Chapter 32
The dream realm sparkled all around as I moved between the silvery portals of ponies dreams.
Luna were awake already. Strangely enough, so was Celestia. Or maybe not so strange if it was this week when Clear Skies were dropped by.
Twilight was actually asleep and having a nice dream at that. Not the adult kind, but I still didn’t want to bother her when she managed to actually get to bed in a reasonable time.
Pausing, I looked at the portal next to me.
Cadence was asleep and having a normal dream. Been quite a while since I visited her and checked how things was in the Crystal Empire.
Cadence was the Alicorn I was the least close to and I should likely fix that. We were after all likely to know each other for a long while.
Touching my horn to the silvery portal, I stepped through to find myself in a throne room. Blinking, I looked around. This wasn’t in Canterlot…
Oh! I knew this place. The palace in the Crystal Empire. Silvery crystal walls all around with a soft red carpet leading towards the throne.
Cadence was sitting on the throne… I could only assume. All that sticking out from beneath a pile of scrolls the size of a small house, was a pink, purple and yellow tail.
Oh. So, it was a nightmare.
Wait, no. not nightmare for her, just a very boring and stressful dream.
That’s funny!
Grinning, I tapped my hoof against the floor, sending out a pulse to solidify the dream for us before sitting down to wait.
Cadence wiggled and struggled before letting out a sound of frustration as she pushes the scrolls and piles of papers off herself, her head poking out of the pile before she spotted me, “Page! A little help!?”
I grinned and shifted the dream to a more comfortable one, tapping my hoof against the floor again to make it a copy of Luna’s and mine sitting room in Canterlot castle.
The wave of change radiated out from my hoof and the dream melted and shifted, leaving Cadence laying on the couch instead.
“Better?”
“Much,” she admitted and worked her magic through her mane, “Luna, I hate that dream.”
“Didn’t seem like an actual nightmare though,” I said and jumped up to sit down on one of the comfy chairs.
“…It’s not. Not really. Just… ugh.”
“Things stressful?”
She sighed, “You could say that. Been spent the last couple of weeks reviewing next year’s budgets.”
“Ow.”
Cadence nodded, “Shining is about as stressed as me, not even sure he have gotten to bed yet.”
“He hasn’t, I didn’t see his dreams anywhere,” I said, “His guard taking up a lot of time?”
“Something like that. He’s doing his own paperwork,” Cadence said and looked at me, “So how are you?”
“Mostly bored. On the way back from Griffona.”
“I got a letter about that from Twilight. How did things go?”
I smiled, “Well enough that they are willing to start negotiations through normal channels. I think it’ll work out.”
“Twilight said Sunset Shimmer was going along.”
I sighed and looked at her, “Cadence, will you drop that?”
“Page, it’s…” she started to say before she frowned thoughtfully, “Page, how do you see dreams?”
“What?”
She motioned around us, “I see us in a room. To me, it’s perfectly real. As real as if I was here while awake. What is it like for you?”
I glanced around, “Uhm… the same. Kinda. But there are also levels beneath, I can feel it all around. Almost like… warm sunlight on my coat?”
No way to really confuse it with the material world. I suppose it was almost like being Neo in the Matrix, I could see the ‘code’ beneath the rest of the world.
Cadence nodded, “That’s how things are with Love for me. I can literally see and feel what ponies and other creatures feel.”
“You can detect other emotions too?”
She nodded, “Love is just way easier. Missing a pony in love is like somehow missing that the sun is shining!”
Oh.
I wasn’t entirely sure how to respond to that.
Cadence jumped off the couch and approached, “Look, I’ll drop if it you can answer a question for me.”
I blinked at her before I shook my head and pointed my hoof at her “No. No Cadence, stay out of things. I don’t know what your plan is, but no.”
She let out a small frustrated sound before sitting down, flexing her wings, “Fine! Fine! But I reserve the right to be smug.”
“We’re just friends.”
“Mhmm. I had a friend like that before too. We got married.”
I’m not sure why everypony is so insistent about this! Sunset and I were just friends!
…Right?
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And created a hellspawn. So maybe not the best example?
I honestly hope that they just stay friends. You can be friends with a girl. You don't need to be shipped with every female that is friends with you.
Need an editor.
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You must be new here... I’m kidding.
I wouldn't mind seeing a herd with Luna, page and Sunset.
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Yes, just about every "were" should have been a "was".
Uh...I realize that budgets are scary amounts of work, but...YEARS for a CITY budget?!?!
Also...wait are Luna and Page even married yet?! Just seems weird that SO MANY ship BP and Sunset together, when Blank backed off Twilight at Sunset's sorta-request. I don't remember if Twilight liked him beyond "OMG FAVORITE AUTHOR!!!", but really. EVERYONE seems focused on Sunset and BP, and I recall no mention of Twilight, or how this herd situation, if it ever gets that far, will work. Missed opportunity with Cadance, there.
Yes!! Maybe I just missed it before, but I’m pretty sure this is the most direct confirmation of SunPage in the story so far. Much squee
Right.......bestest of friends....the kind were everyone knows you are or going to bang at the end of the day.
Luna were awake already. Strangely enough, so was Celestia. Or maybe not so strange if it was this week when Clear Skies were dropped by.
were should be was.
She sighed, “You could say that. Been spent the last couple of years reviewing next year’s budgets.”
That's a lot of time.
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Fixed.
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The correct term is "Laser Death Foal"
Seems to me that both Page and Sunset are far more human than any pony could really realize. At some point, maybe years down the line, it could happen. Nither of them would be happy if they did it now, they would feel like they are betraying someone else and it would be a poison to any relationship and their friendship.
Everyone is worried that page will have regrets years from now when Sunset is dead, not even thinking about the regrets both would have in the now.
Or they are all worried it's going to happen and are banking that if they harp on it enough Sunset's pride would never let it happen?
As for love butt, sure she sees love, but not all love is romantic. It's possible she is reading far to much into this.
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aka the best kind of foal
Yes, you are just friends Page, friends who love eachother's company very much, bordering so close on ACTUAL love that its almost indistinguishable to Cadence and those around you.
Yet not quite in love, kinda like two bros who hug it out when shit gets real and wish each other luck, they ain't gonna screw any time soon, but damn do they need one another for support in the best and worst of times.
Friendship like that in Equestria is super rare for opposite genders, which is why everyone confuses it with love.
That's my head canon, I like it because it messes with everyone around them.
The kicker would be if a changeling tells Cadence that she's confusing love with deep friendship with a hint of flirt.
This is just adorable.
As do I
Sure
At the moment i would say you two are more than friends but less than lovers
You will be shipped. Surrender and accept your fate.
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Don't forget Twilight. If nothing else, I doubt she'd want to give up Sunset.
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Honestly the "Sunset and Page are in love" thing kinda irks me. People of the opposite gender can be "just friends". People are allowed to enjoy each other's presence without being lovey dovey or making huge commitments. Some personality types just mesh well.
Now that said, I entirely agree with you. I don't see the story going that way, but I also hope it does go the route of friendship. Amber giving Cadance a confused look and politely informing her would be an interesting scene. Cadance being confused by her power would also make an interesting weakness to her power that otherwise sounds absolute.
After all, the Greeks mentioned that there are four kinds of love. Phileo, Agape, Storge, and Eros. Cadance could easily see Phileo love (comrade/brotherly love) coming from Page, and confuse it for Eros which is romantic love.
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Just PM the author with everything you noticed needs fixing.
FINALLY!!!
Oh Cadence will be unbearably smug for ages. And Page won't be able to complain, for he agreed with it
At this point I'm starting to wonder if Page should've just held off romancing Luna for reasons to instead get with Sunset.
Hiver is doing this all for a reason, having everyone and their mother comment about how much better Page and Sunset would be...is he just saying he should've paired them up together instead of who they're with now?
Because I must admit, the teasing is their running gag, but it seems like some other viewers are starting to tire of it, even if Page himself doesn't.
Cadance *in Darth Vader's voice*: "Embrace the love, Luke! It is your destiny!
"
"
Blank Page: "God, I now regret my plagiarism!
“Not giving you the satisfaction, Candy.”
“What about her? Do you give her the-“
The room is then stuffed with scrolls.
“That’s cruel, Page.”
“Tick tock. They won’t read themselves.”
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Shouldn't the "were" be "was"?
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Apostrophe s it means of
Example: the *yay*ing car's doors were locked up and the keys were inside.
There the 's says we're talking about the *yay*ing doors of the *yay*ing car
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Had to bust that one out for this chapter.
One fun fact that's kinda related to this is the fact that other languages recognize the fact that there are different kinds of love a lot better than english. greek actually has six different words that all translate to love. Eros for sexual passion, Philia for deep friendship (Best friends), Ludus for playful love, Agape for love of everyone, Pragma for longstanding love, such as between old spouses, and Philautia for love of self. These are all related, but still very different feelings, but in English we lump them all under the banner of "Love".
Yes, Page. Submit!
DO IT!
JUST TASTE HER DAMMIT!
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and were dropped bye should be either was dropping by, or just dropped by.
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Tell that to all the Yuri ships out there...
2 girls (or more) can't be close friends...they must secretly be lesbians...or in a harem if they show clear interest in boys, even with all the "clearly lesbian subtext".
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Same thing happened with how two (or more) girls can't just be friends...
They must be oh so into one another.
But that is the thing with Ships...They are not going to give a fuck.
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I have the same attitude. There are far too few stories that do love justice by itself. Let alone have a male-female friendship in addition. (I don't count stories that have just no romance at all.)
I mean, this is a great story that includes a romantic relationship with Luna. Not exactly a "romance story about Luna and Page." There's a difference.
And there are way too few stories that actually show the strong bonds of friendship. That show that friendship is a powerful form of love, without magic in the mix.
The misunderstanding of love is a very common thing to see, though. I don't claim to be an expert, but I have an interest in what I consider to be the most powerful force, for real.
This version of Cadence isn't offensive to me, but it's the version I find to be rather shallow. Even if she only dealt with romantic love, she would know enough about it to only "pester" someone if their relationship was in danger. Not if they were just impatient.
It's also the reason the MLP Time Loops Cadence got retconned, because everyone involved decided enough was enough and a real love Princess wouldn't do that sort of thing.
Still, this decision doesn't mean I suddenly dislike the story. It just means I'm a bit more disappointed.
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That's actually an interesting intrepetation.
Personally I like to think the thing here, is that Cadance see that bond (the 'Phileo' love you mentioned) between them, but also what it could be (different from what it necessarily will/should be.)
Add that she's still (at least in Alicorn terms) quite young and as established here, a happy ship shipping shipper, she can't quite help herself, even if it's not really her place to meddle.
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...what the FUCK are you talking about?!
I REFUSE to believe one city in Equestria has the budget problems of bumfuck USA.
Finlay somepony has rolled up a newspaper and smacked Page over the nose.
yes Sunset has feeling for Page and even if he is hiding it Page has feelings for Sunset.
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Budget problems don't have to mean there isn't enough funds, heck in my experience it's usually determining which departments require what amounts based mostly on prior needs and figuring how how much is needed to compensate or needs to be moved around. for example we once needed to divert more funds to one department in particular for them to replace/repair their equipment and then next year had to figure out how much to reduce their budget by without cutting back too much! It can be very tedious and annoying at times especially with department heads all wanting to get even more funding weather they need it or not and yelling at you to do so!
"Page!"
"what."
"I can see the love on you."
*pops dream*
"Sunset why are you-"
"ssshhh my plushy page...mhmmm."
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...sigh.
OK, by budget problems, I am referring to the fact that this is a yearly thing. A schedule of sorts you set for the year.
IT MAKES NO GODSDAMN SENSE FOR IT TO TAKE LONGER THAN THE TIMEPERIOD IT'S MEANT FOR. If it does, you get too far behind and eventually complete your budget AFTER it is time for the next budget, at which point what's the point, either you need no budget or you've crashed and burned.
As do we all
*best* friends.
You know, I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop regarding that investigation Page launched into the background and habits of Sunshine's friend, Clear Skies. That thread's been dangling a long time now...
We all do
Still, Page should've left her dumped back into that pile of scrolls.
Im very much a fan of sunset and page being sibling-like in their relationship. You know, siblings outside of Alabama sort of thing. It would feel a little bit forced to me, but then again im not a fan of harems, so i dislike the idea in the first place.
The Crystal Empire is fucked for years.
- Population need immune system jumpstart
- Economy need rebuild
- Flurryheart magic surges
- Low population
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It's literally just an over-glorified city-state with a few hundred shiny ponies.
They are almost in love it will just take time for spark to grow enough for them to see love with each other.
Cadence is some form of hardcore shipper. Not sure if I like it…