4 - Twilight Who?
In Canterlot, the current ruling Princess lay sprawled out on her enormous bed, completely unaware of what had been happening and the storm of crazy that was about to sweep through the castle. Her dreams were peaceful, having the sun rise faithfully the day before had helped her anxiety greatly. She nuzzled into her pillow, a frown forming on her face before she rolled over. She came to a stop against the muscled form a sleeping white unicorn stallion, her face relaxed again with a sigh when she was pulled into a loving embrace.
A sudden banging on the bedroom doors interrupted this peaceful scene.
Cadence shot into a seated position immediately but her bedmate wasn't so lucky, as the shock and her movement sent him tumbling out of bed in a tangle of sheets.
"Your Highness!" came a shout through the door as the stallion currently on the ground struggled against the tangle of blankets, "Your Highness, I come bearing urgent news!"
"One moment!" Cadence called a little nervously as she leaned over the side of the bed to help her bedmate. She gripped the sheet in her magic and gave a harsh tug that had the white stallion tumbling out onto the ground with a small groan. "Shining Armor! Get. Up!" she hissed urgently.
"Your Highness!" came another shout accompanied by more pounding.
Shining Armor, a broad, muscular stallion with a three-toned blue mane and tail, scrambled to his hooves and dove over the bed to hide on the other side. "Get down." Cadence hissed, pushing him down flat to his stomach.
"Your Highness I must insist! You are needed at once!"
Cadence cleared her throat as Shining Armor looked toward the door curiously, "Come in!"
The double doors to her rooms were pushed open and two guards peered through, their faces serious and their chests heaving. "Your Highness, Princess Celestia has returned. She brings two other alicorns with her. She requests your presence in the infirmary immediately!" the guard on the left informed her.
"Two other alicorns returned with her?" Cadence demanded as she slid from the bed to stand by the hiding stallion, said stallion was currently frowning in confusion.
"Yes, your Highness." the guard on the right confirmed, "One with a navy blue coat and another with a lavender coat."
"Princess Celestia has also asked us to send for Colonel Armor." the first guard added.
Cadence tensed at the information, her already pink cheeks darkening a bit. "Belay that order," she hedged, "It won't be needed."
"But your Highness..." the second guard began.
"You heard Princess Cadence, soldier!" Shining Armor barked out as he stood up and made himself known, "Belay the order! It isn't needed at this time!"
Both guards startled and then snapped to attention with their own blushes, "Yes Colonel Armor!" they both responded.
"Go stop any carriage sent to retrieve me! Princess Cadence and I will attend Princess Celestia at once." Shining Armor ordered.
"Yes, Colonel!" both guards saluted before leaving.
"By the Creator." Cadence squeaked as she hid her face in Shining Armor's white coat, "My aunt is going to kill me for using my new status to pull you home early!"
"No, she won't." Shining chuckled, using his magic to bring over Cadence's regalia, "At most, we'll get the patented 'Celestia-is-disappointed-in-you' stare."
"That's almost worse." Cadence huffed as she took her crown from Shining while he reached for his light armor. "Hopefully whatever is going on will distract her," she said as they both headed for the door.
"You both already told me about the possibility of Princess Luna's return." Shining Armor said, tightening his breastplate, "But who is the other alicorn?"
"I don't know." Cadence replied, "I've not heard of anypony with the potential recently, that's what worries me." Shining Armor nodded in agreement.
Once they moved out of the private wing of the castle, Cadence and Shining Armor picked up their pace to a healthy canter. As they approached the infirmary they were greeted by the sound of many ponies talking over each other. Stepping through the door to the infirmary first, Cadence could see the royal doctor and several nurses crowded around a bed while Celestia and another alicorn, who could only be Luna, stood off to the side to watch on worriedly.
"Aunt Celestia?" Cadence called, approaching slowly as to not startle the dark blue alicorn who she had not fully expected to actually meet.
Celestia looked over and a small but tired smile appeared on her face, "Oh, Cadence. I'm glad you're here." her eyebrows rose a little when Shining Armor appeared by her side moments later, "You as well my faithful Colonel. Weren't you meant to be doing inspections of our troops at Fort Equis? I didn't expect you for several hours after my summon."
Cadence blushed and coughed delicately behind her hoof but Shining Armor stood tall, "I nearly completed my inspection. The last few items to be checked I left with my most trusted."
Celestia gave a pointed looked between Shining and Cadence, "I see." she said dryly. She shook her head at the two before nodding toward the dark blue alicorn beside her, "Cadence, Shining Armor, I'd like you to meet my sister, Luna. Luna, this is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, Alicorn of Love, and Colonel Shining Armor, my personal student."
Luna's eyebrows climbed at these titles, "Greetings! We are pleased to meet you!"
"A pleasure to meet you as well." Cadence returned with a smile.
"We've heard so much about you," Shining continued, "It's nice to meet the pony behind some stories of the more brilliant militaristic feats."
Luna smiled shyly, "Many thanks Sir Armor, few claim to enjoy my battles."
Cadence smiled, "I'm glad Aunt Celestia was able to restore you to your former self. Maybe you can give Shining Armor a new challenge in sparring."
"We would not be adverse to sparring." Luna responded, "However, 'twas not our sister who freed us from the Nightmare." she gestured to the bed, "Twas our new friend Tally Reed."
Cadence's eyebrows rose, "Is that the second alicorn you were reported to have returned with Auntie?"
"Yes," Celestia confirmed, "she ascended not more than an hour ago. Poor thing had quite an emotional upheaval right after she ascended. Luna had to put her to sleep before her emotionally charged magic destroyed too much."
"So, did she ascend because she was able to free Princess Luna?" Cadence asked with a frown. Meanwhile, Shining Armor was glancing over at the crowded bed, only getting a glimpse of a lavender forehoof in the midst of the other ponies.
"Nay, Tally freed us before she ascended," Luna said.
"She did it with so little effort it was almost embarrassing." Celestia huffed, turning slightly to hide her blush in her mane.
"Come now, sister. She was destined to be the Embodiment of Harmony. Tis only logical that she would be able to force us back into balance." Luna pointed out kindly.
"So this...Tally Reed, is the Alicorn of Harmony?" Cadence questioned, trying to get confirmation. Both of the eldest alicorns nodded.
"I don't understand." Shining stepped in, "Why haven't we heard of her before? I thought you kept track of anyone with the potential."
Celestia nodded, "I do, but I do so with schooling records, intelligence reports, or news articles from around Equestria. Tally has lived in the Everfree Forest for the last eighteen years. Hasn't even set hoof out of it. I had no idea of her existence."
Shining Armor frowned, his brow furrowing, "Eighteen years in the Everfree Forest..." he repeated, trailing off as he looked over to the bed again. He got a quick flash of indigo mane.
"We don't know the whole story but apparently, she was brought to the Tree of Harmony by timberwolves eighteen years ago," Celestia informed him. Shining Armor swallowed hard, his eyes glued to the bed. "That's why I summoned you Shining Armor. I want you to investigate her origins." Celestia said seriously, "Look into missing foal reports from eighteen years ago, the description should be along the lines of a lavender coated filly with purple eyes and an indigo mane with-"
"A pink and purple stripe," Shining said faintly, his mouth dry.
Celestia raised an eyebrow, "Yes..." Cadence and Luna both looked at Shing Armor curiously, "I want you to find the report so we can..."
"There was no report." Shining Armor interrupted, not paying attention to Celestia anymore.
"Excuse me?" Celestia frowned, watching as her faithful Colonel walked over to the end of the infirmary bed on shaky hooves, his breathing picking up.
"A missing report wasn't filed." Shining rasped, making Luna and Celestia share a look. "She was presumed dead...there wasn't a reason to report her missing."
Cadence's hoof flew to her mouth, "You don't mean..."
Shining Armor made it to the end of the infirmary bed, giving him his first unimpeded view of the newest alicorn. He nearly collapsed.
Despite the newly added appendages, the third stripe in her mane, and the slight curve in her horn that wasn't found in their family line, there was absolutely no doubt in Shining Armor's mind who this was. Not with Celestia's story about this pony matching up so well with the incident reports Shining Armor had all but memorized growing up. Not with this mare's colors matching perfectly with the colors of the little filly whose picture sat on his desk in his office, on his nightstand in his room, and was featured in no less than four spots in his parent's house.
"Shiny is it her?" Cadence asked, coming up next to the stallion as he swayed a little. She gasped as she got her own look at the mare in the bed. "By the Creator."
"Dost thou know this mare already, Sir Armor?" Luna asked curiously, the doctor and nurses paused to look at the Colonel, hoping for more background on their patient.
Shining Armor let out a slightly hysterical laugh, his wide eyes not moving from the vulnerable form in the bed. Cadence laid a steadying hoof on his shoulder while she looked over at the older Princesses, "Shining Armor's sister was kidnapped as a foal. The kidnapper was chased to the Everfree Forest and the foal lost, presumably killed by timberwolves." she looked back to the newest alicorn, "This mare's coloring is nearly the same as the pictures I've seen of the foal. Just the silver is wrong."
"The silver 'twas added during her ascension," Luna noted, Shining Armor let out a wounded sound.
"We can confirm their relation with a quick spell." the doctors stated. She was a cream colored mare with a short gray mane and tail and a hypodermic needle for a cutie mark. "I just need a small cut from each of your manes." The doctor said as she used her magic to pull up Tally's wild mane. Shining Armor flinched bodily as a small pair of scissors were used on Tally's mane but didn't react at all when the same scissors were used on him.
Everyone watched with baited breath as the doctor brought the two mane clippings together, intermingling the hair, while she concentrated on casting a spell on them. There was a small pop of magic that twisted the mane clippings together rather suddenly. Another moment and the small ball of hair glowed green, then orange.
"There is no doubt." the doctor announced, "This mare is Colonel Armor's sister."
Shining Armor's head jerked back a little at the confirmation and his horn flared with his magic. A pink sphere of magic appeared around Tally's prone form and in the next second, Shining Armor disappeared with a pop.
Luna raised an eyebrow and looked up at Celestia, "You did not ward the infirmary against teleportation sister? That is very unsafe."
Celestia sighed, "I have warded this area and most of the castle against teleportation, however, Shining Armor is one of the most powerful unicorn's I've mentored. Much of his drive has come from a deceased sister that he wished he could have protected better. When I asked his motivations for studying battle magics so diligently he spoke of her but I allowed him his privacy when he appeared to become depressed at her mention." the alicorn of the sun bowed her head, "Perhaps if I had pushed a little I would have recognized Tally when we came across her."
Luna put a hoof on Celestia's back, "There, there dear sister, there is no shame in wishing to keep your student's spirits bright. Thou only wished to spare him more painful memories."
"Be that as it may," Cadence put in softly, "I am surprised you didn't at least recognize the circumstances, Auntie. I've read the incident report Shiny keeps in his room about this. One guard lost a leg and one of the two kidnappers was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison."
Celestia's ears drooped as a blush passed over her cheeks, Luna huffed at her sister, "Come now. Tally's sudden appearance and overall state of being hath knocked us both into tail spins."
"Um...excuse me." the doctor spoke up. When all three looked to her the doctor motioned to Tally, "Could you remove Colonel Armor's shield? We would like to continue examining our patient."
Celestia sighed, "I'm afraid that could be problematic Dr. Gauge. Not only is shielding Colonel Armor's special talent, which creates incredibly strong shields. This one is fueled by strong emotion. He has also made a complete sphere to prevent easy disabling. To break it would take a large magical blast that could potentially harm Tally in the process."
"I'm sure he'll be back fairly quickly." Cadence reassured them, "He most likely went to get his parents who are actually on duty in the castle observatory at the moment."
Dr. Gauge sighed, "Very well. We'll prepare and send for The Royal Astronomers' medical records in the meantime." the group of ponies dispersed to do just that.
"The Royal Astronomers?" Luna repeated, raising an eyebrow at her sister.
"Yes." Celestia replied, her smile reappearing, "Two of the greatest astronomers of this time. You'll get to work closely with them, they are dedicated to studying your night." she let out a soft laugh, "They are also apparently Tally's parents, so perhaps that love for the night is genetic."
"Shining Armor does love night maneuvers." Cadence giggled.
Celestia settled an amused look on Cadence, "Yes, but just which type of 'night maneuvers' those are is up for debate."
Cadence let out a squeak as her pink cheeks turned dark red, "That's...I-I mean..."
Luna chuckled at the pink alicorn's embarrassment but decided to come to her rescue, "So, young Cadence, dost thou know what Tally Reed's original name was meant to be?"
Cadence cleared her throat, her face softening a little as she looked back to the prone form protected by Shining Armor's magic, "Her name is Twilight Sparkle."
The Royal Observatory was in the middle of one could only describe as a natural disaster.
The sudden and drastic change in the night sky had sent the place into a frenzy. Parchment was scattered in great sweeping piles as frantic assistants charted constellations and Messier objects for cross-referencing, trying to hunt down anything familiar. Interns were churning out coffee at what was most likely an unhealthy rate just to keep everypony at their full potential for this monumental night.
At the main telescope was a blue unicorn stallion with a short wavy mane just a few shades darker, he had his eye glued to the enormous apparatus and was calling a steady stream of coordinates out to assistants for them to chart. Seemingly ruling over all of this was a pretty gray unicorn mare with a lavender and white striped mane, who stood on top of a large map of the stars with parchments floating around her in a circle, not unlike a large flock of birds. These two ponies were none other than Night Light and Twilight Velvet, parents of Colonel Shining Armor.
"Chart those star currents!" Twilight Velvet ordered over the room, "Identify the shade of that new aura! And for the love of Celestia, somepony find me where the Rosette Nebula ran off to! Now!" she was answered by several affirmatives, she looked to the side at an intern who was offering her a cup of coffee timidly, "Best put on another pot Facula, we're going until Celestia's sun washes it out."
"Yes Lady Velvet!" the young stallion chirped, running back to the coffee pot even as his wide eyes tried to take in all that was happening around him curiously.
His eyes were so wide that he was nearly blinded when Shining Armor teleported into the room in a flash of pink magic.
Parchment scattered in a great whirlwind and everypony dove in a futile attempt to save their work from becoming a disorganized mess.
"Shining Armor!" Velvet shouted, glaring at the white stallion, "What have I said about teleporting into the observatory?"
Shining didn't answer, his horn flared and his magical aura appeared around his parents. He galloped from the room with his captives, ignoring the shouts that followed after him.
"Young stallion you let us down this instant!" Velvet snapped, "We've taught you better manners than this! Gentle colts do not trap ponies in their magic without permission!"
"Son, you better do as your mother says right now!" Night Light said sternly. "We are in the middle of very important work! We wouldn't attempt to kidnap you from drills." The Colonel didn't answer them, he just continued to gallop with them caught in his magic.
"Shining Armor!" Velvet shouted, her tone the no-nonsense tone that had kept her son in line as a colt, "You stop and explain yourself this instant."
The white stallion skidded to a stop on the smooth castle floors and turned to his parents.
Twilight Velvet gasped as she saw tears running down Shining Armor's face, "Oh my, what happened, my little soldier?" she asked, instantly losing some of her anger in the face of her son's tears.
"Princess Celestia has returned." Shining Armor croaked out around his tears as he let his parents down from his magic gently, "She found a pony in the Everfree Forest." both older ponies froze, their eyes going wide. Shing Armor wiped at his eyes harshly, "She found a mare who'd been living there for eighteen years."
Velvet's knees grew weak, "Shining...what..."
Shining Armor gave a short nod, "They did a spell. It's her." Velvet collapsed against Night Light who was staring open-mouthed at his son, "It's Twilight. Celestia found her." Shining said past a lump in his throat.
"No..." Velvet breathed, bringing a hoof to her mouth.
"Impossible!" Night Light choked, "They said timberwolves got her! All the blood on her blanket! They..."
"Dad!" Shining Armor snapped, "It's her! I saw her! They did a DNA spell with my mane and her's. It's Twilight Sparkle, there's no mistaking her." he dropped his head a little to rub away more tears, "It's my sister..." he sniffed, "My Twily is alive."
Shining Armor let out a choked sound as his mother suddenly caught his breastplate in her magic and yanked him down so she could tower over him, her eyes shining bright with tears, "Where is she Shining Armor!" she demanded, "Tell me where your sister is now!"
"She's in the infirmary." Shining Armor gurgled as his head was bent at a strange angle, "I came and got you as soon as I was sure it was her."
"The infirmary!" Twilight Velvet and Night Light exclaimed as one. Velvet dropped Shining Armor and took off galloping.
Night Light dragged his son to his hooves and they took off after Velvet, "She was hurt and you just left her?" Night Light demanded.
"Of course not!" Shining Armor snorted, "I wrapped my strongest shield around her and teleported directly to you so I wouldn't waste time!"
The trio tore through the halls of Canterlot Castle, reaching the infirmary in what had to be record time. Shining Amor and his father made it through the door just moments after Velvet dashed in, but the grey mare was already at the large shield that protected their lost family member.
"Oh, my baby!" Velvet gasped, dropping to her rump and staring at her lost foal through the pink of Shining Armor's magic with her hooves pressed to her mouth. "S-she's alive! By the Creator, she's alive!" Night Light came up beside his wife and stared through the shield, greedily taking in the sight of his long-lost daughter. Shining Armor came up on the other side of his mother and did a quick once over to make sure his sister had remained unharmed in his absence.
A hoof on his shoulder made him glance to the side, "We wouldn't have let anything happen to her, Shining Armor." Cadence promised, "Aunt Celestia immediately shut down the doctor's requests to disable your shield."
Celestia came up close behind Cadence, "You would have known the second your shield was breached, my dear Colonel. Have faith in your own ability to keep your sister safe in your absence."
Shining Armor gave them both a shaky but grateful smile.
"Colonel Armor." a stern voice called, he turned more fully to see Dr. Guage and her nurses returning. "May we please return to our patient now?" Velvet and Night Light tensed and shared a worried look.
Shining Armor just clenched his jaw, his shield quickly turning opaque to hide his sister from view. "What are you going to do to her?" he demanded.
"Shiny they're trying to make sure she's okay." Cadence tried to soothe him.
Dr. Guage nodded sharply, "If she's truly been living isolated in a forest for eighteen years we need to do a whole slew of tests and give her a few shots. Nothing truly invasive. We really can't do anything invasive at the moment. Not with her just coming off of her ascension."
"Ascension?" Velvet breathed, her eyes desperately going back to the shield but it was still solid pink instead of the usual transparent.
"Yes," Celestia said, "She ascended a little over an hour ago." she looked at Shining Armor, "Colonel, you've known Dr. Guage for many years. She has been entrusted with my health for far longer. You trust her with your marefriend's health. Should you not show her that same trust with your sister?"
Shining Armor stood his ground stubbornly for a few moments more before he let out a breath and slowly dropped the shield.
Velvet darted to the edge of the bed immediately, raising a hoof shakily to press against her daughter's foreleg. She trembled when she felt the soft fur as clearly as she could see the stars, "She's real." she whimpered, "She's really here!"
"Lady Velvet," Dr. Guage interrupted gently, "please move to the other side of the bed so we can still reach her."
Twilight Velvet didn't hesitate to quickly move around the bed, almost running into Luna in the process. "Sorry," Velvet offered sheepishly as she sat at the bedside and took her daughters limp hoof between hers.
"No need to apologize, Lady Velvet." Luna assured her, coming over to sit by the frantic mare's side, "We are pleased to see that our friend has such a caring mother."
Velvet looked over at Luna with a desperate expression, "You know my daughter? Were you living in the forest with her?"
"Nay," Luna hummed, "we only recently met. However, your daughter saved me from a great madness and extended her hoof in friendship to us when we returned to sanity."
Velvet blinked before taking in the flowing mane, horn, and wings. "I believe I've missed something here. Who are you?"
The alicorn of the night smiled, "We are Princess Luna, of the Moon."
Velvet's mouth dropped open and her eyes went wide, "The Stardust Lady?"
Luna's eyebrows rose, "The title tis a new one."
Celestia blushed and coughed delicately behind her hoof, "That would be my doing, sister."
Luna tilted her head, "We guess it is not too terrible."
"You're the alicorn that brings the night!" Night Light exclaimed, his eyes wide with excitement as he sat beside her opposite of his wife. When Luna nodded Night Light grinned, "We love your work!" he gushed, "Absolutely stunning!" Luna blushed at his enthusiasm.
"Yes, big fans!" Twilight Velvet agreed, "I must ask though, why the sudden and drastic change tonight? It's gorgeous but we could never hope to chart it properly in one night!"
Luna's face softened, "Twas actually in honor of your daughter." the two astronomers' moods dropped a little once more. "She was the first to truly tell us how much she loved our night. We wanted to make it even more beautiful for her in thanks for all she hast done for us. The auras even match her coat." Velvet's breath caught in her throat and she tightened her hold on the lavender hoof gripped in hers, Luna gave the astronomers' a small smile, "We shall leave it like this for a few nights at least so it can be charted."
"Thank you." Night Light said solemnly, "We'd love the chance to truly enjoy it after we've charted things."
"Princess Celestia." Shining Armor began seriously, his eyes still glued to his sister's prone form. Everypony looked to him expectantly as the doctor worked with her nurses quietly. "Do you know what happened to her?" he swallowed hard and glanced at his mentor, "After the timberwolves took her? Was she...did she have somewhere...safe?" Cadence brushed her wing along his back gently as his tears started up again.
Celestia sat at the end of the bed and gestured for Shining Armor and Cadence to join her. "I will tell you all I know, but a lot will need to be filled in by Tally when she wakes up."
"Tally?" Night Light questioned.
Luna nodded, "The ones who found and raised her gave her the name Tally Reed."
Velvet looked back to her daughter's face, her eyes starting to tear up, "She'll always be my little Twilight Sparkle." Luna gave a small frown but patted Velvet's shoulder gently in understanding.
Celestia and Luna spent the next couple hours giving Tally's family an overview of what they knew about her. Talking about the timberwolves bringing Tally to the Tree of Harmony and her being found by the Pillars of Old Equestria. They spoke about her being trained by the Pillars and the fact that she had, apparently, mapped most if not all of the Everfree Forest herself. They briefly touched on her fear of leaving the forest. They also gave a quick description of how Tally had come across them and saved Luna as well as her ascension and the emotional distress that made her magic flare. By the time they reached the end of their knowledge, Celestia's sun had already been up for an hour and everypony in the room held some measure of awe for the newest alicorn.
Twilight Velvet and Night Light were shocked to hear what all their daughter had gone through at her age and, though they wished that she had never been taken in the first place, they were incredibly grateful that she had ponies watching over her. A shared look between the parents communicated both how proud they were of their children and their worry of Twilight accepting them all in her life.
Shining Armor also found himself incredibly proud of his sister, who managed to excel in her less than stellar environment. He couldn't wait to get to know her outside of his daydreams and the few pictures they had of her. He glanced over at his marefriend to find her studying Twilight's face carefully, like she would when she was trying to get to know somepony. He sincerely hoped that they would become friends because Shining Armor couldn't see himself distancing himself from his sister after she had miraculously returned from the dead.
"Dost thou have a report then Dr. Guage?" Luna asked when the Doctor finally sent her nurses away and pulled a clipboard from the end of the bed.
"I do your highness." Dr. Guage responded, "Tally Reed is exceptionally healthy for a mare who spent her entire life in the Everfree Forest. She is in a healthy weight range, she is well hydrated, and obviously found good sources of nutrients. She shows signs of long-term magical training which corroborates the story you've told us. Tally's horn has taken on a non-genetically acquired curve but that appears to be her magic's attempt to copy another, not something to be worried about." she frowned at the clipboard before looking at Tally again, "She has a magical core with very thin boundaries that is similar to Princess Cadence's after ascension but I wasn't able to identify why."
"She is the Embodiment of Harmony." Celestia said, "It's likely her core will draw in harmonic forces to recharge faster similarly to how Cadence can recharge with different feelings of love around her."
Dr. Guage nodded and marked something down on the chart, "I see." she looked back up again, "Currently, Tally is only suffering from some magical exhaustion. The flare expelled a lot of magic directly after she had the influx of magic provided by the ascension. Her magical core is already refilling at a healthy rate. She'll just need some rest and relaxation."
"We shall all see that she gets proper rest doctor," Luna replied with a smile.
Dr. Guage nodded, "Good. I'll come back when she wakes up to complete the last few tests that need her conscious." she bowed to the princesses, "Have a good morning."
Once the doctor had left, closing the door behind her, Velvet sighed in relief, "She's alright."
"She is," Luna reassured the mother, "We are surprised, however. We believed we put her to sleep far before she reached the point of full exhaustion." Luna looked to Celestia, "Tally only destroyed the cave in truth."
Celestia hummed, "She had a direct connection to the Harmonic plane. Perhaps much of her magic skipped directly there, it would have absorbed harmlessly into the fabric of that plane, since she rules over it."
"Perhaps." Luna returned.
Cadence stood and stretched her wings for a moment, "Now that we're sure she's alright, I think I'll call for some food. I'm hungry so you all probably are."
"That's a good idea. I doubt any of us are going down until Tally wakes up." Celestia said, knowing Luna wasn't and highly doubting that the newly reunited family would.
Cadence nodded, "Alright, I'll just-" she was cut off by the door to the infirmary slamming open.
A frantic guard galloped in, nearly throwing himself into a bow before the royals in the room. "Your Highnesses, Colonel Armor, I come bearing urgent news." he stood up and reported smartly, "News from Ponyville! The Everfree Forest is attacking!"
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"a little over an hour ago" (unless you meant it to mean "She progressed a small amount of the way toward ascension over the course of an hour.")
Oh right, that's a thing. Twilight/Tally, if you wouldn't mind...?
remove the extra n.
Brilliant Chapter! NOW HURRY UP AND POST THE NEXT ONE!
IT'S A CLIFFHANGER ENDING ON A BELOVED STORY!
Heh as i surmised the Everfree is PISSED that it's "Lady of the Forest" was taken. I loved the update and eagerly await more!
*me after reading this chapter*
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Thanks for catching it! And no worries. The next chapter has been written since I put up Chapter 1, I'm going to add a little something to round it out and it should be up on Thursday(to give this chapter time to settle lol)!
Good story, I NEED MORE.... please
God damn Plunder Seed can you wait for a moment before attacking, the mare just experience a mental breakdown and ascendance. Anyway, this is good, may you continue writing whenever you have time and whoever edit your writing before hand give great thanks!
Oh my god... now i'm imagining Spike as a cupid...
Google doesn't translate this word, so could someone please fill in the blank for me?
"My Precious _____"?
I see. So this is how you setup for Tally to meet the other Element Bearers. Seems like it will be a long day.
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RIght!! I was so close to naming him Cupid or Eros because they're the sons of the goddess of Love (cadence) and god of war (Shining Armor in a sense).
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It's a gem, technically a rare silicate mineral, but it's purple like our fav dragon. So he's her precious rare gem. :)
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Cupid would probably fit him if he's still swooning after Rarity =P though if i remember correctly Eros might be a bit too focused on the sexual aspect of love o.o
still though XD imagining Spike flying around with a tiny bow and arrow trying to flirt/impress Rarity is rather hilarious xD
So uh, anyone gonna break it to them that tally doesn't know or have any kind of connection with them? And that trying to force this all on her at once just won't go well?
noice one my friend.. i now have another thing to think about tonight!!
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The resemblance to Velvet will make that easier, as will the genetic test. Twilight is nothing if not a lover of empirical evidence.
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More like Discord’s Plunder Seeds since the tree went dormant.
I think you meant “limp” hoof.
It seems Discord's Plunder Vines may actually fulfill their purpose and free Discord. As he mentioned in the show, they were a contingency plan that never quite came to fruition. But now? Oh ho!
I really wanna see Tally shut down an overprotective Shiny fast. Tally who adores freedom isnt going to like being called a new name and being watched
i not sure who i feel worst for, tally or shiny armor, twilight velvet and night light when tally wake up.
but yea tally not going to like it she out of her forest or has this odd pony call her by different name or try to be part of her life and controlling over her.
i can see tally try to escape shiny use his shield and she just break it without much effort.
i can see tally get along with cadence
I'm curious to see how Tally reacts to her Birth name being Twilight.
You did not disappoint with this chapter!
Thank you for this update and I’ll be waiting for the next one.
Such a good story
Goddamn your cliffhangers! How is Tally gonna react to her home being under attack!?
I think the fix for the everfree going to go like this, they try stuff it fail, while tally asleep. she wake up get scared and teleport to the everfree which then stop attack when tally give it a disappointing look and say something like "bad everfree, no attack other" like one would give a child or pet, everfree let everyone go and the princess and family think be best to have tally live in ponyville.
Twilight be like
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Y are pics so hard
Couldn't give them a break, could you Discord...
ah... the plunder vines... way to stick to continuity. and the timing. without the tree at all, the vines would indeed act faster.
Oh Shining, i'm sure you'll figure it out
Yeah i can see this causing some friction later
It's gonna have to be done gradually you two
Well the princesses kinda foalnapped its resident/daughter/lady
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don't forgot the forest, guardian/caretaker/princess/mistress/helper/owner
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think it more of her home doing the attacking
so the forest is reacting to her grief rather badly
Still hoping its not Discord's crazy seeds and just the Everfree pissed at its Princess being taken away...
Looking forward to the next chapter! This one was awesome.
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I think you have it backwards. Tally’s home isn’t being attacked, it’s the one attacking!
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Discord escapes from the statue.
Looks toward the infirmary, where Tally currently is.
"Nope."
Teleports to another plane of existence.
I am 100% the opposite of surprised.
Ooooh shit...
I read a few chapters in before giving my opinion. I'm going to be honest when I say this had been sitting in my read-later for a long time. I didn't expect I would like and appreciate it as much as I do. And I'm loving how events are starting to happen out of order.
> Dr. Guage
Is it misspelling of Gauge or am I missing a horse pun here?
> Cliffy!!!! The Everfree Forest attacking? How many of you saw that coming?
As soon as you mentioned the vines in the previous chapter. Has to figure that out when tree died, though. It kept them at bay after all.
Today's standards ove what age someone is considered an adult is a load of claptrap and a pile of horseapples. We wonder why our teenagers are so immature; well, that's because parents expect them to be immature, and they live up to those expectations. There are youths out there that are far more intelligent than most adults despite being younger than 18. Age doesn't reflect maturity; it's a measure of how long you've been alive, nothing more.
I'd say more, but my rant would take up too much space. Besides, this really isn't the kind of forum for me to vent about this issue on.
That’s actually a good point, does Luna and Celestia just memeories the entire star sky??
Regarding Spike's new name, I would call him Mio as a nickname.
Uuuuuugh, I hate how overprotective Shining Armor is in these stories, it's his biggest downfall because he become absolutely stupid when doing it.
Also Twilight was 2 weeks old when she was kidnapped, she didn't even know her parents to begin with and she never even knew she had a sibling, there basically complete strangers to her and she just lost her family at the everfree forest, I doubt she would ever replace them, not like she would be replacing them.
But ya when Twilight wakes up she is probably gonna be confused as hell who they are.