David, or rather Prince Artemis, faces an uncertain future. Is it possible for him to find happiness after a millenia of hatred and pain? Or will the past be a lingering shadow from which he cannot escape? Only time will tell.
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MOAR please
*hops in circle*
YES~YES~YES~YES~YES!
Ah'm so happy you updated! Ah've been hankerin' to read yer story, cuz it's sooooo flabergastin' AWESOME! Thank you for updatin!!! Ah can't express mah delight! This chapter is gonna be one tasty Golden Delicious.
EEYUM!
When you introduced Aurora all i could think of is this
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets like that.
Well it was fantastic as always, but damn why have I had to check this site for new stories at 3 at night when I got job to worry about tomorrow?
fuck this *BANGBANGBANGBANG* WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING
Yay! TRIXIE!!!
If she is making a debut and a return, perhaps she and Artemis...naw.
Trixie-Aeron all the way!
But it does open the door.
Starlight? No cutie mark. He and her would get along great!
Ooooooh! SUNSET!!!!
No one tell her about the moon mission! OR our Nukes! Or anything really!
Holy crap 55 other people are reading this right now!
EDIT-- Make that a whole 57 of you guys
Heh, the court thing was a nice touch on the differences of approach. Felt right too. And the social whups even amusing!
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*whaps your nose with a rolled up newspaper* No, bad Sipioc! Control yourself!
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I am ashamed of my attack of shipping.
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As long as you're aware that you have a problem, you can work toward fixing it
What's wrong with boiled cabbage? Especially if you add onion and boil in chicken broth with a bitbof bacon or neck bone.
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It's the smell, honestly. It tastes fine, it just makes your house stink when you boil it.
Okay. So.
Turns out Celestia wasn't just being a complete bitch/troll for once, she actually has a reason for pulling this shit (whether it's valid remains to be seen.)
One thing I found odd
and yet
Did Celestia/the author forget about that first line in the revisions/editing, or is someone besides Chrysalis (who was unaware the Sisters were even gone) playing mind games/manipulating things behind the scenes.
It certainly reads as if Celestia wrote it, so her thinking about how she left him without a note is odd seeing as she did exactly that.
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Wow. Okay, um, edit time.
Also
Nice to see her acknowledging that other beings have emotions and feelings as well as damn right to have those feelings and aren't just chess pieces. So not a complete sociopath, hooray!
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Ah, so that was it.
I initially thought Chryssie was wise to Celestia even before Celestia knew what she was doing herself, but then the scene with her being told they were gone came, and I was left wondering if there was going to be a mystery third-party joining the game or if it was a leftover line from a previous draft.
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Yeah, mistakes happen and all that. Oh well, it's fixed now, so thanks for pointing it out.
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No problem mate.
Good job on the chapter.
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Thanks again ^^
Perfecto.
Nice
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Are you me?
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I am surprised I missed that as well. Time to reread everything.
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It happens, so no worries ^^
I'm not so enthusiastic about "military route Mane 6". Yes, military protects populace, sure, but it ultimately comes to "shut up and follow orders", and "see a threat, kill a threat". Not sure how all that training with spears and knives will be useful for defeating immortals. Discord is coming, they have to hurry up with those friendship lessons, instead of stalling with Shiny-training and Earth-learning.
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In not sure that's what there doing, verses giving them the skills they need to do there own thing safer.
No Artemis/Trixie pairing? Sad!
Seriously, I'm surprised more mares aren't throwing themselves at Artemis.
A raffle for Gala tickets could cause all sorts of chaos, perhaps even sparking a riot or two. It also gives an opportunity for minor characters to make an early appearance: Maud Pie, Coco Pommel, Moondancer, etc.
P.S. Given how many bits the Pie family paid Trixie for working on their rock farm, it's my head-canon that the Pie family is rich because they use earth pony magic to transmute rocks into gemstones, therefore giving Maud Pie the resources to enter the Gala ticket raffle.
Tell me I'm not the only one who immediately started thinking of this...
"That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered pony you ever set eyes on!"
"Look, that pony's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!"
"He'll do you up a treat, mate."
"I'm warning you!"
"He's got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about. Look at the bones!"
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Besides Artlight is best ship.
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Is that implying him and Twilight or Starlight?
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When we can´t get Murphy, then at least Morphy
As long as chapters are shorter than 20k - we're fine.
The Trixie bit is intresting. And we know too well what she'll do with the bits...
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Well, this was a very interesting chapter to read, and I love that you tried to alternating form humor to drama throughout the chapter.
I think Artemis struggles in this chapter was interesting this time around because he was for once trusted enough to be given real responsibilities that would go a long way in building trust with Celestia and Luna, despite Artemis' cursing Celestia for it. The fact that he has mellowed down enough to be at a minimum civil with dealing the petitioners is something to behold. I am happy this time of the reminder that Artemis reading skills are limited was good and the chapter was planed around it accordingly, even if he managed to read the not left by Celestia. I like the day planner characters in the scene.
I think the reference of Celestia dealing with the Changelling help to establish on how much of a threat they are and clearly show that Chrysalis is very dangerous then what has been seen before, will go to any lengths to get what she want, add the tensions that has been missing for that last few chapters. This also makes the shipping of her and Artemis more unlikely, if that was ever planed, and adds some much needed uncertainly in the story that has been missing for a while now. I am also wondering if the spell she put on Artemis is what has awaken his libido toward the mares around him?
I like the story about that happened to Celestia in the backstory with them. I also like the fact that Artemis is mostly kept out of the loop in the matter of the Changelings for the moment, and would probably add to his paranoia. What I am worried would be that Artemis will be able to put two and two together to realize that Niff is a changeling with how sexually overt she was with him earlier one. I could imagine that that he might dismiss that theory sense Celestia mentions that they were much more careful in seducing Celestia back them and can’t imagine that Niff being one of them for how clumsy she was with him at first. I am also guessing that the Changeling queen that Celestia dealt with wasn’t Chrysalis if she was that good back then and didn’t completely lost her touch in over six hundred years.
I also think the visit of Shining Armor to Ponyville is an interesting twist to the story and would give the chance doe Cadence and Artemis to share the same responsibilities together and have more of a subject in common to talk about with each other with talking about shop. And at an even grounds with relationship dynamic with each other rather than the repressive the jailer and convict they had before, with I am guessing that they would both prefer that and have a more wholesome friendship if Artemis doesn’t fear that she will punish him if he acts out of line, so that he can start letting his guard down more with her around.
For the mare that came back I wonder what she means that she recognized his eyes? I am guess that she was there with her brother and saw him die in front of her eyes if that’s what it mean. I wonder if she is dealing with other guardsponies and castle staff maybe a nobleponie that are in on it, for the threat that he is, and will either try to kill him or set him up so that Celestia and Luna had the banish from Equestria, sense they are the only one . I my best guess would be that they will use a mind spell to either make him revert to the night stallion, make him relive his worst nightmare (literally) with an illusion spell to think that Nightmare moon is back in his head and can’t hide from her anymore along with making him think that he can’t see or hear any one anymore believing that he is along, along with his body reverting to night terror and, in a panic, he would lash out at everything around him in a futile attempt in getting her out of his head and destroying everything around him.
And, assuming that that Celestia and Luna manage to subdue him in his panic frenzy, they would lift the spell form him leaving him in a quivering mess that is mentally extremely vulnerable and would latch on the first life line he can get. The relapse would throw back all the fast progress he had made. To have a handle on what the guards think about Artemis, Celestia would probably have to tell all her guards about the fact that Artemis was mentally tortured for a thousand years and was the one who attack Canterlot at the eve of the summer sun celebration and was forced turned into a living weapon by Nightmare Moon set to Kill her. She would have added that he brainwashed, twisted by dark magic’s and was absolutely not in his right mind when she confronted him then. With the truth out Artemis would be confronted with public opinion making things even more stressful for him.
I would guess that Chrysalis would take advantage of Artemis, vulnerability to worm her way into his mind in the process to start exerting control over him.
I am looking forward to see the next chapter soon.
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AU dude, canon don't fly here
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Teacher and Student? Scandalous!
Not an awful idea, but what would the neighbors say?
Besides being real we need Rainbow in the Mix. Only fitting for the Lord of Pegasus to be with the fastest flyer, and visa versa.
Night is just the pony for the job to keep Arty in line. As long as she can speak up and remind him of when he's being an idiot (a lot) and keep him from blasting ponies these two should get along like fire and gasoline. Heh. I also have a bad feeling that Celestia's got the idiot ball, going off on her own with Luna into the lion's den as it were, just to see if the Changeling's escaped. These two are gonna end up in a pod for sure.
Arty to the rescue? Ehh... I can only imagine the collateral damage that's bound to happen.
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I don't really belive that Artemis'es debunking her lies changed her actions enought to make a diffrence. Unless she wouldn't get money from Luna, so she grinded the money for the amulet with sheer determination.
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The way I picture it is that Luna, still at this point very much in the mindset that leads to her first appearance in Ponyville since her redemption, basically calls Trixie out for her bullshit and then dismisses her outright for daring to waste her time. So yeah, Trixie has to do odd jobs and the like in order to get the amulet. As for her using the money from Artemis that way? We'll see what happens.
-Avast mateys!~ Wha' be the ship in th' distance!?
-Aye Capn'! It be Twilight and Atermis galleon!
-BOARD ye filthy seadogs! BOARD!
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I still wonder if she might do some private performances... if you know what I mean..,
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I may or may not do a series of oneshots that involve certain scenarios of indecent origin. Maybe. Jury's still out on that one
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You nęd a few more crackships and you're good to go.
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Eh, it'll depend on my mood. We'll see if it happens or not.
Great chapter. I like seeing him In a snarky leadership role.