Lady Twilight Sparkle,
Allow me first to extend my sister’s apologies for not writing herself. Both she and I have been rather busy studying the story disks you sent to us. In fact she is still researching them at this very moment, no doubt making further comparisons between what they contain and her own records of events (a great many of which I failed to be privy to considering I did not truly rejoin Equestrian Society before your town’s Nightmare Night celebration.)
She also wished that I tell you that she’s very impressed by the spell you fashioned so said disks could be researched. A feeling which is most assuredly mutual. Haycartes himself would be most impressed with how you advanced his magic!
Back to the point of this letter, my sister and I were curious about how much you actually read on those story disks. And whether, perhaps, Pinkie Pie had also seen them? A simple curiousity since we have seen enough to verify these disks do have recordings of events that have already (and likely have yet to) come to pass and share your concerns about this future knowledge and whom has had access to it.
Also neither of us have received a missive from Flash Sentry since his initial report. Considering he planned to go speak with your friend Fluttershy perhaps you could check in with her about whether she has seen him? Though he’s a trained guard Celestia and I do worry about our little ponies.
Please respond with all due haste.
Sincerely,
Princess Luna
Dear Princess Luna,
I do hope you’ll forgive the poor choice of ink color and how it clashes with my stationary. It would seem that a certain somepony’s aerial antics from earlier shattered every bottle of plain black that I had in my shop! Fortunately I had just reorganized so none of the merchandise was damaged but it was quite a mess to clean up
Apologies, I’m digressing. Though you’ll also need to forgive your little ponies’ confusion in this case.
In regards to Sir Flash Sentry I can help with that at the very least. I was having tea at Fluttershy’s cottage not too long ago when Rainbow Dash interrupted it with her ill-timed Sonic Rainboom. Something I’ve grown used to since the Best Young Flier’s competition, but apparently Fluttershy’s animal friends have not seeing as they panicked. Unfortunately they did so right when your knight was arriving!
Now the good news is he wasn’t seriously injured. Still, Harry the Bear is a shockingly timid soul when it comes to loud noises and often doesn’t remember to look where he’s going when frightened.
To make a long story short, Fluttershy and I escorted Sir Sentry to Ponyville General Hospital to receive treatment for a few scrapes. And bruises. And possibly some mild head trauma and bee stings but Nurse Redheart assured us that he’ll be back on his hooves by this evening!
Which brings me back around to the confusion I mentioned earlier. You see, Sir Flash Sentry was unfortunately in no condition to explain just what a Royal Guard was doing in Ponyville. Compounding matters, as Fluttershy and I were leaving the hospital, we found dear little Spikey sulking in the town square!
Now, Spike on his own is hardly anything new, but to see him looking rather upset without either Twilight or Gary around trying to cheer him up was something neither of us could ignore. The fact that he didn’t lapse into his (admittedly flattering and rather adorable) habit of fawning over me the second I walked up gave away that something must be wrong.
Therefore, Spike is currently at Carousel Boutique. Which might have lead to me reading accidentally seeing the message you sent for Twilight. Given the way he reacts whenever her or Gary Stu’s names come up and this talk of “story disks” and such I get the sneaking suspicion that Fluttershy and I are dreadfully out of the loop on some very important matter.
Your faithful and concerned citizen,
Rarity
Dear Miss Rarity,
My thanks to both you and Fluttershy for attending to Sir Flash Sentry in his time of need. As for the current situation, I think it would be better if you heard it from a friend rather than myself or Celestia. Sometimes the words of royalty can have more of an unintentional sway over a pony’s response then I can begin to describe.
By all means, stay with Spike for the time being. I’m certain that either Twilight will find you all soon enough or he’ll likely inform you about what’s happened.
Your loving ruler,
Princess Luna
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Dear Princesses Luna,
Please pardon all the extra ink I used. I’m still not quite used to writing to royalty like this. Even though I’ve already done it a few times and
I should be more careful, I don’t want to waste the last of Rarity’s ink.
I’m afraid things are only getting more confusing here. Especially with poor Spike. Not that Rarity and I aren’t doing the very best we can to try and cheer him up! It’s just that, after your letter, Rarity tried (very calmly and nicely of course!) to get him to tell us what was going on. He really must not be up for talking though because he just stammered and then started looking like he was going to cry
Oh, I wish Pinkie Pie were here. Nopony is better at cheering up sad children than her.
Anyway, Rarity took Spike to the back of the shop where it’s quieter to try and help him calm down. Which is why I’m writing to you now.
I couldn’t really understand most of what Spike was saying, but I swear he mentioned something about either Gary or Twilight taking something from him? Or possibly the both of them doing it? Maybe I misheard that part but then he definitely said that Sir Sentry was looking for Gary Stu.
Well I do remember seeing Gary a little bit before Rarity showed up for tea. He passed by my cottage and didn’t even notice when I waved to him. I guess he was really busy or something since he just walked right into the Everfree Forest. Maybe he was going to visit our friend Zecora? You remember her from Nightmare Night, I hope. She keeps a relatively safe trail to her hut and it wouldn’t be the first time any of us went in the forest alone to see her.
Oh dear, we’re almost out of ink. I hope that helps with whatever is going on! I think Spike has settled a bit so I’ll go see if he’s up for sending this message and maybe telling us what happened.
Your faithful citizen,
Fluttershy
To: Acting Guard Captain Steel Hoof
Re: New Orders
Captain Steel Hoof, we require a new detachment of soldiers to be sent to Ponyville immediately.
As per our previous order, the human known as Gary Stu is involved in a matter of great importance to Equestria. Latest reports from Ponyville indicate a strong possibility that he has entered the Everfree Forest unaccompanied. I do not believe it necessary to mention how dangerous those woods can be even to those of us able to use magic.
Included with these orders is a copy of the intel we received. Although the area Mister Stu should be travelling through is said to be safer remind your stallions to be vigilant as well as thorough.
We also believe there’s a slim chance he might be seeking the ancient castle within the forest, once the hiding place of the Elements of Harmony. Ensure that your men proceed with all due caution and speed. Finding Gary is your top priority.
From: Princess Luna of Equestria
Addendum:
Sir Flash Sentry is currently interned with minor injuries at Ponyville General Hospital and still requires proper debriefing. I assume you’ll attend to that before allowing the poor colt to return to Canterlot.
FINALLY! They going to find out Gary Stu stole Spike Chance to make a difference, he was the hero of the crystal empire, he had fans he had respect!
Considering how little the series seems to give him and how he the butt of all the jokes. That and the Thorax story gives him some credit, but one of them is lost forever.
My money is on the guard's being overzealous and hurt Gary, thinking that's what Luna wanted them to do. I don't expect him to be seriously hurt mostly just roughed up you know a black eye or two a fat lip, visibly limping and a little bruised up, at worst maybe a broken finger or missing a tooth.
It would be a big impact to Twilight if afterwards something was said to her in the right way for example "For whatever reason he did thing the way he did he used the knowledge to try and help, the only thing you've accomplished with the knowledge so far is tear apart several friendships and cause harm to Gary"
Heck a response from Gary for why he didn't tell anyone could be along the lines of "Why didn't I tell anyone? Twilight less than a minute after finding out, you restrained me in your lab against my will, in less than ten seconds flat after finding out Rainbow took off to try and pound my face in, and because of Luna finding out, my face DID GET PUNCHED IN BY HER OVERZEALOUS GUARDS!"
Luna...you did NOT just tell the captain of the guard that the guard you sent after someone is now currently in the hospital without explaining exactly WHY he's in the hospital, and that it's due to causes mostly unrelated to his mission? Meaning that he's likely to come to the conclusion that Flash was injured by Gary!?
I hope you like your humans bruised or worse, because poor Gary's probably about to become that when the next group of guards find him faster than you can say 'police brutality.'
I wonder if Gary's going into the forest to try and get back home.
In fact I wonder if maybe that was one of the reasons he stuck around the mane six so much. Maybe he hoped that they'd help him find a way home esp. after they became friends. I think that might be an interesting plot point, maybe leading up to a final confrontation between him and the mane six where he reveals his only real desire was to get home, he never intended to interfere with their lives as much as he did but found himself in unavoidable situations. Long story short Gary feels betrayed by them since most of them probably don't want to help him get home anymore, and the mane six feel betrayed as well because of all that's happened recently. Maybe the portal or whatever Gary came through reappears and he goes through leaving Equestria forever leaving the issues of his time there open to interpretation. (Or resolved in some way). Maybe Gary wrote a letter to Celestia before he left advising her to destroy the disks since he knows personally how much trouble can come from knowing it.
I doubt this is what the author has planned but I think it sounds cool.
You know, I remember reading a Ranma story where Luna did this same damn thing; sending guards after someone with no specific orders and then mentioning someone else was hurt nearby. Which, as people will do, will instantly be translated as "Gary hurt Flash and is to be taken into custody post-haste."
So Spike already knows that Gary "stole" his chance for "heroism" in the eyes of the Crystal Ponies? Now he thinks that Twilight had a part in this as well and the impression that one of them, or potentially both, ruined his future.
Well, I can't fault Spike if he decides to do something drastic like banishing Gary out of his life or Twilight (for whatever reason. I don't know, Fluttershy wrote that he reacts the same way when they mention Twilight's name is mentioned, as it happens if Gary's name comes up. So SOMETHING has to be the issue here...)
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
The ponies of Equestria are either criminally negligent, or criminally stupid. When it comes to communication, at least. Realistically, it's probably somewhere in the middle, but that doesn't make the truth any less painful.
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You forget.....this is a Gary Stu we're talking about.
The con has run its course. Gary has had his fun being the good guy. Now he'll have some selfish 'fun' as a villain.
My bet is on Gary using the mirror pool to cause some...
As I was typing this, Fallout 3's Gary vault popped into my head. The episode will be called "Too Many Garys." Instead of saying "fun" they'll say "Gary".
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you realize Gary Stu is an actual name we use in the English language right? it's entirely possible the author is using a turn of phrase on us.
I was originally slightly put off when It was mentioned that Gary took Spike's role; since most of the other mentioned events he just took a passive role by cheering up or pointing in the right direction. If you take into account that we aren't sure if the timeline would run as smoothly and to follow the DVD timeline you have to pretty much throw a baby/kid off the roof of a castle. I can now see why he may have taken spikes role in that event if not for 'glory'.
If we take the assumption that the DVD timeline is not completely accurate which it's not. Gary’s presence alone pretty much disproves that timeline. Celestia, Luna, and the main 6 have to take large risks to insure the timeline goes as the DVD showed. For instance having to let Discord free knowing his possible betrayal and having to risk an entire nation/world with Tirek for Discord to learn a valuable lesson about true friends. Rulers can’t really make those risks. I wonder how much of the DVD Celestia will see because it will become a burden later on. Also how many seasons does Gary have? Are we also talking about the movies?
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Um, shouldn't that be "interned"? Interred means "buried", unless there's some obscure use for it that I don't know of.
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Ah whoops. Thanks for that.
inb4 the story ends with Gary tied up next to some changelings
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But if that is the case though, why didn't Gary tell the Mane Six or the Princess of his dilemma from the first opportunity he got then? Like right after him being good friends with the Mane Six. From the sound of things, Gary has been with them for a long while and more than a few days. And there has been no mention of him having a desire to return to his home if he had mention it to the Mane Six or the Princesses.
It just doesn't make sense.
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I don't know. With everything that's going on him wanting to return home doesn't sound like something the mane six would be thinking about right now. So it could be that it just wasn't mentioned. It's all just speculation at this point anyway, but fun speculation.
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Fun Speculation? I guess so...
I would believe if he mentions it, they would actually help him out with that after he gains their trust.
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Yeah. I imagine it's one of those situations where they don't know where he came from and can't figure out how to send him home.
Well it depends on the person I guess. I was referring to how this story is making a lot of people think and talk, some nice some not so much.