Some people say that Princess Cadance has had it easy her whole life; But they don't know Cadenza's story.
Cadenza grew up in the hidden village of Altomarete, where they spoke the old language of the Crystal Empire and worshiped Canterlot's princess as a sun goddess.
Of course, now that she's living in the Canterlot Castle, where everypony speaks English and the princess is her aunt, she's bound to face some growing pains -as well as some wounds that never quite closed- as she gets comfortable with her new position.
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Adorable! I already love this story!
Always great to see a treatment of this under-depicted period of show history! This is really sweet. I would suggest that the parenthetical translations on part 1 could have been eliminated with only some minor changes to retain immersion, but I like your depiction of the fantasy Romance language. It feels agreeable close to the original Faust vision for this character (alicornhood notwithstanding).
>>Skywriter
Thank you so much! This is the first real fanfiction I've written for this fandom, so I'm glad to see it getting such positive response.
What do you suggest I can do about the parenthesis issue?
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I think with a little doctoring of the dialogue and surrounding expressions you could just get everything by context, maybe?
That is so cute! I put be this Cadence backstory
*I love the Cadence backstory
Very cute.
I wonder if Cadence can still speak that language in her adult years?
It’s official. I like Cadence’s backstory as the uber-hot foreigner.
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Yeah, she still can! After all, living in the Crystal Empire would definitely help her brush up on her skills!
ok thank you for explaining that in the authors note because I was really confused
Interesting. Looking forward to your take on what eventually separates the two future sisters-in-law for so long.
raise your hands if you hate blueblood ✋
I do!
Yep, sounds like a good recap of cadence's view of the wedding
9013600
Thanks! For things like this, where there really wasn't much to go off of in terms of actual canon material, I just do my best to fill in the gaps, and I'm really glad this was accurate!
Not everyday I get to see Cadence’s POV.
✋Same here.
Where'd you come up with Altomarete's name?
good start keep it up
this story reminds me of this :https://www.fimfiction.net/story/206709/essenza-di-amore
this story takes up perfectly where that one left off.
9216771
It's actually based off of an Italian village called Altomarte, I just made a horse pun with it.
And now we see what cadence was going through during the return of the crystal empire
Seems like the Crystal Empire's language is a mix of French and Italian.