Chapter 123: Fudge
Ranger
Chapter 123: Fudge
By Wanderer D
Alejandra had taken to walking slowly, then, as she built confidence, she had started trotting, then running and trying to flap her wings, which still refused to obey her will.
When she found she had a good sense of her balance, she started studying her body again. Her armor covered her chest fully, although her hindquarters were less protected, with only pieces of armor strategically located to protect muscles, tendons and her underbelly. Her tail, which swished uncontrollably at times, also had a nice-looking armor of sorts that covered it all the way to the base of the tip.
"Oh nononono," Twilight muttered pacing back and forth in front of the mirror. "This is not good! Tala's a breezie! A fuuuuuuuu—" Her eyes went to Spike. "—uuuuntastic breezie! Why not a Thestral! Or a minotaur? Or a Yak!"
Alejandra stopped admiring her claws to blink at her. "Funtastic?"
Twilight whirled in place, facing Alejandra with some annoyance. She waved at the small purple dragon within hearing range. "Have I introduced you to Spike? He's a baby dragon."
Alejandra looked down at Spike, who looked up at her with a slightly embarrassed expression. "I mean, he looks young… but he doesn't really act like a baby so wh—ooooh you didn't want to say 'fudge' because he's too young to hear that!"
There was an awkward pause.
"What's wrong with 'fudge'?" Spike finally asked.
"I didn't say fudge!" Alejandra said indignantly. "I said 'frak'!" Her eyes narrowed. "Feather! Francis! Font!" She growled a very leonine, aggressive growl. "Gah! What the freaking feathering fundamental fractality is this!?"
Twilight's horn stopped glowing. "Armonium's Alliterating Addendum," she said with a slight smirk, "Useful for many things. Among them... censoring."
"Flying piece of storm spell, that's what it is."
"I don't get it," Spike said.
"That's the point!" Twilight snapped, then turned to face the hovering, angry breezy. "Wow, you've already figured out how to fly, I'm impressed."
Tala motioned with her hooves and made threatening gestures.
"So, uh..." Spike cleared, "Don't want to interrupt your chat with the breezy, but, black vines? Missing princesses? Danger, Twilight Sparkle, danger?"
"Spike is right," Alejandra said, trotting over to the little dragon and sitting next to him. "Tala is a Skirmisher, she'll be okay."
"Hm," Twilight turned to look at the breezie. "I have no doubt she'll be okay, but we need to be able to communicate a—" She stopped, eyes widening and a small smile crossing her face. "I got it!"
She concentrated: magic materializing around them all, twirling and coalescing around her horn in purple-read streams of energy that eventually gathered into a crackling ball of spinning white energy that she then sent flying straight into the breezie.
"Oh wow. I knew she was going to be mostly useless, Twilight but you didn't have to feathering kill her." Alejandra blinked, then rolled her eyes. "Frak. Frackity frak frak frak."
"Stop that," Twilight ordered. She turned to face Tala, who was still hovering in place. "Now, Tala, I have granted you the ability to use the Canterlot Voice. Try taking a deep breath and, don't shout; project your voice at me. As if you were trying to sing at a crowd…" she trailed off, seeing the bewildered look in the tiny Skirmisher. "Um… as if you were trying to, uh… give orders to the troops. They're far, but you need to be firm and imposing, not shouting like a maniac."
"Like this?" Tala's voice was clear as a normal speaking person. Or… pony.
"Yes! It worked!" Twilight cantered in place, drawing (and ignoring) an: "Awww, she's adorkable!" from Alejandra.
"It's about friggin' time!" Tala shouted, although it sounded less like a shout and more like normal speaking volume, "I will tell the commander of the utter disrespect I've experienced since arriving in this flaming world!" She paused. "Fumble. Fred. Oh, come on!"
"Wow, you guys sure do like your F words," Spike said.
"In any case," Twilight spoke up, all mirth gone as Tala flew over to land on the dragon's head. She sat down, looking at her companions will full seriousness on her face. "Here's the situation: as of ten hours ago, the rulers of this country went missing. There's a lot to explain right now for you two to fully grasp the impact this has on an international level given the urgency of the matter, but let is suffice that if we don't find them, the world is literally doomed.
"Right now, my friends, known as the Elements of Harmony, have been investigating the disappearance of the Princesses and their relation to the strange, black vines that have emerged from the Everfree Forest."
"We don't know why they're coming out, but the way they're growing, Applejack thinks they'll cover all of Equestria!" Spike added, "And it's not just that! The clouds coming in from the Everfree are also somehow magical."
"Magic, really?" Tala asked.
"I'm an alicorn, she's a griffon, he's a dragon and you're a fairy pony," Twilight pointed out, voice dry, "which part exactly makes you skeptical?"
Tala crossed her tiny forelegs and humphed. "Just point me at the enemy."
"We don't know who the enemy is," Twilight said, standing up angrily. She turned around and walked out of the palace, the others following behind. "But we don't have time to think about it. We'll rendezvous with my friends in Ponyville, and figure out from there our next steps."
"How far is Ponyville from here?" Alejandra asked distractedly, her eyes roaming the palace and the architecture in wonder.
"We'll take the train, of course," Twilight replied, but then she gasped. "Oh, no! We need to make sure we don't miss it!"
"Wait!" Tala called out just as Twilight was about to gallop away.
"What?" Twilight asked, "We must hurry!"
"Sure," Tala agreed, "but first tell me… what are those?" she asked pointing with her tiny hoof to a pair of pegasi guards standing next to a chariot.
Alejandra aimed down the side of the chariot with her rifle. Looking through the scope, she could see the black vines slowly growing and reaching through the countryside. "I have to admit," she said, looking up to the others. "There is something very spooky about those things."
"I'm sure it's something we can kill," Tala said, fluttering over to take a look herself.
Alejandra leaned back to let the breezie look. "What do you mean?"
"Those things are not growing randomly. There's a will behind them, and an objective. If it were natural, why would they be speeding in the direction we're coming from?"
"That's a good point," the griffon acknowledged.
"Well figure it out," Twilight said, eyes ahead, searching the horizon. "Ponyville is just ahead, I hope you two are ready."
"Yes, ma'am!" Alejandra replied, grinning. "Locked and loaded."
"Captain Whirlwind." Twilight turned her head to look at the pegasus flying next to them. "I hope your pegasi are ready for the task ahead?"
The captain saluted. "Yes, Princess. You just need to give us orders."
"Excellent," Twilight said, trying to project her inner Chrysalis as Ponyville came up ahead. It was worse than she had anticipated; the whole town was covered in vines, dark and aggressive, and clouds attacked the few pegasi that tried to push them away.
She gathered her courage, took a deep breath and spoke as evenly as she could. "Everypony in that town is to be considered a civilian, Captain, except for the Elements of Harmony. I want a squadron of your best pegasi to fight off the clouds until the civilians have flown out. Those that want to help will follow your directions to keep the clouds away while the rest of your troops to coordinate with Alejandra here on a search and rescue at ground level.
"Given the size of the town, I expect you all to be done by the time I have finished updating the situation with the other Elements. Do you think you can do this, Captain?"
"Yes, Princess!"
Twilight nodded. "Then start your operation, we'll join you in the town soon enough."
The captain saluted and flew off, calling in for his troops to follow and splitting them as indicated by Twilight.
"Wow, Twilight," Spike said, eyes wide. "That was awesome!"
Twilight smiled gently and patted his head encouragingly. "Let's hope that's enough of a start."
o.0.o End Chapter 123 o.0.o
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D'awww Twilight found her ability to lead like a real leader early.
Our Twilight is all grown! I am so proud.
Fuuuuuuntastic!
Discord incoming.
"you were trying sing at a crowd"
"you were trying to sing at a crowd"?
commander twilight has taken the field!
They can't swear anymore becauese of spike, Hahahahaha!
8994277 Fixed! Thanks!
Cute "Lost in space" referenc.
And I'll admit I didn't forsee so many ways to censor swearwords.
*snif* Our little Twilight is growingup so fast.
It's alright Tala, it's the little gestures that count.
Oh this is gonna be fun. I wonder if Tala and Alejandra like cakes and cupcakes. I bet Pinkie would offer them some and Tala would say "What's a cupcake?" and probably break Pinkie's mind. They will probably have some downtime for as long as until Twi can get the fancy portal rechargeable and activate on command.
Couple things i hope that happen. 1) Twilight invites Queen Chrysalis over for strategy talk and to talk with Commander Chryssy. 2) Tala learns to have fun and not try to stab everything in sight. 3) Alejandra meets Gilda or at least gets the standard HiE mane 6 tutorial run of Equestria.
This is gonna be fun.
Eager to see if this Twilight is more supportive of slapping Discord around a bit when it's revealed that this is 100% his fault. Or at least attempting to.
Not sure why nopony ever called him out on this ancient contingency plan of his that he "forgot" until the magical artifacts capable of restraining him were oh so conveniently rendered no longer accessible.
If things progress roughly the same as in the show, I can imagine the report to the Commander.
The attack was from an ecological bioweapon Discord created right before he was deposed and imprisoned a millenium ago, as part of a contingency plan to escape confinement and neutralize the princesses in the process. Apparently, the timer malfunctioned and that's why it went off now. The ecological crisis has been contained and eliminated, but we no longer have access to the Element of Magic. We do have this strange new box though. Additionally, there is no longer even a theoretical check on the "reformed" nigh-omnipotent mad god, other than Fluttershy's friendship and approval.
Well, she is a full on Warrior Princess now fokes. Rainbow will get it, not sure how the rest are going to take this Twilight.
Will see how Zacora takes this shift in her personality as well. Zacora might even know something, never can tell with her.
I do really wonder if all breezies turn into Advent troopers or not. We've seen Ember and Torch are people, but unless Spike goes through we will not know if he is a dog, a person, or something like a Muton, so who knows!
If all those super fragile breezies do turn into Skirmishers on the other side, I wonder how many will want to volunteer just to be big?
That's very good, Twilight. Now just remember not to say that out loud in Equestria.
10 bucks says someone blows Discord's head off and he gets huffy about it.
Commander Twilight Reporting for Duty.
Ooh! Twilight's experience has lead her to act so much differently than original universe Twilight, it's rather stunning! Boy will her friends be surprised! None of this "my friends don't need me" junk.
So exciting!
Shepherd would be proud, Twilight.
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You're welcome!
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i think the great commandy one would have a fokin aneurysm from that report.
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I'm back!
twi..What happened to you? It's only been a week.
It be interesting if there was a small time dilation between worlds.
Hahaha
Discord is going to have an unpleasant day. Probably not a fatal day, but definitely unpleasant.
Nicely decisive orders from Twilight there, looks like her time with XCOM taught her a bit about command.
This could go very well or very poorly. I suppose we'll find out which.
Now that we are back in Equestria, Twilight slaps back the PG 7 tag.
Anyway she sure learn her ropes in commanding during her little trip.
We sure do.
Huh. Hadn't considered how Twilight would now be better prepared for the military command parts of her job than in canon. Interesting.
I am Commander Twilight and this is my favorite story on fimfiction
Would me interesting to referrence elerium in equestria and xcom gets a steady supply of it. Like in Mente-metria and stardust. Or maybe sending a few solar guards as xcom recruits.
- Holy moly your spitting out these chapterz like it nothing!
so when is twilights volume of 'how to alienate friends and manipulate people' coming out?
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I bet 100 bucks.
Hahahahaha!!!!!
A censoring spell. This isn't a censoring spell. Where are all those loud anoying bleeps?
Hahahaha! Ooh man I am WAY too tired when that line gets me literally cracking up.
Good schnitzel. Shitzue... shish-kebabs!
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Was that Lost in Space reference?
Twilight's first operation when touching down in Equestria is leading her own terror mission. Hoo, boy, this'll be fun.
Ohh ... this will be fun ...
We'll
When I first heard of trouble back in Equestria, I was thinking it was just a narrative excuse to have characters out of commission for a while in the main story.
I have been proven wrong, in the best way possible.
Imagine if these two went back to Earth and Twi forgot to remove the censor spell.
And look at Twilight with the big girl military jargon and strategy. I've always wanted my friends to talk military jargon when we're playing online games together and destroy the enemy with strategy and teamwork! But instead they talk about the weather, politics, or about a bad healer they were grouped with last week. I'm lucky if they decide to talk about the game we're playing! Well I'll just have to shout jargon twice as much to make up for them.
"Hey Squiddy."
Squiddy looked up from her gun. "What?"
Blink brought a small hammer down on Squiddy's foot.
"STUPID STUFF SAND SHIPS!" Squiddy shouted - and then proceeded to blink. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? A SWEAR FILTER?"
-GM, master of laughing too hard.
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AHSUAHSUABA LMAO
I'm dead
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it's been a while since I last read LSB
I stopped in the middle because I knew I wouldn't be able to wait for a new chapter because it's just too good
I guess I'll get caught up because of this comment alone, Thanks Blackjack
Damn... Wonder how they fix Tirek? Missle aimed at his ear to make his skull explode?
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I have yet to encounter a problem that cannot be solved via high explosives
I know this is wishful thinking, but I would like for both chrysali’s is to meet.
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Commander Chrysalis would absolutely thrash Queen Chrysalis, Changeling or not.
Something I had no considering is time dialetion, how mutch is 1 day in Equestria? This will be very hard to coordinate and cost the Earth side a lost of gray hairs!