Interlude - Of Astronomers and Astrologists
Interlude – Of Astronomers and Astrologists
“All scans indicate that the unknown object is made of nothing but ordinary ceramic,” a cultured voice carefully enunciated to the quill floating within the grip of a silver hued magical aura, the sleek writing utensil swiftly noting down all the words that were said upon a large piece or parchment that rested at a nearby table. “There are no traces of spells, enchantments, or runes of any kind upon the object, nor of any kind of magic whatsoever, for that matter.”
The voice belonged to an elderly grey-coated stallion with a long lush white beard. He distractedly removed a stray strand of his white mane from his face as he kept pacing along the length of his private workshop as he pondered at the strange mystery that had recently fallen on his hooves, quite literally in fact. Nothing but the sound of his hooves, the baritone of his voice and the tiny tinkles of the bells hanging at the rim of his hat permeated the silence of the isolated room that rested atop one of the tallest towers of Unicornia.
“None of the spells cast upon the object have produced any kind of usable information,” Star Swirl the Bearded, high arch-mage of Unicornia, stated in the same calm and collected tone of voice he had been using so far, even as his eyes angrily glared at the mockingly ordinary looking blue ocarina that innocently rested upon a table at the very center of his workshop. “Nor have any of the more mundane methods of investigation utilized so far, for that matter. All tests and observations would lead one to conclude that the object is nothing more than a completely ordinary musical instrument.
“And yet, the fact remains that the object seems to be, for all intents and purposes, completely indestructible,” he dictated through gritted teeth as he paced towards this offending object that refused to reveal to him its mysteries. He placed his fore hooves on both sides of the blue ocarina as he nearly touched it with his muzzle, inspecting it as closely as possible, as if that would provide him with the elusive answers he sought. “The object has shown itself to be able to resist any and all spells I’ve tried against it so far without suffering so much as a scratch; the more mundane methods of attempting to damage it have also proven themselves of no use. Not to mention how it remained unscathed after falling from the sky of all things!”
He gritted his teeth and glared at the infuriatingly ordinary looking item, as if in an attempt to force it to divulge its secrets. Star Swirl had been devoting what little of his free time he still had to try and unravel the mystery of this stupefying object ever since he had found the ocarina in a crater during one of his morning walks, after he saw the damned thing falling from the sky in a ball of light at the nearby woods, to no avail.
“This makes absolutely no sense!” he angrily muttered as he massaged his brow with one hoof while his eyes never strayed from the damned ocarina. He pushed himself away from the table and resumed angrily pacing along the room as his mind went through what else he could try to attempt to extract some kind of answer from the instrument. A quick spell to see the time later and his scowl grew even more pronounced, as he saw that he only had another half hour of free time before he would be forced to call it quits for the night and resume his duties as arch-mage.
The fact that his available free time had been steadily dwindling day after day these past few months, due to how the tensions between the tribes grew worse and worse, and the systematic problems with the weather remained unchanged as the days kept getting colder with no apparent reason, kept creating more work for him, and as such he hadn’t been able to devote his full attention to this blue mystery, a problem that only made his temper deteriorate further. And that was without mentioning Princess Platinum’s latest stunts and the headaches and necessary damage control they tended to cause!
Stars above, if it wasn’t for the fact that his apprentice kept that annoying diva’s attention firmly away from him, Star Swirl had no idea how he would have kept his sanity! Truly, King Bullion couldn’t have chosen a worse time for passing away! At least, for all his arrogance, the late king had still had a good head underneath his horn and knew how to not needlessly antagonize the other tribes! Something that his dear little daughter apparently hadn’t quite gotten from her late father, despite having apparently inherited all of his arrogance!
The arch-mage huffed in annoyance as he closed his eyes and massaged his brow in a vain attempt to fight off his growing headache. Star Swirl knew that he was being extremely unfair to the young princess. The mare truly cared for her subjects and wished to see the kingdom prosper, but the fact remained that she was young, inexperienced, entitled, and dangerously naive in regards to how her actions were perceived by the other tribes, which, considering the current situation and political climate, was doing extremely little to not aggravate the whole mess!
Not that his reclusive and brusque ways were much better in helping with that, in the end. The simple truth was that he had long stopped having the patience needed in order to deal with either politics with the other tribes or the unicorn nobles in general, much less an entitled princess who had little idea what she was doing. Thankfully, he hadn’t been forced to interact with Platinum in any manner beyond the most basic of court niceties ever since he had had the genius idea of assigning his apprentice Clover as the diva’s aid and his direct link to the throne.
Part of him did feel slightly bad for basically throwing Clover to the den of wolves that was the court and its nobility in general, and their diva platinum-maned pack leader more specifically. But sometimes sacrifices had to be made for the greater good; priorities had to be determined and maintained, after all. And few things took priority over his continued mental health, and as such Clover’s sacrifice was duly appreciated. Nonetheless, a raise for his faithful apprentice was probably something to consider.
But as he briefly considered how to proceed with implementing said raise, a sudden and massive surge of magical energy swiftly tossed aside all thoughts about unexplainable blue ocarinas, the current political situation, or his apprentice from Star Swirl’s mind, as he spun around in place and rushed towards the nearest window as his bells madly jingled with each hurried step he took.
“What are those foals doing!?” he spoke out loud, incredulity clear on his features as he watched the Celestial Spire, the great arcane tower used by the Celestial Council to aid in their task of keeping the cycle of the sun and the moon going, light up with a torrent of magic, as if to move the celestial orbs. This, despite the fact that night had fallen less than an hour ago.
Not wasting a single moment, he teleported from his personal studio at the top of the easternmost tower to just outside the spire situated at the very center of the city, as not even he could safely bypass the tower’s many ward spells in order to teleport inside of it, intent on demanding an explanation from the council for whatever the hay they thought they were doing! But the moment his eyes fell upon the great structure whose only purpose was to aid his tribe in their task to guide the sun and the moon through the heavens, Star Swirl could do nothing but stop and stare in muted astonishment.
Every single rune, spell and enchantment on the massive structure was alight with magical energy. Arcs of barely controlled arcane power sparked and danced across the spire. All while a very worrying grinding noise reverberated underneath the solid thrum of barely contained power that coursed through what was, for all intents and purposes, a massive magical array in the form of a tower.
“What is this?” he whispered under his breath. He had seen the rising and setting of the celestial orbs thousandths of times, had even personally been part of the process several dozen times before obtaining his current rank, and nothing like this had ever happened before. Something was most definitely not right.
“Master Star Swirl, what’s happening?!” the panicked voice of his apprentice sounded from right next to him as the white-coated stallion appeared from his own teleportation spell. Panic and worry were clear on Clover’s features as the young mage hurried towards Star Swirl’s side, his green mane madly swaying as he galloped with all his might.
Only for any possible answer the arch-mage could have uttered to his apprentice to die upon his lips as, with a loud shattering sound, the weave of spells that surrounded the tower suddenly shattered and went silent. And, at the same time, the moon was swiftly pushed out of the heavens and the sun was brought back into its place.
Both ponies stared into the unexpected daylight with looks of surprise and astonishment for a moment in complete silence, before they rushed as one toward the ornate double doors that lead into the Celestial Spire and unceremoniously threw them open without a single care for the ceremonies and procedures that usually had to be observed before entering it. Once again they had to stop in astonished silence as they took in the sight that lay within the massive arcane structure.
Thirty unicorns laid on the floor, some of them unconscious, others groaning and panting as they massaged their horns, each and every single one of them covered in sweat and showing clear signs of magic depletion. The sight made it clear to Star Swirl that there was simply no way that the council had been the one to cause the unexpected and unscheduled day time, for no matter how straining it was to do so, there was simply no way merely moving the orbs would leave the entire council in this condition. Which in turn could only mean…
“Master Star Swirl, did… did something just usurp control of the sun and the moon away from the council?” Clover the Clever asked in a barely audible murmur as the white-coated unicorn watched, wide eyed, the unprecedented sight of the whole of the Celestial Council laid low upon the ground.
“I don’t know,” Star Swirl replied to his apprentice as he took in a couple of steps into the tower as he attempted to see any hint to what could have possibly happened, all the while checking to see if the mages of the council needed any medical assistance.
After he and Clover made sure that the downed unicorns were physically fine, if magically exhausted, the grey-coated stallion furiously wracked his brain for an explanation, any explanation, to what could have possibly caused this, to no avail.
“Master, do you think this has something to do with the strange behavior of the weather as of late?” Clover inquired as he helped a unicorn mare up from the ground. All the while angry and worried shouts started to enter through the open doors to the tower, as a veritable wave of unicorns sporting emotions varying from fury to panic rushed towards the Spire in search of answers of their own.
As he ignored the growing rabble and their useless babble, the arch-mage considered the validity of his apprentice’s question. Truth be told, Star Swirl had barely bothered to pay any attention to the strange news regarding the worsening condition of the weather and other odd sightings that had been happening as of late. He had been feeling far too tired and annoyed with the sheer stupidity of court to do otherwise. Let them do something productive for a change, or so he had thought as he let the other court mages tackle the issue. But now, now as he stared at the light of the midday sun merrily shining through one of the tower’s windows, despite the fact that it should be night, he realized that leaving it to the incompetent foals that called themselves part of the unicorn nobility to try and resolve the issue had clearly been a massive mistake.
Dismissing the shouted questions some noble he had never bothered remembering the name of asked, Star Swirl narrowed his gaze as his brilliant mind went through everything he knew about the odd happenings of late, the rapidly deteriorating weather, and now this new unexpected mystery, and came to a simple conclusion. It was time to fix said mistake, personally.
“I don’t know, Clover,” he seriously intoned as he gazed at his apprentice’s worried form, a fierce light on his eyes. “But I intend to find out.”
“What are those foals doing?!” Celestia heard her younger sister angrily question as they both stared at the midday sun that was merrily shining atop the heavens, despite the fact that it should be currently night. “Has the Council lost what little sense they still had?!”
“I don’t know, Luna, but this is most certainly abnormal,” the pale pink, nearly white, alicorn wearily stated as she looked towards her scowling sister who was glaring at the sun as if that would force the great celestial orb to somehow answer her questions about what the hay was happening. “Something is most definitely not right.”
“Do you think… do you think that something has happened to Star Swirl?” the midnight blue alicorn hesitantly asked as she fidgeted with her wings, worry and apprehension clear in her features.
“I hope not, Lulu,” Celestia answered, but even as she did so she couldn’t help but share her sister’s worry. And as she stared at the distant northern horizon and the lands of their birth that lay beyond, her thoughts went back to one of their few remaining friends. A friend they hadn’t met in years.
“Big sister, do you think… do you think that something has happened to the Three Tribes?” Luna hesitantly asked as she took a step closer to Celestia, who immediately covered the smaller alicorn with her wings and pressed her closer in a show of comfort.
It had been several years since Celestia and her sister had left on their self-imposed exile of sorts. The contempt and distrust their own tribe kept throwing at them due to their change in species, alongside the startling discovery that they apparently were now aging at a fraction of what should be normal, had finally started to take its toll as their friends started to pass away one after the other. Until, when but a bare hooffull of familiar faces remained, and surrounded by bigotry and derision from all sides, enough had finally become enough and they had decided to depart from the lands claimed by the Three Tribes.
They had made infrequent visits back in the beginning, only to be received by ever growing distrust, and repulsed by what had once been their own tribe, and open hostility by the other two, until they had finally stopped doing so altogether. No matter what prince Bullion or their old friend Star Swirl had to say about it, the peace and tranquility provided by the absence of ponies in the unknown regions to the south had sounded like everything the sisters could possibly desire. For, even if it was lonely, they still had each other.
But now that isolation meant that Celestia had no idea what could have possibly caused the aberrant behavior with the sun, and considering the fact that when last they had spoken to him Star Swirl had been a member of the Celestial Council, Luna’s worry was more than justified.
“Luna, have you seen anything amiss in the dream realm as of late?” she asked after a long moment of silence. She knew that her sister insisted upon at least attempting to protect their fellow ponies from the things that lurked within the strange plane of dreams she had been able to access ever since their transformation into alicorns, despite the fact the vast majority of said ponies had no knowledge of her efforts in doing so.
“Dreams are hardly straightforward enough for me to answer that, sister,” the midnight blue alicorn replied with an aggravated huff even as she snuggled against Celestia’s form. “There have been a growing number of nightmares as of late, yes, but forgoing the more ordinary and recurrent fears, they tend to consist of the same topics as always: distrust, doubt, contempt and anger towards their fellow ponies.
“Nothing I’ve seen these past few moons can evenly remotely explain the Council suddenly attempting to upend the order of the heavens like this,” she concluded with finality as she gestured towards the sun with one wing and let out a tired sigh.
“I see,” Celestia replied in an equally tired tone of voice as she gently nuzzled Luna’s mane.
“Maybe… maybe you should try to see if anything is happening?” her little sister hesitantly proposed as she turned her head to look at Celestia, who had stopped mid motion upon hearing the proposition.
“You know that I don’t like using that ability, Lulu,” she muttered under her breath as she averted her eyes from her sister’s earnest gaze.
As far as they had managed to ascertain, they had turned into their new forms due to the new magical abilities they had created so long ago. But while Luna took great pride in her ability to dream-walk, the same could not be said about Celestia’s own magical ability of foresight. Not only did she consider their odd abilities as the original source of their forced solitude, but in the case of her own ability, she also thought that it was next to useless when compared to Luna’s ability to enter the realm of dreams.
Looking into the future was like looking at an ever changing fractal of colors and shapes that never stayed still for more than a moment. It was an utterly maddening kaleidoscope of pictures that had no rhyme or reason from which getting any kind of real tangible information was a disproportionately frustrating and exhausting endeavor.
“I know, sister,” Luna gently said as she rubbed her muzzle alongside Celestia’s neck in an encouraging manner. “But what other options do we have?”
Celestia closed her eyes as she let out an aggravated sigh. No matter how much she wanted to dispute her sister’s words, she knew them to be truth. Her ability was indeed the best chance they had to try and learn what could be happening in the distant northern lands of their birthplace. And so, after a long moment, she nodded her head once in resigned agreement.
“Very well, I will attempt to see what I can get,” she answered with a tinge of annoyance at the need to do so. “But do not get your hopes up, Lulu. You know how infuriatingly vague my future sight truly is!”
“I have faith in you, sister!” Luna jovially answered as she gave an encouraging smile.
Celestia gave her a small smile in answer, before with a deep breath she focused herself, gathered her magic, and opened her mind to the flow of the future.
Images flashed by right in front of her eyes with impossible speed, appearing and disappearing without rhyme or reason almost too fast for her to even truly absorb their meaning: A massive explosion of sickly looking crimson flames blanket the sky; Ice and snow swirled around in a blinding blizzard; A sword stood tall against the darkness, it’s point puncturing the earth as otherworldly light covered the whole blade; The Three Tribes as they fought and argued against each other; A haunting shriek echoed through a deserted village covered in snow and ice; Three ponies, one of each tribe, huddled together amidst a raging blizzard, before, with a sudden flash, a pink flame was born in their midst; More scenes of her fellow ponies as they fought and argued with each other as ice and snow covered the land; A strange see through equine looking creature screamed to the heavens; The proud halls of Unicornia vacant and desolated as ice and snow slowly blocked all buildings from view; Three golden fi-
With a shuddering gasp Celestia closed off the ever speeding flow of images. She took in several heavy breaths as she attempted to re-center herself upon the present, an action that was immensely helped by the feeling of her little sister tenderly caressing her back with her wings in an attempt to help her deal with the strain of peering into the ever changing future.
“Well, that was as unpleasant as always,” she tiredly commented as she took in a long deep breath, before slowly letting it out. The fact that quite a bit of what she had seen was deeply worrying only added to the unpleasant feeling that using the ability normally caused.
“What did you see, sister?” her young sister asked, worry and apprehension clear in her eyes.
“I don’t know for certain, Luna. There was fighting and arguing, ice and desolation, some strange equine creature and even stranger looking fire,” Celestia tiredly replied as she attempted to put some semblance of order to what she had just seen. The fact that she knew from personal experience that the scenes she managed to glimpse from her future sight were never shown in a chronological order only added to the problem. “I simply don’t know…
“But one thing is certain,” she continued as she shoved her tiredness aside as the image of Unicornia’s snow covered and deserted halls resonated through her mind and a fierce glint entered her eyes. “We must find out.”
So, with this interlude I wanted to show some of the repercussions caused by Link’s little stunt last chapter.
Obviously the unicorns are both quite unhappy and more than a little worried right now, but at the same time this caused Star Swirl the Bearded, one of the greatest mages ever, eccentric extraordinary, and a certain purple pony’s object of admiration, to get out of his tower and take notice of what’s happening around him when he ‘canonically’ wouldn’t have done so for quite some time yet. Wonder if that will change anything long term? 
And talking about ‘canonically’; quite frankly I can’t see the celestial sisters allowing the ponies to kill themselves through frozen stupidity without intervening in some way. So, in my opinion, the fact that they aren’t a part of the original Hearth’s Warming leaves basically two explanations possible: they either weren’t born or old enough by that point in time to interfere with the mess; or they were too far away to do so at the time.
So, in this story the back-story of the celestial sisters is that: Celestia and Luna basically invented whole new branches of magic when they were young, Future Sight and Dream Walking respectively, and ascended in the process. Only for most of the other unicorns, with the exception of their closest friends, to see them as freaks that no longer belonged to their tribe due to the change and started to scorn and deride them for it. After a decade or so they realized that they were aging much, much slower than should be normal, which made them feel even more disconnected to their fellow ponies. A few more years passed with them being basically persona-non-grata to most ponies due to them not truly belonging to any tribe, and then their few friends started to get old and die, which was basically the breaking point for the sisters. And so they left their few friends that were still alive, like Star Swirl, behind in a self imposed exile as they sought peace far away from the lands occupied by the Three Tribes and as such missed the whole mess.
Afterwards the birth of the Fires of Friendship and the rumors of the Three Tribes attempting to create one singular kingdom where they all would live in harmony would have caught their interest, but shortly after arriving at the new kingdom a certain draconequus would appear and start to do what he does best. And the rest is history.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter.
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One thing I really want to know is what Link and Zelda's initial reactions were to whatever Ganondorf did to make it to where they remembered everything.
Other that that every chapter of this story has been an amazing ride.
Oh god. Star Swirl with the OoT. May the Three Goddesses help us all.
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I'm pretty sure it was established at the very beginning of the story that these reincarnations of the Triforce Trio were unique in that they remember their past lives and experiences. ALL OF THEM. Which is what led Ganondorf to try and break the cycle/remove them from the cycle's influence.
Nice chapter
Ganon....Tired of being the "villain"? Oh no, is he going Turbo? (1000 Bits to the first one that gets the reference.)
Damn, Link OP plz nerf.
Link - Gods > 30*Unicorn + tower + Sun
Link = ∞
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You have to know the songs before you can really do anything with it.
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They're gonna Wreck it.
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It was more that as they reincarnated again and again the memories started to slowly leak through more and more until they finally began to remember their past lives fully. It was more a natural process due to possessing the Triforce than anything Ganondorf did personally.
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It's just an highly eccentric wizard holding possession of an artifact of power.
What's the worst that can happen?
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Thanks.
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"I'm Gonna Wreck It!"
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That's End Game Link, after all. Considering how that tends to mean he has double the magic bar, and in some games the magic consumption also gets turned to half, he got a lot of magic power to throw around.
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You sure? We are talking about the guy that invented time-travel and dimension-hopping by himself...
Well, well, well...that was interesting and a nice glimpse into other goings-on...
Having the Sisters like this would cancel out Luna turning into Nightmare Moon.
As it was their defeat of Discord via the Elements of Harmony that facilitated in their ascension to Alicorndom.
And it was the following praise as Goddesses that caused the rift that lead to Luna becoming Nightmare Moon when it was only her sister receiving praise.
I think having them infirmed and unable to intervene would probably work better for cannon....
But maybe having the Tri Force Wielders fall into the world has twisted fate away from her plans more than before.
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I said that he has to know a song to play it properly. I never said that he couldn't experiment and try to make his own song.
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It doesn't go that way, but you are lucky that i have a heart. *Hands you a bag with 1000 Bits*
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Here is our prize! *Hands you a bag with 1000 Bits* Try not to spend it all at the arcades :3
Wait, all it takes to ascend is to discover a new magic? Fuck, I guess there goes their worries about death then, because Zelda and Ganon could do that fairly easily I'd think. Link... I imagine it'd be a bit more dificult(he doesn't strike me as the creating kind of, more into iteration and improvement on what works), but still possible.
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Glad you liked it.
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Not really. They were already alicorns when they used the elements against Discord:
But, yes, the fate that would have come to pass in the Canon-verse has already been well and truly derailed.
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Ah, got it.
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Celestia, Ganondorf, Link, and Zelda should chat it up about future sight!
Huh, I thought clover the clever was a girl? Odd, so in Celestias vision, did she see the tri-force, and what state was the master sword in, was embedded in the ground or was simply laying there?
P.S. love this story, Loz is my favorite franchise, and I hope you’ll introduce other Loz characters, (I’m hoping for Dark Link, he was awesome... in the few stories that actually gave him lines at least).
So I'm confused. Did the Sun's Song drain the unicorns to move the sun... or were they trying to fight against it?
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That's part of why he's such a fun character here, but it doesn't make the equation any more balanced, which has already had an effect on the fight scenes. As we've seen, he's only a bit winded from the strain of handling the equivalent of two suns after an undefined period of nonstop combat. And that's without most of his equipment.
Once he has the OoT and the Master Sword, I expect he'll be playing ping-pong with Celestia, while simultaneously juggling a dozen dragons, and warding off the windigos with a fan tied to his tail and fighting off the Armada with one wing tied behind his back.
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Speaking of the Master Sword, that thing is liable to outright murder someone who tries to use it without the Sword's A-OK. It has a history of being very picky about who is allowed to use it.
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Probably more of a sword-in-the-stone situation. Or like Mjolnir a la Thor.
why does it seem like celestia and zelda would be good friends with their future vision abilities while on my guess Luna would get along well with Ganondorf or Link.
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Not quite. My head canon is that in order to ascend a pony must have: 1. Have fully mastered their special talent. 2. Discover a new application of magic pertaining to some aspect of their special talent. 3. Have above average magical reserves to fuel the transformation.
So merely discovering a new type of magic by itself isn't enough.
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And Luna's jealousy for not being invited to the chat was what led her to become Nightmare Moon!
Jokes aside, I do plan to have Celestia and Zelda eventually talk about their personal methods of perusing the future, yes.
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I initially thought that Clover was a mare myself, but the oficial mlp info about him, what little exists that is, clearly states that he is male:
As for the Master Sword, it did embed itself point first into a hard surface, like any good Destined Sword should.
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They were trying to stop the sun from moving.
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True, Link is OP against most of the enemies he would normaly find in this period of the MLP-verse, but I do have a plan already in the works to negate his entry into the Sue-pitfall and 'level the playing field' so to speak in regards to his enemies.
You can actually see hints about the plan already in the published chapters if you look carefully.
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Eh, yes and no. The balde is extremely picky about it's wielders, true. But since it embed itself point first it's far more liable to simply pull a 'sword in the stone' and simply refuse to budge.
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Soooo, if link, zelda, and ganon ever ever realize they can get a wish granted by all wishing the same thing at the same time...
Ah! No wonder it took Link more power than it usually does.
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Precisely, yes.
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Because that's a very likely scenario?
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Shhhh!
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I can only think of five possibilities.
1. Something to do with the Sun and Moon. They're the only things we've seen that would be big enough to have an impact on his god-level power. But that would be contrived and lame and not actually solve the problem, so I doubt that's it.
2. Discord. He's the only entity in MLP that could conceivably do more than slow Link down, but he doesn't fit in this story. Very low possibility.
3. Something something magic scarcity. Link's magic power doesn't regen fast enough to fill his bottomless reserves, so he can't use his power very often. This would be another half-measure, though, since he almost certainly doesn't need even a fraction of that power to do anything but move celestial bodies.
4. Conflict between the Triforce Wielders. They're the only ones capable of matching each other, so they keep each other in chexk, somehow. Don't really see how this one would work.
5. Equestria's gods return and zippedy-zap the powers away. 0.1% chance of deus ex machine.
I dunno, I guess I'll have to see what you come up with.
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Nope, none of the above.
I really want to tell actually, but it's too much of a spoiler for the future of the story.
If you manage to find out, I will confirm it, though.
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That's actually really reassuring, because I thought those were all really bad ideas.
But now you have me...curious...
I'll be pondering this one for a while, I think.
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Was referring to Breath of the Wild where it drains your health.
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The entire Fandom thought Clover was female... but Shadow Play said otherwise, and canon usually trumps fanon.
How to draw EVERYPONY'S attention, whether you want it or not: By Link
I'm looking forward to Celestia and Luna meeting Triforce Trio.
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Oh yeah, forgot about that.
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Pretty much, yeah.
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Considering how I wanted to portray Link as some kind of enlightened zen-master in that scene? That is not surprising.
This was really a very interesting chapter, I'm very curious about the role that Celestia and Luna will have, will they still be princesses? zelda will become an alicorn?
As for the religion of this new equestria, I really see a division in the future the unicorns worshiping Nayru, pegasus worshiping Farore and earth ponies worshiping Din.
I just can't get enough of this story.
How did the unicorns get ahold of the ocarina?
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Reference the earlier chapters that note that the equipment Link had and Ganandorf's blade were scattered upon entry into the world.
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Starwsirl found it when it landed in the nearby forest. He saw it land. I wonder if he's tried playing it?
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I don't really see the ponies starting religion. Sure the tribes match up well, but when the three goddesses gave their blessing to Ganon to be free, didn't they say that even they didn't know where they would end up, or that they couldn't follow them? I don't remember. So they have no effect on equis.
Maybe the three triforce weilders will be sort of like jesus and how he started religion, but only in triplicate? Who knows? (Not me.)
Very nice chapter. I'm excited for our cast to meet up in the future.
Glad we have a glimpse of Unicornia, as well as the debut of a lost item of great importance.
Celestia and Luna's origin is very great here.
9702497 Ganon's bad, and that's good. He'll never be good, but that's not bad.
This is much different than most versions of events. (Though certainly not a bad set.)
Most often, Celestia and Luna are either fillies at the time of separation of the tribes, and unicorns that Star Swirl takes in when noticing their talents, or they are born in a united Equestria that is tenuously kept together by friendship and necessity, and their talents and later ascension make them suited for rule.
Or they ascend during Discord's reign and are new alicorns when they confront Discord. (These last two do not require them to be unicorns, which is why I prefer them slightly.)
Of course, this all assumes that the Hearth's Warming Tale is correct and not just a legend with a hint of truth, as might be more common in reality.
But this "new idea" makes me definitely interested in what role they will have. After all, this story seems well grounded and well planned.
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Yeah, the whole thing seemed super odd, and in another story, I would be apprehensive. But I trust Greatazuredragon's writing a lot more than I do others, so I'm just very interested instead.
Damit!! I was realy hoping that our golden trio was th parents of the sisters....
Owell, now they will get inwould erlyer and might get beter perantal figurs.
And the trio might still be ancestors of the mane 6 and I still might get my wish to see them reborn as th CMC.
So it took a whole council of mages and a massive tower/array designed to control the heavens to make Link sweat a bit.
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so princess platnum was not a great as the future plays would have us believe
The Princesses have shown themselves!
Well, they're not princesses yet, but who cares? We finally see Celestia and Luna!
Sad to hear that they were driven into exile, though.
P.S. Prepare to explain yourself many times, Link, though I’m sure you'll be unfazingly calm as always.
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Me personally I see two options.
1. In Zelda's dream, we see a wave of fire that reeks of hate come to the aid of the windigos. Since the Triforce of power is shown alongside the other three we can assume that the flames aren't Ganondorf, which leaves the likely culprit being the Demon King Demise.
2. It has already been shown that some (if not all) of Links items have come to Equestria as well as Ganondorf's sword. It isn't that much of a stretch to have a less than honest being pick one or two of them up. Disregarding the Master Sword, there are two more fairies, some Great Fairies Tears, and
Magic Milk along with any specific items link picked up from dungeons.
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Aw. I am the big sad