Nightmare Moon survives the Elements' power and takes Twilight as her prisoner. Now, the alicorn queen must establish her monarchy and defend her rightful place as queen against those that oppose her.
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119065 It's not THAT bad. I could have left it at the end of the Death scene or even the end of the one before that. THAT would have been just EVIL. Like Nightmare Moon burning down a building full of orphaned fillies and colts evil.
119070 don't know yet. Yes, the armor has been salvaged (which will be put in later), but a lot of it was utterly destroyed under the moon's gravity. We'll see about the dragons, now won't we?
I just commented on the previous chapter and lo and behold a new chapter that answers one of my questions, damn you peppy .
Great chapter, if I might be so bold it feels a little out of place, the whole afterlife/spectral plane bit was nice n all but I feel the story would've been better off without Death chasing after Twilight and Nightmare. I guess I was kinda hoping for a Dante's Inferno, kill Death and steal his scythe
119077 Can't kill death no matter what (at least I don't think you can). You might feel differently about the death scene after the next chapter, but as far as death chasing them goes. You don't interfere with death's plans. Everything has a time and, as he is the master of that realm, he doesn't take kindly to anything disobeying him. (Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Damn rulers all being about control over their dominions)
Yeah Death is kind of a jerk like that, kinda like the one in Dante's Inferno , dammit I need to stop making Dante's inferno references.
Anyway's I guess it's interesting to know that their are supernatural forces like Death that can threaten the likes of Nightmare Moon and follow through on their threats. Actually now I'm wondering something is Nightmare actively keeping Celestia banished or is it her mere presence that is doing it? Because if she is actively keeping her banished then why didn't Celestia return when Nightmare has been at her weakest and near death twice . Unless Celestia is truly just a massive troll that allows Equestria to lie under the Eternal Night. And if Nightmare Moon did die would she turn back into Luna? Soo many questions damn my mind
Also glad to hear you're going to do something with the Dragons and Armour I mentioned, The Queen of the Night is nothing if not resourceful.
>>clonetrooperkev
Not me surely? or do you mean Peppy? confound this inconsistent reply system my name's Tonto The Trotter not 119203
Death only has one way to win.....KA
Now NMM wont just battle mortal enemies,but immortal ones too... great going lol
NMM might be strong enough to keep the reaper at bay but she cant be around twilight all the time.
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i do,and i enjoy it ,but im currently playing SW and watching the Clone wars animated series so that tops it
Well I get back from a meeting with the department of vocatinal rehabilitation what what's waiting for me a chapter! Man this day is going soo well so you know what that means don't you guys and gals? that's right it's time for me to slip into Pinkie Pie mode and start babbling endlessly!
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Well, I was half right she did teliportmidstep and she did block the strike with her body but she didn't knock Nightmare out of harm's way, so I guess I get a half point for this one right? Anyway wow what a nasty strike to take ahorizontal slash with frightningly high velosity and the added assistence of gravity! Twilight's got the will to be a Green Lantern to avoid simpaly dieing on the spot ofter takig that kind of blow.
I had a feeling that there wouldn't be enough left over of the assisen to fill a matchbox and I was right. Though I have the feeling that this war with the griffons just got abit more personal for Nightmare and Moon Beam. I almost pity them now, Nightmare can stand people going after her I mean she's an evil monarch that's part of the package it's in the contract right with the whole evil laught and awsome glowing eyes deal. But going after Twilight somepony who means enough to her for her to basicaly flip the finger to the personifaction of death itself? Yeah weather they know it or not the griffons just made one HELL of a mistake.
Once again we get to see Twilight keep a level head in a situation that wuld have most running about in a blind panic. If it was me in her place this chapter I don't think I would have been anywhere near half as grounded as she was. I'd be curled up ina corner endlessly muttering please don't make me leave, with tears and snot dripping down my face. Also I love how Twilight without question walks to Nightmare's side. for all she knew that could have been a trick of death's to make her feel more comfertable about passing on. This really shows how much things have changed between Twilight and Nightmare for Twilight to have that kind of faith in her.
As happy as I am that Twilight and nightmare got away something tells me that this won't be over so easily. Note how Twilight mentions that her body doesn't feel right. she also mentions having difficulty seeing and moving too. Granted that could simpaly be a side affect for playing scabbord for a while and bleeding like a stuck pig for who knows how long befor being taken to the infermery. Anyway you slice things i don't think that twilight will be up and about much for the forseeible future. On the plus side she's alive, knows that nightmare really and truely cares for her, and she'll eventualy get to see her parents again. Also I'm quire sure that she'll never have to worry about being alone again. I don't see either Nightmare, or Moon Beam leaving her side anytime soon.
On a lighter note I wonder just how terrified the poor doctor is at this point? Not only did he have to put Cloudy backtogether only a few days ago. Now he's been charged probly under pain of death by the queen to see to it that twilight doesn't pass on. Yeah I'm sure ol' horesdoctor is nice and petrified right about now. Still it could have been worse for him, he could have failed to keep twilight alive long enough for Nightmare to attempte her rescue mission. that would not have ended well for him at all. Now the only thing he has to worry about is easing along her recovery and having the queen or Moon Beam hovering around his charge's bedside.
Well, I'm out of full on geek mode so it's time to wrap this up. Now excues me while i run off to find some classical music to listen to. I think this chapter calls for some Bach!
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<YAY) Another wall-o-text brought to us by JanusHyde .
After reading Janus's wall of text, I can appreciate this chapter more and what it represents for the future of the story. I still want to see Twilight kill Gilda though not cause I hate her, but because of the impact it would have on Rainbow Dash, and show just how far her Loyalty can be pushed. Just mentioning it because the Griffins are going to war and Gilda hasn't shown up in Ponyville so I'm assuming she never visited Rainbow Dash. The Eternal Night would probably have been too much of a downer for her to bother visiting Dash, it wouldn't be cool . So I imagine Gilda is some sort of soldier or perhaps an assassin who might crop up in the story.
And I saw what you did there ClonetrooperKev. Stark Trek 2 Spock's Death portrayed by NMM & Twi earns you another +5 internet and star trek points
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About her not dying right off; if you think about it in Pinkie Keen she is shown to be really durable.
This chapter felt a bit... Forced.
Up until now, we've been catching glimpses of NMM changing her way of thinking. It's been one of the more delightful things to read in this fic, seeing how it slowly and gradually develops. I could even see a scene such as this doing a lot to further their relationship, except I felt like it was taken a bit too far. Really, it's the cliché "save my life, everlasting love" idea. This as a whole removes a lot of the impact from the scene, it's over the top compared to what I think could have fit better.
I'd have liked to see, for example, NMM being stunned by the heroic rescue, subduing the griffin and quickly stabilizing Twilight. Leaving Twi hospitalized and NMM finding herself distracted by that fact, but not really coming to realize why. It would have continued the "trend" of slow progress in the story.
Of course, Twilight went from seemingly being in love with Brooke to changing her love to NMM in what seems to be 1-2 weeks in the story, so I suppose "slow progress" is relative.
And yes, this would have made the scene with Death entirely out of place. But that's good for me, it felt rather silly anyway. Maybe if you had been building up for it as some kind of Chekhovs gun, but the way it's just thrown in there makes it more distracting than anything else. (Considering the amount of death there is in this fic, there's plenty of place for building up to it as well, such as quick prayers for Death to be merciful, references to deaths realm, etc. It's a pretty huge metaphorical concept just "thrown in".)
Yes, plenty of negative points. But at least I try to be constructive with them :).
Okay I'm going to try and argue some points here so watch me fall flat on my face.
Gwenio, That falls underslapstick and if there's one thing a toon can live through it's slapstick. Think of all the punishment Tom. Wile E. Elmer fudd and others take. This was something more akin to The death of Gwen Stacey. The rule of unny was turned off drama was in full efect here so really her cartoon resistence to slapstick is a moot point.
Zanzibar, I see where you're coming from and I can agree that this did come to a head rather quickly here but I think that it was kinda the point here. If I'm recalling right at the end of the last chapter Nightmare finds and reads the lettet twilight wrote to her parents and was intending to send to them later that day. Notice how Nightmare is able to ake out the tearstained portion of the letter. The part where twilight mentions having a marefriend but that said relationship didn't work out the way she wanted it to. The big issue though is that Twilight didn't name a name there for whateve reason though it's probibly the pain of just how that whole situation turned out.
Take that into consdieration with Nightmare hearing Twilight choose her over her friends and family (Spike) then you have her track record of saving Nightmare Moon's life even before Brook desided that Twilight was far too happy and had to put a stop to that. Then the big issue Twilight once more stepped into the line of fire for nightmare's sake today thistime doing more then just shoulder checking, bucking, or throwing a pony around with magic. No this time she took the hit no hesitation, no second thoughts just a single gesture of her affections. So yes while this could be considdered rushed I still think that it works.
As for the grim pony and his relm of death, yeah some forshadowing would have made that better. However I don't know if the ponies would even know about him/her/it. If I'm right twilight and celestia are implied to be the only ponies who knew about Nightmare's return. Then with Discord while he is seemingly just as obscure he had an advantege on his side that no other villain so far has. That being that Celestia seemingly forgot a few important details about him. One being that transference of the EoH would weaken the spell's binding effect on him. The second being that displaying the spirt of chaos to the geniral public isn't a good idea. who's to say that he couldn't have been woken up sooner/ Fueding lovers, disgruntled employees, malcontents, teens in a rebelous phaze any number of things could have roused him after Nightmare moon returned and was cleansed. I guess what I'm trying to get at is just because the reaper pony is a real force in Equestria doesn't mean he'd be well known to the populas at large.
So uh yeah hopefully that didn't come across as defencive or argumenitiv because I'm just spit balling ideas here.
119515 It's quite like janus said. I'm sure I put something in the story itself of Twilight remembering books she's read on it, but it's kind of like aliens irl. People have had sightings, but they never match up and never consistent enough to be proven real. And, honestly, I'm not entirely sure how you'd foreshadow something like the spectral realm. (as a side note, I did a little 'life flashes before your eyes' thing in there. Her memories shaped her specific spectral realm. Tee hee) As far as the love thing goes, what Nightmare Moon said before destroying the griffon was very much fueled by emotion. She will not remember anything from that similar to Twilight's dream. I'm pretty sure I didn't put anything else in the story after that to even hint at unbridled love from Nightmare to Twi. I don't remember, but I'm pretty sure. Nightmare did cry, but she just had Twi take a scimitar halfway through her chest after jumping in front of her to save her. With the building emotions I'd kind of expect that reaction a little bit. Now as far as Twi goes, if you can remember from previous stuff, she has been pushed towards it by many circumstances. The betrayal of Brook, her choice to abandon her friends, Nightmare's growing kindness for her. She was becoming quite attached at the hip. Another long-winded explanation ftw~!
119774 Hmmm aliens isn't exactly fitting for my point as most of humanity know about alien speculation, but I'm sure you got the idea xD
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Oh being "proven real" have little to do with it. But just a few sightings would be enough to enter "popular culture" so to speak, and would give ample of room for folk tales, well wishes and religious symbolism that could have been put in there to begin with. Having a ponyfication of Death implies A Lot on its own. It implies the existence of souls, it implies a higher order that controls it, that puts it all in motion. The devil is in the details as they say.
You don't have to foreshadow the existence of a spectral realm for this. You just have to foreshadow the Concept of one. The concept of a physical death, something that may or may not be more than just an idea, as I mentioned in the details above. It's the little things that paint the picture, references to prayers, idols, etc. Nightmare Moon obviously knew of him as well, so an off hand (hoof?) comment from her would have carried a lot of weight. Even if it's just used as a "witty one liner" when she sends someone to the reaper. (Because, hey, all of a sudden her comments have become literal, rather than just metaphorical.)
And yes, Twilights love is the classic "Stockholm syndrome". Starting to care for your kidnapper and all that. Also, don't take the "unbridled love" bit too literally. I don't mean to imply that after this, they'll be all "lovey dovey" towards each other, but it is a very cliché way to get past the burden of realisation, eschewing much of the soul searching and introspection for a single traumatic event.
I... I'm sorry... the image you linked for Death just made me laugh
120430 It's from an awesome game and when I think of death, I think of something like that. Not so comical, but similar.
119962 I see what you mean with the death thing. That does make sense, but with the whole pop culture thing it still wouldn't work. The ponies are quite literally oblivious to things that don't happen right in front of their faces. Nightmare Moon was real and was important in the history of Equestria, but still only a few ponies knew of her. They live a very sheltered life and pretty much just live day to day unawares of the goings-on around them. Death, being very much like Nightmare Moon in the sense that he is real, works quite similarly. Also, the only reason death was shaped like a pony was to appeal to Twilight in order to 'help' her along the way towards eternal rest. He takes the form of whatever creature he has to guide. If he wanted, he could just stay normal and reap that way, but its better for the soul to go willingly. And yes. Everything has souls. The whole event doesn't exactly force her to realize her feelings. It helped Twilight who was already very close herself, but Nightmare was just furious that it had happened. And as the goddess of the moon, you'd know of the other realms beside the physical plane seeing as she 'guides' the ponies there.
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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS AT THE END
Now if a Belmont was there Death's ass would have been grass DERP
Simon Belmot honory membore of the Apple clan! because really I could see him and AJ getting along just fine.
And now I gave myself the mental image of Applejack asking Simon to free twilight from Nightmare's clutches. that sound like it would be an interesting scene though. Heh I woder how Simon would react to Twilight protecting Nightmare?
Alright! So, Peppy got over his I'll-hang-you-over-a-cliff-and-laugh-maniacally phase? Hooray!
Ponified Death? D'AWWWWW, he's so scruffy!
I've had to keep wondering, what are these ponies using to hold their weapons? WHAT MAGIC IS THIS?
You didn't even leave any edible griffon parts, you monster!
So now NMM vomits The Fire of Anguish? Enjoyable, as it's but solid, and fire!
The War on Griffons: We put some fish off to the side, we haven't seen them since.
119376 The much expected Wall-'o-Text! draining my sanity, bit by bit, leaving me an empty shell filled with speculation.
120499 I have truly enjoyed this fic so far! I can't help but to lurk in the comments here, and see what everyone is saying about it. My mind is already spawning little ficlets that drive me to wonder what I'll do with my life when this story ends.
somehow, I found a longer song. 54:46 ftw?
Twi is now the official tank of the party, quick, someone cast a healing spell!
Aww, I'm warping Rebel's mind! by internet logic that means I'm awsome! Well that had to happen sooner or later can't fail at verything mathmaticaly impossible and all.
No I haven't forgotten about Green Ink's articles on Twilight I'm just waiting for the next update so I'll have more to work with. I can pass on having Blueblood give an interview but Spike and most importantly Twilight can't be skipped.
As for Twilight being the party tank? I'm not so sure granted all my RPG knowledge come from video games but given how D&D is basicaly LotR with the number's filed off my points might still be valid. Any how nerdout mode activate!
It really depends what kind of party we're talking about here. I mean if we're talking something like Final fantasy tactics, or the like it depends on what job she hs equipped at the moment. However if we're talking about some thing like Lunar, or legaia then it depends on either how her equipment is costumized or what class/job she was preassigned.
If Twilight had to be an RPG class I'd say she's either a Red Mage/wisard or a calculater (FFT). I'm leaning more tword the latter with her though. ZEither way I just can't see her as a combat class like a Knight or dragoon she can take a few hits but really she's now bruser her job is to sit in the backrow and nuke stuff with magic or spam healing/ buffing spells.
Moon beam is a breserker no question about it, though she almost seems to be close to Gau from FFVI in ability. lots of power but no real controll over it and seemingly unaware of just how destructive she truely is.
Nightmare strikes me as a mulity classer of sorts, I'm guessing blackmage/wizard and either monk or ninja fast, powerfull and deadly.
Cloudy on the other hand is striaghtforword for once in this group. she's a knight and a damn good one fast effective and knows just how to make the most of her abilities even if they arn't as flashy as the rest of the groups.
Okay shutting up now before I start trying to make equpiment lists for them all yeesh.
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That was really, really great right up until Twilight said "Live long and prosper"
OK. I am starting to wonder that this might end up as Twilight dying (possibly sacrificing herself?). Hope it don't come to that point. I will never get used to fanfics that ends with mane 6 or other ponies I like (which means just everypony in the show, probably) dying. Can this story end in a happy ending? It does include 'grimdark' aspects, but still...
It can have a happy ending but given that this story has a less light hearted take on things that means that they'll have to earn thier happy ending through hardships, trials, and setbacks.
120901 All that Final Fantasy class stuff made me nerdgasm. I'm going to go change my pants now.
120948 As janus said before me, and as I have said many many times throughout the comments, this WILL (yes, I'm very serious face about this) have a happy ending. Sure, not everything goes right for them all the time throughout the fic, but it doesn't mean that it's going to end horribly.
121071 Glad for you to say that. But now I am wondering how will Twilight escape from death's grasp? It seems clear she is really dead and NMM just forced her back to reality.
NMM: ressurecting her people through sheer WILL power alone. I mean we know from the Hearth's warming story that they all live (unless that's set in the after life o.O) but still this has been some awesome chapters.
@janus: HAHAHA I was actually talking to some pals about that very thing XD FF wise id say shes a REd mage soon to be that Sage class. [ILL SET YOU ON FIRE AND heal my party next turn!)
So, I just finished flicking through all the chapters in 1 night...
I have to say, Twi's Stockholm syndrome has gotten pretty bad... Although I feel for her. Having gone through what she has, you can't help but feel for your captor...
121218 She's kind of like a red mage but instead of just being able to use the spells, she's VERY proficient in everything. She's kind of like a Black Mage and White mage combined without the restrictions of either class
121242 In this case, it's a stockholm that turns out for the better
Okay gaiz... The all-mighty Peppy has once again acquired the skillset known as: Bucking Sick Again. It might seem like an amazing skill to have, but I feel like plot. I'll do my best to get the next chapter out either tomorrow morning or the day after regardless, cuz I'm like that. Sorry! I'll do my best not to die though.
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Ah hell, get better soon Peppy
Get Well soon Peppy. and don't push yourself too hard for our sake man, we may want to get our Moonlight fix but we don't want to to feel like this is a second job, fanfic are ment to be fun.
Belmontzar, I think that she's closest to the Calculater class then anything. While Red Mage and Sage (especialy Sage) are good fits I think that calculater is best and here's why.
Red mages can't use the highest levels of either White(healing/positive status effects) or Black (Combat/negitive status effects) magic, they also lack the power of a sage.
While sages have the raw power and can use all the Black and White magic that a dedicated white or black mage can use sages have a fatel flaw. They have a limited MP pool and thier MP never increases as they level up. So while a sage can rock and roll for a few turns soon enough they'll be cowering in the back row chugging potions, and eithers like a frat boy.
Calcualters on the other hand are just plain broken. While they don't get to use EVERY white or black magic spell, they get to use the vast majority of them and they don't seem to suffer for not being dedicated to one school of magic. For the real kicker Caculaters don't need MP to cast spells. All they do is run a few calculation's through thier heads and BOOm spells be flying! The calculater's gimmic is that they know some damn much about how stuff works that through analises and skill they can make spells X, Y, and Z happen through the powers of math and SCINCE! Granted Twilight does seem to use the Equestria equivilant of MP but she seems to fit the rest of the bill for the class. Ah Final Fantasy Tactics! Your some damn fun and so frustraiting to boot!
Oh, I did it again didn't I?
A strange thought just occurred to me. Nightmare Moon will want to bolster her forces again and she needs to do so quickly right? So are there any mercenary companies she could hire, like Diamond Dogs, Zebras,other ponies or maybe Donkeys. That would be interesting since they could have very different styles of fighting which makes her army more specialized but Mercenaries might also cut and run if the battle goes badly. Of course the treasury being what it is couldn't sustain multiple contracts for any given amount of time, unless Nightmare Moon or Fancy Pants or whoever she has negotiate the deal has enough charisma and business sense, fear and intimidation will only go so far after all.
Also would the Griffin's use Mercenaries? Now there's an interesting thought as it leaves room for imagination at what they might bring to bare against Nightmare's regime. And now the last of my strange thoughts tonight. I remember earlier in the story you mentioned Nightmare Moon had temples, in fact her Obsidian Palace is built on one, now I think on it. Anyway's will Nightmare expect people to start worshipping her again, or are the temples more symbolic structures raised to honour her greatness.
Hey look at that, I just posted my own Wall-o-text Janus is still the master of those though.
I wonder, just how much will this insodent affect the relationship between Twilight and Nightmare? I'm not expecting Nightmare to just come out and admit her feelings just yet. I am expecting her to ponder them though. Sure Twilight has saved her life once more, and even appeared to confess her own feelings for Nightmare but I don't see things be that simple.
I'm betting that Nightmare will admit that she sees Twilight as too valuble to give up, but not for romantic reasons atleast not yet. While she may treat Twilight far better now then she did beofre for now Twilight is little more then a highly trusted and respected allie. Sure she stole her back from death himself, but I'm betting that she would have done the same for Moon beam, It's like she said when the recuess mission was caught in progress, or when she stopped those four colts from raping and illing her. Twilight is hers and she won't let anyone take away or distroy something that belongs to her.
Look at Nightmare's motivation for her rule, she wants love, admeration, respect, and affection. Not just for her work but for herself. yet for good reason she is very reluctent to let anypony get close to her. While I'm betting things were diffrent in her case I'm sure it took time for ightmare to see Moon beam as anything other then a usefull tool for quite some time. Heck for the first few chapters of the story Moon Beam isn't referred to as a daughter but as "My most faithfull minion." Yet over time this seems to have changed. Heck I'm betting that even Cloudy won't be seen as a friend and confident for a while yet. So yes Twilight's has made one hell of an impression upon Nightmare with her actions here but I have the feling that it will be some time yet before we see them intreacting like they were at the end of the hearth's warming chapter.
It was awesome! Oh, wait... it was....................... ~SPECTACULACULAR!!!~
Now hurry up and write the next chapter!
121273 I do hope so... Don't want to see poor Twi's heart broken
121287 I won't say you deserve it, because you don't, but you did just kill Twilight in front of Moon Beam. The poor thing will be traumatized for minutes, at the very least!
121895 On that note, I was only calling her the tank out of the context of what happened in the story: She took the hit, rather than the main damage dealer(as we saw when Twi took the hit.). She'd probably appreciate that healing spell, though. Y' know, with that scimitar in her lung and all.
I'm getting that strange urge to write again. I'll have to see where this leads me...
122610 You mean again, right?
122753 She's a tough cookie. She'll get better. With twi's help of course.
123003 Yes, again. Although Silent Brook got what she deserved the *****. She was going to kill Twi... Enough said...
123080 lol for sure.
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KEEP THIS UP, Im def bookmarking this story. I spent last five hours, can you believe it. Five hours pondering over every words and detail of the story. I don't think theres any words to describe but this story is powerful enough to provoke emotion out of me and I say that is actually rare for me.
You get all of my internets my good sir, cannot wait for chapter 21!]
Peace!
Morfonious
123621 Why, thank you kind sir or madam. I'll have the next chapter out pretty soon, either later today or tomorrow morning.
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I absolutely love how NM's feeling change from beginning to now. I mean, she is now willing to face and battle a immortal who is responsible for ferrying souls to other side to just bring Twilight back.
By the way, I'm a sir *haha*
Shouldn't pressure yourself to release it so quickly, piece of artwork takes time :D
Equestria Enquirer Vol 237 Iss 40 09-24-2501 PG 1
Image color photograph of Twilight standing at a podium levitating a stage of indext cards at her side apprently speaking to the full lecture hall before her.
Headline Riding High
By Green Ink
As twilight continued to delve further into her studies and seemingly shut out all but a very select group so as prevent herself from being distracted an odd but not unexpected occurnce happened. She became apart of the academic comunity. While it is something of a tradition for Celestia's puples to become big names in the field of magic normaly this doesn't happen until later on in thier lives like with Marigone lefay, Copperhorn the Third, and in more recent years Commet Counterbalence.
Twilight Sparkle however fell into her odd semi stardom in the feild of magical theory. A few teachers at Celestia's School for gifted Unicorns offered the position of internships to any students who wished to ern extra credit in thier corueses by helping said instructore further thier study durring summer breaak. While grades were no issue for Twilight the chance to work with her teachers on more advanced theory and partical knowledge in verous fields of magical study was far too good of an oppertunity to pass up.
"I made the offer every end of term hoping to further enlighten my students as well as help out those who needed some acidemic aid for whatever reason. However I rarely had any take up my offer much less dive in with the kind of deadication that Twilight did." Relic teacher of Magical History and Celestia's School for gifted Unicorns.
"Twilight was a joy to work with both inside the classroom and out. She was a real life saver when it came time to give speeches, while not the best at public speaking herself she can write an outline and notes tat flows rather well." Bell Curve professor of Advanced Magical Theory.
"To be quite honest it could be rather unsettling at times working with her. While a great student, and an attentive worker she never seemed to know when it was time to stop once she got going. I'm rather known for pulling all nighters myself but, Twilight wouldn't stop for anything once she got on a roll not even food or drink. It must have been Karma for ME of all ponies to drag someone away from the libary." Duel Wick Professor of Enchanted Artifiacts.
"Oh Wicky hasn't told you the half of it. It's rather unervering to see someone go a week and a half with only the bare minimue of food or drink, outright LIVE in the stacks and even forgo basic hygene as much as she can JUST so she can triple check a theory or better varify her sources." Blank Slate Astronomy teacher.
"I was quite pleased to have Twilight on my anuale summer archological dig team. In spite of the true frightning amout or raw magical power she has she could be very presice at times. Also I was able to con her into giving the speech on the team latest findings once we returned in the fall, while she could have done with a few lessons atleast I didn't have to be the one sweating on stage for once." Pitfall Proffessor of Archology.
Yet inspite or her be a vital membore on sevral research teams, co authoring articals, writing and on one rare but well receaved instence giving speaches in the Canterlot academic comunity she was still somehow an unknown to polight soscioty at large. For one as promonet as her to avoid the spotlight so well inspite of her status and contrubtions is really impressive to pull of ones one wonder about what she's hinding doesn't it?
The more we learn about the fast and furous life that Twilight was leaving the more the picture comes into focus doesn't it my dear readers. Still there is more work yet to do. We still have to find out why she was in Ponyvill that day and how she reappeared as someone so close to the new ruler of Equestria monthes later! Fear not for we shall learn my readers! As always never stop seeking the TRUTH and always Read Between the LINES!
So how did this one turn out?
124610 Very well, of course.
Heh, thanks though really when I read through that all that really stands out to me are the flub ups I made throughout it. Still I don't think I'm doing too bad with these given that I write when insperation strikes. Hopefully they manage the job of bing entertaining little sidestories ment to add to the main event that being Your fic Peppy.
124610 Hurray for updates! Looking good as always. and the story was pretty good, too
125006 I'll have to stalk down Skype and download it, so I can stalk you. hrmm.
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It was a beautiful night for traveling. The moon hung low, radiating warmth as the "day" cycle reached its climax. The fields shone in the now familiar silver light of the moon, and with the wind passing though, it looked like waves of silver lapping against a heather shore. This sight was lost on the group of ponies traveling through it, however, as it had been a good three nights of the same scenery.
One pony saw the next hill ahead, and decided to go ahead and see how much further they would need to travel. The other two wouldn't notice, as they were arguing about the role of tanks in a party or something ridiculous. The green pegasus crested the hill in moments, and saw what they had been looking for: the black castle of the Queen.
He called out behind him "Come on, you two, I can see it now!" One of the voices called back, "Ooh, is it the bakery?" He turned his head to see the red pegasus with an expectant grin on his face, as though they had been traveling days for a bakery. Before he could answer, a brown unicorn appeared beside him and said, "For the love of the queen, no, it's not a bakery. Although, I suppose, there is probably a bakery where we are heading, maybe even two, but that isn't what we came here for. It isn't what you came here for, is it?"
The red pegasus looked as though that was the silliest question ever asked and answered, "No, I thought we were heading for that castle over there to see if the needed any scribes or something like that." The pegasus, long used to such conversations, simply facehoofed and let it drop. "You didn't have to go hurt yourself, Janus, all I did was answer the question!" "...Reb, you are the strangest pony I've ever met. And that's including the pink one we met a while back." Janus replied. "The one that owned the bakery?"
The green pegasus felt the urge to interrupt at this point. "Stop with the damn bakery. After we get jobs, then we can hunt down the local bakery and find something delicious." "I didn't know you wanted to go find a bakery, Peppy. did you know he wanted to find a bakery, Janus?" Rebelfire responded. The other two ponies simply facehoofed and said in unison "Lets just go..." and began walking towards the castle.
Rebelfire looked at his companions and said "Okie! I do wish you two would stop hitting yourselves in the head so much, though." and started to follow them.
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Sorry if I pictured you wrong here, Janus, but for some reason I pictured you as both brown and a unicorn. also, gender specificness would help, are you male or female?
This is what I do while I wait for things to update: go insane and think about how to make stories stranger.
Brown unicorn suites me fine and yeah I'm a guy. As for mane and eye color eh go nuts, I'm on the tall and bulky side not sure what my cuitie mark would be though. much as I love writing I'm a fanboy of melee weaponry.