This story is a sequel to Consequences – A Bad Apple Comedy of Justice
Theorising that a reformed spirit of chaos might travel back in time and mess with stuff, Discord has gotten Celestia's approval to go back and tweak some events so that while the overall result was the same, the individual ponies involved were better off. His test case is one Barbara Seed Cortland, and her visit to her cousins in Ponyville. The limitations are that he can only visit her dreams, and she will only have a vague memory of events when she wakes up. Can he do it? What will Princess Luna say? What is the statute of limitations on illegal time travel? Does anyone have some fourth wall repair plaster? All these questions and less may be answered if you read on.
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I literally just got through reading Consequences when this popped up.
I saw this in my feed 3:14 hours after it was posted. Coincidence? I think not!
I have so- HOLYBUCK! This is not enough. One moment.
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This was an interesting little story. I remember favoriting the original, and this one will definitely get a thumbs up.
7778246 I'm British. 'Dived' is the traditional form. Dove is recent American English. I don't use it for the same reason I use 'honour' and 'colour' and 'Armour' (except when talking about Twilight's brother), and 'through' and 'doughnut'.
However, thank you for the complement. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.
7778322 Ah, I did not know that. And now I do.
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Great work on this.
I feel bad for taking so long to notice this story, let alone read it. Very nice.
What about that OTHER spell, the one Starlight used?
8511871 The answer is in the very next sentence:
It's a fair guess that Starlight Glimmer's spell used the Magic Table of Plot Hooks, sorry, the Cutie Mark Map as it's anchor and power source. That's why it appeared in the alternate time lines despite there being no causual reason why it should. (Elements never come together and get restored = No Twilight Castle or Cutie map)
My head canon is that the Tree of Harmony, and the Elements are more than just powerful magic items, they are tied to the very magics that make up Equestria, tied into it's foundations, it's creation and therefore affect it's destiny. So they are the one thing that can actually allow a time traveller to significantly alter the timeline.
This story reminds me why Discord is one of my favourite MLP characters.
For a fix-fic this was pretty pleasant to read and I legit didn't see the twist when Babs turns her tongue on DT and SS.