Twilight never became an alicorn princess and instead lost her life as a result of Star-Swirl the Bearded's unpredictable spell. But being dead doesn't prevent Twilight from visiting those she cares for...
Every day Celestia shares light and love with all the ponies of Equestria. In turn, they share their love with her. Still, the princess senses there is something missing. Something her heart longs for.
I know it's meant to evoke feels, but I cannot fathom in the slightest how she never got enough time to at the very absolute least spend a weekend down there. Even Celestia has time to visit places occasionally.
8715967 Yeah, I had that thought too, but I really wanted to go for a vague type of thing. I thought it would have killed it if I found an excuse and explained it in the story, so I kind of just left it open. Maybe Twilight went back into full out scholar mode. Maybe Celestia and Luna flat out left Equestria. Maybe Twilight just got stressed out about being a Princess and doing everything right and just forgot about how much friendship means to her.
8715967 Or why she chose to go there now. I mean, she knows nothing is there. She couldn't take any time at any moment, perhaps not even during a famine (which I would consider princess-level incidents), but she can go there now?
Maybe the rest of Equestria is just as dead, so Twilight finally ran out of reasons not to go back to the most important place in her life.
What I really want to know is why Twilight abandoned her friends like she did, and only talked really through letters? I call it abandoned because no amount of writter excuses (and far too many have) will ever convince me that Twilight would ever leave them.
And Hasbro has made it clear she will never leave Ponyville.
I'd say the famine might work, but 150 years like that would mean Equestria itself is dead.
8717005 Yeah, I know it's improbable that Twilight would leave Ponyville after becoming a Princess and never ever visit her friends. But the idea I had for this story was "what if she did leave and never come back?" This was an experimentation in being vague and not really explaining why things are the way they are. I suppose I could label this as AU, except it's kind of a split off from canon later on in the main show, so it's not really AU. Anyways, thanks for reading, I appreciate it!
Right in the feels
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Thanks for reading it! I'm glad that some feels were felt!
I know it's meant to evoke feels, but I cannot fathom in the slightest how she never got enough time to at the very absolute least spend a weekend down there. Even Celestia has time to visit places occasionally.
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Yeah, I had that thought too, but I really wanted to go for a vague type of thing. I thought it would have killed it if I found an excuse and explained it in the story, so I kind of just left it open. Maybe Twilight went back into full out scholar mode. Maybe Celestia and Luna flat out left Equestria. Maybe Twilight just got stressed out about being a Princess and doing everything right and just forgot about how much friendship means to her.
Thanks for reading and providing feedback!
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Or why she chose to go there now. I mean, she knows nothing is there. She couldn't take any time at any moment, perhaps not even during a famine (which I would consider princess-level incidents), but she can go there now?
Maybe the rest of Equestria is just as dead, so Twilight finally ran out of reasons not to go back to the most important place in her life.
Very nicely done! And the ending was a bit of a surprise as well! Really neat
What I really want to know is why Twilight abandoned her friends like she did, and only talked really through letters? I call it abandoned because no amount of writter excuses (and far too many have) will ever convince me that Twilight would ever leave them.
And Hasbro has made it clear she will never leave Ponyville.
I'd say the famine might work, but 150 years like that would mean Equestria itself is dead.
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Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
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Yeah, I know it's improbable that Twilight would leave Ponyville after becoming a Princess and never ever visit her friends. But the idea I had for this story was "what if she did leave and never come back?" This was an experimentation in being vague and not really explaining why things are the way they are. I suppose I could label this as AU, except it's kind of a split off from canon later on in the main show, so it's not really AU. Anyways, thanks for reading, I appreciate it!