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"RAINBOW-DASH!!"
Rainbow Dash gave an irritated groan, while her ears perked at the sound of her name being called. Over, and over and over again. It was always something when she was taking a nap. With a frustrated sigh, she twisted to her side, and peered over the cloud she'd been snoozing on. Below her, the owner of the voice calling her name, Applejack, gamboled and pranced in a circle, giddy like a filly and beaming a bright and cheerful gleam of a smile. Rainbow Dash drew in a quiet sigh. Whatever it was that was going on below, wasn't going to let her get back to sleep. She was sure of it the way Applejack seemed beside herself with excitement.
"Yo AJ. What's up? I was kinda in the middle of a nap." Rainbow groused, leaping from her cloud high in the sky with a graceful little flip that set her down neatly next to the smiling Earth Pony. A contagious, beautiful smile that screamed of optimism and happiness. It was enough to make Rainbow Dash smile too, despite her grumpy demeanor at being woken up well before her nap was complete.
"Aww, shucks Rainbow! I didn't mean ta wake ya up, but trust me, heh, ya'll have all the time in the world ta nap!" Applejack squeaked happily. She was practically prancing in place with energy Rainbow swore she saved for bucking trees.
Applejack was cute in the way she could hardly keep her excitement down. The normally reserved Earth Pony seemed ablaze with ecstatic energy and Rainbow Dash found her wings starting to twitch in anticipation. As if she were preparing to dart off in a race or something. To her surprise, it only took a moment or so after she'd touched down for Applejack to wrap her forelegs around her in a loving hug.
Surprised by the sudden embrace, Rainbow Dash found herself returning it eagerly with a quiet laugh. It was unlike Applejack to be so open about her emotions, but Rainbow Dash caught herself smiling along with her friend. Whatever the reason for the good mood, it was making Rainbow Dash smile too.
"So whats up? Whadda mean I'll have all the time in the world to nap?" asked the pegasus. Applejack chuckled quietly and took a deep breath. She opened her mouth, shut it, opened it again, and then shook her head, as if finding the right words were difficult for her. Patience was not particularly a strong suite of Rainbow Dash, but she could wait while Applejack wildly searched for an explanation to her condition.
"Well...uh...forever! Reckon we're gonna live forever, Rainbow Dash! Least, that's the way Twilight tells it. Don't rightly understand it, but I-" Applejack began before Rainbow rolled her eyes.
"Yes, yes. Forever. Duh. My legacy as a Wonderbolt will be passed down, I'm sure. I mean, Wind Rider? Sonic Storm? Those legends? They're nothin' compared to me!" Rainbow chuckled. Applejack simply shook her head quietly and sat down in front of Rainbow, like she was carrying a huge secret. A huge, wonderful, glorious secret she couldn't wait to share.
"No, Rainy, ya'll ain't listening! You, Me? The Elements? We're gonna live forever!" Applejack explained in a rush of breath. Rainbow raised an eyebrow slowly. What?
"...err....whadda me-" She began.
"FOREVER Rainbow Dash! We're Immortal! I- I mean we're gonna be! Don't reckon I understand it myself, but, I got to talkin' with Twilight and-" Applejack stammered before Rainbow held up both her hooves. Slowly, Applejack was starting to understand Twilight's crazed behavior earlier this afternoon, for now her mind was racing too. The more she explained, the more she found herself drifting into thoughts of the future. She was going to need more land if she was going to plant so many apple trees. Much more land, and a better schedule, one Twilight surely could help with! Yes! That would work! She was snapped out of her thoughts by Rainbow's sudden, (and completely understandable) outburst.
"Wait, wait, wait! Whoa. Stop. Hold on. Back up. Rewind. What do you mean 'immortal' How does THAT work? We're not immortal!" Rainbow Dash snapped. That's when Applejack started laughing again. An onset of helpless giggles that came out of nowhere and seized her without mercy. It was a little unsettling to witness, but Applejack didn't seem to be able to help herself.
"I don't rightly know. I mean, Twilight was mighty convinced, and, uh, I gotta admit, I am too. She made a real good argument. Said, that uh, in the future, somehow, somewhere, we're all gonna be Alicorns. Didn't really take to it at first, but now that I've been thinkin' about it, it all feels right as rain." Applejack explained breathlessly through the throes of laughter that had over taken her. Rainbow Dash shook her head skeptically and gave a dismissive snort.
"Uh huh. And exactly what did Twilight say to convince you we were gonna be Alicorns, Applejack?" Rainbow asked. Applejack sat back on her haunches with a smug little grin tugging at her lips.
"She said she could see the pattern. That if it happened to her, she expected it to happen to all of us." Applejack responded. Rainbow rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, sure, but she was a unicorn. She was special." Rainbow said quietly. Applejack's grin didn't waver in the slightest, and she leaned forward to boop Rainbow on the nose with her hoof.
"And you ain't, miss 'Sonic Rainboom'?" Applejack asked, watching with amusement at the adorable blush that radiated over Rainbow's cheeks. She reached back to rub a hoof behind her head quietly.
"N-No, that's different. I mean, Twilight was-" She began.
"Just an ordinary unicorn that done did something extraordinary. Kinda like you. Kinda like me. Kinda like all us elements." Applejack grinned. The giggles were trying to return and she was doing her best to try and keep them at bay. Rainbow Dash gave an irritated snort at Applejack's clearly raging insanity. So it was Twilight who was to blame for interrupting her nap. She waggled a hoof dismissively and gazed back up at her cloud.
"Yeah? I mean...No. That isn't...that's crazy." Rainbow laughed nervously. Her voice was faltering. Applejack was grinning more and more.
"Oh yeah? That's just what I thought. But lemme ask ya'll this...why is it so crazy? We've defeated Gods. We've braved hundreds o' changelings. We done saved Equestria more than any other hero out there. Ain't nothin' out there that can stop us." Applejack explained. Rainbow Dash gave an irritated sigh.
"Why is it so crazy? Cause....Well...see...we can't just become Alicorns...that doesn't...that just...that just doesn't..." she sputtered quietly. Oh, but it did happen. It happened to Twilight. Rainbow Dash had never given it much thought before, but that's exactly what had happened. And if Twilight thought it would happen to them...
"Think about it Rainbow. I mean really think about it. Ya'll gonna live forever. You'll be the captain of the Wonderbolts. You'll create the worlds best stunts. You'll help me teach honesty and loyalty for generations and generations to come. You'll have all the time in the world to learn every trick, every stunt, every amazing impossible maneuver pegasi can do. You'll be the most sought after Pegasus by youngin's all over the place. Face it Rainbow Dash! Ya'll gonna be immortal!!" Applejack squealed, clapping a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. The cyan pegasus's mouth had dropped open and she sputtered and squeaked, looking for whatever words she could find to prove Applejack wrong. Words that weren't there. Words that turned to ash in her mouth and resurrected as an unstoppable, burning laughter. Noooow she was getting it. Applejack joined her, lost in the mind bending insanity Twilight had bestowed upon them.
"Now Rainy. I know we'll have the time n' all, but ya'll gotta promise me, one 'o the first things ya'll do...is teach me how ta fly, alright? Tween you n me...always...always kinda wished I could..." Applejack stammered quietly, a twinkling smile wrapped around her lips. Rainbow's muzzle twisted into a helpless grin and she threw her head back a cackled. Racing through the sky with her friends by her side? It was so surreal she couldn't wrap her mind around it. But oh, how she wanted to. It was a truly heart warming thought- a warmth that enveloped her soul entirely and left her with an unmistakable, unstoppable joy. Immortal...
Slowly, she turned to Applejack with a cheerful, unstoppable beam and wildly nodded her head, unable to pull the smile from her lips.
"OF COURSE I'LL TEACH YOU!!" She barked happily, squeezing her best friend in a firm hug! The idea of her and Applejack racing through the sky sent a tingle rippling down her spine and she found energy she didn't know she had coursing through her frame. Immortal? YES! She would be immortal! She'd touch the sky with Applejack and the others, race from one end of the planet to the other, and save any pony she came across and solved problems as they arose! She would be immortal, and she couldn't wait to tell somepony!
Somepony like Pinkie Pie...
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Eyyup. Called it.
I kinda thought they'd wait to tell Pinkie until last, but now that I think about it, they'd probably need all five of them to convince Fluttershy... Just speculating here.
I have a feeling Pinkie's chapter is going to be short.
"Immortal? All the time in the world to bake all the best cupcakes and cakes and pies and throw all the best parties that everypony will enjoy? COUNT ME IN!" 
It'd be funny if in the end Celestia shows up, and tells Twilight that she isn't actually immortal, because she's an ascended alicorn, and not one like Luna and Celestia themselves.
And then she says "Gotcha!"
And Pinkie will just stare at Dash with a raised eyebrow, "Well duhhhhhhh! Of course we're immortal. We're cartoons! Even if we 'die' in the story, the writers can just pull some resurrection stuff out of their plot and start us right up all over again!" She bounced away tra-la-la-ing while Dash just stood there drooling with her sense of reality shattered.
8329384 I would think Pinkie already knows somehow. Because Pinkie. And her reasoning will break the minds of the rest of them. It's Pinkie. How can her reaction be anything other than unexpected?
I think Pinkie will already suspect this, and not go as insane as the others. Cauz she already is insane.
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Think of their beautiful hybrid babies.
Again, this better not be smoke and mirrors on Twilight's part. You don't build up a pony like this only to lead them over a cliff. :-)
I love and adore how utterly infectious Twilight's 'happy crazy' is 'spreading'.
Another writer used an amusing silent reveal that Celly and Lulu were taking bets on who'd ascend next or who'd ascend first.
I imagine Celestia remarking, "And once there are enough 'princesses' around Equestria, Alicorns will be seen as normal, and the whole 'royalty' thing will fade away, and we'll be treated as equals rather than elites!"
And Luna would ask, "You plan on making everypony in Equestria an Alicorn?"
And Celestia would reply, "Not all at once, that would be foolish."
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Yes, yes.
This I, this is part of my Head cannon in some stories as well. But agreed. I love the idea of the Mane six being all Alicorns.
I also concur I do not want this to be smoke and mirrors. This cannot be smoke and mirrors Equestria is too good and pure to not be smoke and mirrors. I really, really love the idea that this will see them, heck it could be that the energies that they are feeling could actually make them keep up with Pinkie Pie, for all we know this energy that they have, that is making them act and have the energy of Foals is the start of them ascending into being Alicorns. It could be a slow process, but it is going to be amazing I feel.
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The only problem with those stories is when writers use it as an excuse to brute force through the canon events and curb stomp the canon villains.
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I don't fully understand your comment.
However, I feel that this won't happen in this story.
I feel that this is going to be amazing and we are going to enjoy it I firmly believe. There is going to be fun, I enjoy this story a lot.
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Yeah leave it up to PINKIE PIE
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'Nuff said.
I'm not joking when I say this fic is one of the best I've ever read. It's uncommon to see immortality in a positive light, and I think this is the only fic in which I am okay with the rest of the Mane 6 becoming alicorns. I'm looking forward to more of the updates.
Very cool and smooth, sis! Enjoying this story very much. Nice twist in getting AJ to get Rainbow to understand.
Omg Rainy is such an adorable nickname for Dashie :D
I've never seen that as a nickname for Rainbow before, but I like it.
And now Rainy doesn't have to leave Tank in her will to her future kids. Tortoises often live over 150 years.
And when we get to the end of this and the Elements tell the Sisters about their plans. Celestia and Luna look at each other, look back at the group. "You realize there can only be five alicorns at one time, right? Flurry Heart kinda filled up the last position there..."
This story has a lot of sad potential. BUT IT IS SO OPTIMISTIC THAT I REALLY WANT IT TO HAVE A HAPPY END...
heh, end...
(get it? because they are immortal, and endless)
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My new headcanon.
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Well, I imagine they'll be taken to the great beyond when the heat death of the universe happens.
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Which part?
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Seen as equals?
Tell me more...
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Celestia didn't say spy on each other to make sure everyone is following the creed, or using brainwashing huts or making herself an Earth pony while everyone else is an Alicorn, (the flaws of Starlight's society can be applied to any philosophical point of view, and makes for a poor argument. Canterlot Boutique made a much better argument against sameness.)
This is a bit scary... If they are all gonna be Immortal, wont that mean that they will eventually devolve into horrifying unrecognizable immortal monsters, or something?
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Heat death of the universe is a hoax made up by the inter dimensional portal industry.
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................................wat?
No. No darling. No darling, what on earth would lead you to expect them to somehow 'de-evolve?' Why would that be the case? o.o
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Maybe from all those stories where the mane six get immortality or an infinite amount of time on their hands, become absurdly overpowered to where NOTHING in the universe can touch them (rather than things that are nasty leveling up with them or there being nasties at that level waiting for them), and they pat themselves on the back for being so generous and considerate as not to lord it over the poor little rest of pony kind.
Most of those stories come down 'let's trash the plot of the canon events to show how powerful they are now'.
I don't get that feeling from this fic. This feels like it done right!
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To that, I imagine Maud Pie would say, "Everything will come to its end. Even immortality is just a extended lease. Every boulder will be worn down to a pebble, how do you think Boulder got so small?"
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Celestia's mastermind plan, of course. It explains Cadence, Twilight, and even Flurry Heart! if alicorns can be born, they are natural, an if they are natural the'll end as normal.
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I know. I'm not trying to compare them. I blame my warped brain for making the image association. Sorry if I seemed to do so. It was a lot funnier in my head.
What if, what if... I like it when stories get me thinking about what ifs for the future story line. Even if I am wrong it can still be fun.
What if... Twilight is right about this all?
What if... This "infectious happiness and energy" they are spreading is something more.
What if... the Rainbow Power they've held in check since Tirek's defeat is just waiting.
What if... Twilight unknowingly created a catalyst to make her own predictions a reality.
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I don't think smoke and mirrors is the right term. That would imply she's intentionally deceiving them. Twilight honestly believes, based on spurious logic, her friends will all live forever, and they're all infected enough by her enthusiasm to buy into it.
Celestia's remark is also laughably naive. Everyone becoming alicorns will change nothing. She and Luna are still the oldest and strongest and most experienced, so everyone will still look up to them and force them to lead them. The elite will still be the elite because they're richer than everyone else. Nopony will be as smart or strong or brave or rich as anyone else. The only change is species and lifespan. True equality is impossible, no matter how much Starlight might want it.
Just waiting for Celestia to find out and tell them that there's only one alicorn per group.
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What would you want instead, out of curiosity?
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Where the CANON villains level up with the heroes. Ensuring they are still a challenge and still inspire the character growth they do.
I'm laughing and crying and laughing to tears and crying to laughter. I love it. Keep up the great work. This is going in my bookmarks
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Makes sense
Isn't it canon now (or at least in the comics) that at least one of the Big Three (Celestia, Luna, Cadence) wasn't a unicorn to begin with? Or is that just fanon?
That being said, if you live long enough, sooner or later you'll run into a meteor with your name on it. Immortality requires indestructibility. (I guess they should put Glimmer to work on that one.
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You're thinking of Cadence. That whole thing with the not-a-changeling-but-still-love-stealing witch.
Although I still think Luna would have made a cute pegasus foal, too.