being crippled. In a way. Being paralyzed, seeing something, knowing you used to be able to pick up but now, you can't even feel it, you can't touch it." Sunset looks at Rarity, "It’s not something I ever want them to suffer through."
She glances over at Pinkie Pie and Applejack, both of them are wrestling. Though with both of their advanced strength, which seems to have carried over from England, they are tossing each other surprising distances. And landing without incident too. She smiles and looks at Princess Twilight, “We made friends over there. And that friendship was invaluable in defeating Grogar.”
“Friendship truly is magic,” she murmurs softly. She looks at Sunset. “What about Grogar?”
Sunset shudders, bringing her legs up and folding her arms around them, “He had more power than I could ever believe possible. And some of what he said, that I told you in my message, disturbed me.”
Princess Twilight laughs softly, getting a sharp look from Sunset. She leans over and elbows Sunset softly, “Well, he was not above lying to you. Since you told me all of that, I did some research. Tambleon was not taken by the ponies. We did not take it from him. Those in Tambleon actually revolted against him. And then when the ponies arrived during this revolt, they joined with the ponies to defeat an evil dictator, him.”
Pinkie had somehow secreted Gylfie’s cage in her bag for the flight back. The owl in question is sitting on Fluttershy’s shoulder as she plays with her bunny. Though the white bunny has a few marks from being nipped by the little owl. Apparently those two are not fast friends.
Princess Twilight glances as a tabby cat sits patiently by the door to the school. Her eyebrows rise as the cat smoothly slips into the school when the door is opened by a student exiting. "So, what are you planning now?"
"A trip to Disneyland?" Pinkie yelled as she bounded by only to get tackled by AJ.
"Get back here, you little varmint!" Applejack says and grabs her hat back.
"Actually, I was thinking about teaching the girls about Equestria. About its history, cutie marks, and of course, magic."
"Starting your own school for gifted unicorns?" Princess Twilight asks and perks up at the thought.
"Nope nothing so grand, just a club." As she looks around Sunset sighs, "The world just got a lot more complicated and a lot more dangerous. And I can't help but feel we all need to be prepared. It’s like there's a war coming, and I don't know if friendship alone will keep us safe."
Fluttershy and Twililight hug Sunset. "But our friendships will help see us through what's coming."
***
Principal Celestia lets out an exasperated sigh and leans back looking at her in and out boxes. The paperwork from her being gone is quite extensive, with piles starting to take up a life of their own. A stack of invoices is currently threatening to invade and annex a pile of notes to the parents, seeking to expand their domain on the Principals desk. She scrawls her signature on yet another invoice when there is a knock at the door.
She glances over to her sister, who is doing some computer work. Luna had pulled the short straw and got to do the design for the school’s newsletter for the upcoming parent teacher schedule. Looking back at the door, Celestia smiled. “We really do need a secretary. Come in.”
“Am I interrupting anything?”
Celestia’s brow furrows; the last she saw of that woman was back in England. And she didn’t get on the plane with them. She glances at Luna again, then she smiles. “Not at all. I’m just handling paperwork.”
Minerva McGonagall steps fully into the room then closes the door behind her. Turning she walks up to the desk and places a long black box on the desk, silver crest on the top emblazoned with the name ‘Ollivanders’.
“What might that be?” Principle Celestia inquires as she looks at the box then Minerva.
“It is something I acquired from a little shop in London.” She carefully opens the box and pulls out a carved dark wooden stick of some kind then offers it to Celestia. “Would you please hold this for me for a moment?”
Confused, Principal Celestia reaches out and holds the stick. To her surprise, it glows with a bright golden glow. From the end, a small form appears, looking like a bright stylized sun. Professor McGonagall nods once before she retrieves the wand, turning she offers it to Luna.
Luna looks back at her sister, but finally reaches out and takes the stick in her hand. Again, the stick glows, but with a dark purple aura, a crescent moon floating at the tip. The older teacher nods firmly before taking it back and putting back into the box.
"What was that about?" Celestia asked.
"It was a simple test based on what I learned from the girls, I needed to be sure. I'm Professor Minerva McGonagall, from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Are you familiar with Equestria?"
Luna nodded slowly, "Somewhat, sister?"
"I know of it, one of our students is from there," Celestia says looking a little worried.
"A creature from Equestria ended up in England. Without the help of your girls, we could have been looking at a war."
Luna covers her face, "Another one? Last time this happened we had to rebuild the entire front of our school. I apologize for any damages. We do our best to contain such matters.”
Celestia tilts her head. “Wizardry and witchcraft?”
"No, no, the girls are heroines. I am aware they have missed some time here because of this, and I do not wish their marks to suffer because of it." She brings out the wand again, and a chair floats across the room. “I’m here to let you know what happened. Since you passed the test, I can give you the details of what happened when Grogar entered our world. There are things you will need to know…”
***
The two men should normally stand out of place in the halls of the school, though most of the students ignored them. The fact that some did not made them less the comfortable about their task. Both wore almost typical off the rack, Sears basement business suits, basic ties, and full length crimson leather trench coats.
Moving through the halls they watched the students laughing, talking about their day. Some were listening to music, while others playing on cellphones. Shaking his head the elder man turned own an almost empty hall except for one student.
"Trixie Lulamoon," the man says flatly.
"That is the great and…" Trixie starts with a flash, then she stops and goes pale as she recognizes the two men. "Yes, sir."
Flipping open a note pad the younger of the gentleman looks down at the page then at the student, "You were stripped of your wand for the loss of, or destruction of, William Boots’s Pendent while attending Ilvermorny?"
"I... I just tried to vanish it...I don't know what happened." Trixie gulps, looking down at her feet.
"You have been allowed to live with the No-mags as long as you obey the rules." The older man says firmly, yet flatly, in almost a monotone voice.
"I did, I obeyed the rules, I did everything." Trixie says with tears in her eyes almost pleading. "I didn't associate with any witches or wizards, I didn't use any magic, or try to brew any potions. I didn't expose our,” She flushes then gulps, “Well…your world."
"And yet, when magical goings on started to happen you did nothing, you stood by and did not make any attempt notify us." The younger man said, “In clear violation of the laws of wizarding. Risking exposure.”
"Magical goings on?" Trixie blinked through the tears in her eyes and sniffles, "You mean Sunset, Twilight and her group? None of that was..."
"It was magical, and very public, and yet you chose not to call." The older said cutting her off, not letting Trixie finish.
"I didn't... I didn’t, know I was supposed to... I didn't want to get in trouble for contacting you when I was only supposed to associate with No-Mags after the accident." Trixie shakes her head crying, “Don’t take me away, I can’t live there without magic.”
The two men look at each other before looking back at Trixie, "Well now, now you are going to tell us everything you know about these girls,” Turning pages in his book the younger man pulls out a wand, “And Equestria.”
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Unicorn Trixie is in human world? How comes Princess Twilight doesn't know of this? She practically guard the only known portal in Equestria, for heaven's sake.
8569917 Unicorn Trixie? Where? All of these are the human girls except Sunset of course.
So Celestia and Luna are connected to their pony doubles. Humm maybe only people with magic have counterparts? Which would mean CHS is full potential wizards and witches. Better find a magic teacher, human Celly and Lulu are great and all but don't know how to use their own magic let alone teach students.
And of course silly Sunset you have a magic portal to Equestria that can now be open at will, visit every so often. Yea lots of fics bring this up, cannon Sunset needs to remember that, she's only visited one time since the end of EQG.
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You mean human Trixie is a witch and those two men are her parole officers? That would mean a Wizard government of sort also exist in America as well, doesn't it? And said group let the Sirens roam free in their country?
Wait a minute, if they asked Trixie about Equestria, that could only mean this Trixie is our unicorn Trixie, not her human counterpart.
SEQUEL!
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Haven't seen Magical Creatures And Where to find them?
i have so many thing i would love to say, but i have talk to you about them on Skype and team speak several times.
so i will just sit hear on my cloud and smile to me self.
and i can say i love this story.
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Well if the U.S.A. magical government tries anything against Equestria then they are in DEEP trouble then, after all Sunset and Princess Twi are MEGA Powerful and they would easily take down any human that goes through the portal to Equestria then, after all one is an Alicorn Princess while the other is a former student and Powerful Unicorn to boot, I can't wait to see what you have planned for the Sequel since from the looks of the end of this chapter shows that you are planning one.
Very little I can say beyond excellent job on the epilogue. The exchanges, characterizations and possible sequel set-up are all well done in all the right places. I particularly liked how the Hogwarts crew provided a means of communication with the Rainbooms, the scene in Principal Celestia's office, Princess Twilight's checking up on the Rainbooms following the adventure and the scene with Human Trixie and the American magical government agents (yeah, this scene is DEFINITELY very good sequel set-up) .
At any rate, the story was great overall and I am going to definitely be looking forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeve for this universe. However, I will also acknowledge and respect that real world concerns need to come first and, thus, I could very well need to be patient.
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Hey, Superman has a pretty major power advantage over Batman too, and, yet, Batman USUALLY wins when they fight because Batman also has a great deal of knowledge of and extensive access to Superman's weaknesses.
I have a feeling that, while Twilight and Sunset might have the POWER advantage over the U.S. magical government officials, the officials are NOT going to be stupid enough to go in without A LOT of planning and preparing. Meaning that they will be going in fully aware of the Equestrians' weaknesses AND the equipment to exploit them.
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True, but don't forget that the PORTAL to equestria will turn ANYONE into either their pony or other equestria counterpart is like, that means any tech they might take with them won't be use able then or might vanish, not to mention the wizards might lose their wands if they go through, after all what are the chances that a team of Wizards they send through would ALL be Unicorns, after all the Human Mane 6's counter parts are from all three tribes.
Okay trixie being a wizard was some how obvious yet still I was completely caught off, how you do that? Any way fantastic chapter
I sometimes forget that Sunset's the designated gatekeeper for the mirror portal to Equestria.
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Wow, that would open up many possible plots to exploit.
You misspelled Scops Owl.
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Got to love villians that "believe" they are in the right. Believe they have been wronged, and believe its their duty, its their destiny, believe that their goal is all that matters and any means to that is acceptable. Its not being evil, its the way the world works, whoever has the most power is in charge... So do what you have to, to get that power, and then use it in shows of direct force to let others know your more powerful, and they will submit to you...
its not true... but even in our world we have people that believe that.
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Well his patronus is a Doe so you never know.
Really enjoyed binge reading this book in two days. Is there going to be a sequel?
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Kitsy and I have been discussing a potential sequel, but it'll be a while. Other projects are taking precedence. But I'll keep thinking about it. :D
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What will the name of the new story be called so I can know what to look for? When it does come out.
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When I get going on it, I will announce. It will be a little bit of time though. In the meantime, I've got plenty of other stories going on.
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Ok then.
Another excellent read.
Kitsy recommended it, and I finally got A Round Tuit.
Looking forward to a sequel, if (or maybe when?) it happens.
Keep up the good work Sparky.
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I always find myself cringe inside when I use the verbs "turn" or "walk." It still is necessary sometimes, and it rarely becomes something I notice while reading others' work, but striving for more unique language is a must no matter how good you are as a writer.
But yeah, present tense combined with third person view is something that really brings me straight out of the story.
(I am just starting this story, but I saw this as the most recent comment. I don't know the context of this by any means.)
Very nice. The ending was perhaps a bit short, but I tend to like a long denouement anyway. Still, the short conclusion was okay, especially if a sequel is planned as implied.
I definitely enjoyed this story a lot. While there are other HP crossovers that I enjoy very much, I appreciate that this one had a plot, stuck to it, and ended when it was over. More akin to actual Harry Potter books than a simple slice of life.
While I would have loved more characterization and time with Grogar, who I've been told is quite the chessmaster, there were no obvious flaws with the plot or villain.
The last criticism I would like to make is the fight scenes. While they were by no means bad, and I'd hardly expect this from a crossover, I loved the uniqueness of almost all the Harry Potter fight scenes in the book. There were always interesting locations, unconventional tactics, and things like simple shield spells were rare. You did a much better job at writing these scenes than I've seen in a long time, but it's something I can say could be improved.
Thank you for this story, and the enjoyment it gave me and many others.
This is a greatly amazing crossover fic, glory to you and your co-writer. This is a fantastic world which you two builded. I find it hard to think about HP fanfics, because i find it hard to put the changes in without it undo key elements, leading to me unsure where to take things without leaving loose threads.
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Myess? Can you guess who she's talking about?
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its ONLY because Thestrials are equine... the girls have a tie to Equestria and Equestrian magic... That lets them see Thestrals and gives them a closer bond to Unicorns, Pegasii, and such. Dash and Fluttershy are "perceived" by the Pegasii for example as, well, their own kind... The Unicorns see and sense the girls, Twi, Rare, and Sunset as unicorns or at least kin... Its something we decided very early on in the thought process for the story. Magical Equines would have a feel, that the girls were... ponies... not wizards.
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Yes, there are plans for an eventual sequel. I'm busy with 3 projects at the moment, so it's back burner now. But Order of the Pony can eventually become a reality.
I love the artwork, every time I look at it all i can hear is the song "Naturally".
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Accidental transformations are... well... the least unusual thing in hogwarts...
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When students do that normally, as a joke... no ones going to notice a pony effect as anything more then, a showy spell LOL.
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yep, normally it is only a fluttershy thing. The catch here though is, the equestrian magic in all of them, the unicorn can talk to her through that. The unicorns magic and her ties to equestrian let her understand each other. She wouldn't be able to understand a normal horse... per say... But unicorns have powerful magic of their own...
essentially all magical equines animals "see" the girls as magical equines...
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Some of the wizards concepts of the muggle world are really off. They often take things word for word or simply don't understand... "What is the purpose of the... rubber... ducky?"
So of course when the song lyrics for the beetles song say that Ringo used the skin of an Australian Cattle herder for his drums... well of course that becomes part of his legend.
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Maybe the Magical Congress of the USA will be beguine, helpful, innocent. Maybe the CMC's will learn a valuable lesson that changes their lives and view on life. Maybe Ductape will save the day.
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Actually, it was part of "their magic" they also have ties to the Unicorns, the Pegasii, technically even the Hippogriffs... though i'm pretty sure Buckbeak would likely have an interesting conversion with Silver Stream. its a tie or link to the equines and equine nature. Think of it as, "The Gift of Epona".
It was a great read. The amount of work you two put in it shows.
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Thanks, we had a lot of fun with this making the world... WORK.
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now now, he's not useless, he serves the plot and acts as a good Antagonist for the girls at times. :)
I hope there is a sequel
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There are plans in place for a sequel, should be called Order of the Pony, but I currently have 3 other stories going on, along with the occasional one shot.
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I like to think that the thestrals are similar in character to bat ponies in Equestria. And can be seen by other ponies. Only humans are unable to see them - unless of course they have experienced and understood death. I like to treat it as a notice me not aura that they generate.
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In this case she's pulling a turn where the edges of the broom are hitting a near critical mach number, pushing it to the point where the turn couldn't be maintained as she comes round the edge. Any harder and the aerodynamic forces would flip the broom and her into a flat spin, likely exceeding the G-tolerances.
But thats just me.
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yep an obfuscation aura... But because the girls are equines and because of the magic, many of the magical equines see the girls as their pony forms... and the girls see the equines.
now a non equine critter like a boggen is an entirely different situation.
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It might be best to just describe the maneuver and how it's pushing the broom to its limits. Brooms are not aerodynamic in that they have no lifting wing of any kind. They rely solely on magic and can be described as having supermaneuverability. This means you get to ignore aerodynamics and do thrust vectoring. That means changing the direction of travel simply by changing the direction the broom is pointing. Something only a handful of aircraft are even capable of.
Imagine a stall turn at Mach speed pushing broom and rider to their physical limits, which is kind of what I think you were going for, and not just a really fast turn.
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Not just in the UK, A lot of countries when you are going through border security/immigration, require you removing head coverings, sun glasse and such.
The UK uses facial recognition software, not just in the airport but around the city. As such they have rule on that sort of stuff in "security" areas.
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oh no welp we are dead
So is there going to be a sequel?
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There are plans for a sequel, it should be called Order of the Pony. But it's back burner at the moment. Have to clear out other stories yet.
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Welp I can't wait for it then
This was an absolute delight. I can’t wait to read the sequel.