Rose was giddy to explore, wrapped in her fascination with magic and the myth of the world she was in. Just knowing that there were new strange lands out there made her confinement in Canterlot much more bearable.
"Thank you for your offer, Celestia, but I think I'll make the way to Dragonlands on my own", Rose said, excitement dripping from her voice as her hooves tapped in place, "But can I get a map of Equestria? And I'd like to go to the village I first arrived in. I want to thank the first pony I met. I don't remember her name, but I do remember her face." Rose was abuzz with energy and excitement.
Celestia nodded before using her magic to retrieve a map along with a bag, "Here, the map you need, enchanted to survive the harshest conditions, it should suffice for your unique problem and a bitbag, it will refill once a month automatically, it should provide you for most of what you need." Celestia explained, her voice tired but hopeful as she levitated the items over to Rose's magical hold, she turned toward twilight, who still had her wing over her.
"Could you help Rose on her trip to Ponyville? I'm sure your friend will be happy to see you back early as well," Celestia asked Twilight, her eyes caring and voice gentle.
Twilight simply nodded her head and turned to Rose, "I'll travel with you to Ponyville, I have a lot to think about, but... for what it's worth Rose, Thank you. Fluttershy told me once that sometimes to be kind, you need to be mean, I think I understand that more now." Twilight confessed, a small smile on her muzzle and a new life behind her eyes.
Twilight moved away from Celestia after one last look before she trotted over to Rose, beckoning her to follow with a tilt of her head. "Come on, I'll show you the way to the Train station, it is a fair distance from here, and the ride to Ponyville will take a few hours," Twilight informed as she continued her way toward the throne room doors, her hooves echoing loudly throughout the hall.
Rose gave one last look toward Celestia, "Thank you for your trust, and, if possible could you tell Luna I said goodbye? I know she sleeps around this time, and I don't want to wake her, she looks tired enough during the night as is," asked Rose, her flames gentle and small as her voice.
In response, Celestia nodded her head before issuing her last goodbye, "I will, and thank you for thinking of her, she might be upset that you didn't get to say it to her face to face, but I know what you mean," Celestia said, her wings drooped slightly. "You shouldn't keep Twilight waiting, she hates it when her schedule isn't on time, I hope you enjoy your travels and Goodbye Rose," Celestia said as she returned to her throne, Rose couldn't help but notice a brief sadness in Celestia's goodbye, she shook it off however, it doesn't matter she thought, adventure awaits.
Twilight couldn't help but notice how Rose no longer burned through the carpet as they traversed the halls of Canterlot Castle, perhaps Rose no longer had a reason to, or simply forget, but it still managed to give her hope that perhaps Rose and Celestia could become friends in the future.
"Now Rose, I know you've been here for a little while, but most of the Canterlot ponies still don't know you're here, so don't be alarmed if they aren't as friendly as..." Twilight began, her voice lowering as she spoke, she turned her head toward Rose, realization in her eyes, "No one really was friendly to you were they?" Twilight spoke, her voice quiet, her wings dropping, yet her pace stayed the same.
"No, not really, Discord and Luna were, as well as you to some extent, but the guards, maids, and students kept away from me, said things quietly, thinking I couldn't hear them," Rose explained, a longing tone clipped the end of her statement. "Don't worry about it Twilight, I'm used to it, it doesn't really bother me. So tell me, does this train have an obsidian carriage?" Rose inquired, "I wouldn't want to cause any damage to it," Rose continued, as they reached a large ornate door, which was opened by Twilights Magical aura.
"Don't worry about it Rose, I'll cast a fire-resistance charm on the carriage, although I might have to reapply it, later on, It should hold for most of the way to Ponyville," Twilight explained, as she exited from the castle out into the castle grounds.
The grounds were quite empty save for the few guards and maids milling about, and Stoneleaf, the gardener, Rose had seen him around, but they didn't get along well, what with her burning all of his hard work with just her presence.
As they exit out of the castle grounds they could see the cities' main populous, out and about in fancy hats and coats, most of their noses seemed attracted to the sky, yet they were able to navigate perfectly with each other. Rose linked it to some sort of hive-mind intelligence. They continued their journey towards the train station in silence uninterrupted for around fifteen minutes, that's when the nobles to notice.
"Oh goodness, what a truly monstrous creature, what do you think it wants?" came a quiet voice, Rose couldn't pick out who said it, but by now it didn't matter. Rose ignored the whispers and continued with Twilight, her face neutral, while Twilight's ears were twitching and moving in the directions of the sounds.
"What do you think it's doing with Princess Twilight? could it be one of her pet villains?" the whispers continued in much the same manner until a large tomato came flying towards Rose.
'Splat'
Rose continued down ignoring the burning tomato sliding down her face, and while Rose never stopped in her stride, her face settled into a cold neutral frown, her mane reignited into brilliant red and orange flames, burning off the rest of the tomato.
The train station was, to say the least gaudy in Rose's opinion, Rose walked with Twilight to the ticket station, a light blue stallion with a white mane took some bits from Twilight, Rose didn't mention the terrified look she received from him.
Rose had to wait ten minutes before she was allowed on the train, Twilight has to apply the heat resistance charm pretty much everywhere in their carriage. Rose sat down on one the seats, noting that it was still quite soft, making herself more comfortable Rose turned and looked towards Twilight.
"Thanks again for your help Twilight, perhaps in the future we could become friends?" Rose mentioned, her tone neutral and her voice even. Twilight turned her head towards Rose, her wings still ruffled, "I, I would like that Rose," Twilight said.
"I know I'm not a perfect pony, and that I can make some really bad mistakes, so, Thank you, Rose, I feel like that's all I've said today, but, you opened my eyes, not only about myself but that Celestia also has flaws." Twilight continued, her voice quiet.
The trip continued in relative silence most of the way to Ponyville, Twilight ended up replacing the heat charm four times, draining a lot of her energy. Eventually, they arrived at their destination, where Fluttershy was waiting for them, her eyes hard and her position solid; Rose didn't seem fazed by this, but Twilight started to sweat buckets.
Ooh, a sequel! I shall read this.
The heat issue is getting annoying.
i like it so far +1 like
YEY!!!!!
It continues!!! Huzzah!!!
should be interesting
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To be fair in this case it kinda makes sense. It will continue to be an issue till Rose gets control of her emotions, but she just spent the entirety of a walk to the train station being insulted and tomato pelted. Anyone would be really really pissy about that.
Also uh oh, Fluttershy is kinda peeved. Bet I can guess why.
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Hope that happens soob
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Now if only there were some creatures that specialized in fire...hmmm...maybe ones covered in scales...
But for real tho, if Twilight doesn't figure something out the dragons will. I imagine Rose is just like a a little dragon that still hasn't learned to control its flame
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Huzzah indeed!
Great chapter
Does Ponyville Station have a wooden platform.
Rose should do well in the dragon lands. Dragons can swim in lava, so they should be fine in her presence, although I wonder if they would be able to stand up to her highest temperatures unaffected. Probably not.
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As are most problems who require training to be resolved.
It's always tiny steps.
I'm glad she finally left Canterlot. Celestia's apology sounded like bullshit to me, just an excuse and justification for being a bitch and imprisoning someone for no reason. And honestly it looks like Canterlot as a whole is full of rotten whores based on how she was treated. They see an alicorn they don't know and their first reaction is to be terrible speaks a great deal about them. I hope this doesn't wind up with her constantly turning the other cheek to people, stand up for yourself dammit!
Woooooooohooooooooo. I love this fucking story.
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I completely feel the same and agree with you bud
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Yay!
I predict Angel will open the door with industrial-grade hose already turned on.
MOAR
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Sure, once exams are done (15th November) I'll be more free to write.
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Prepares the popcorn Looking forward to it~
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Hope everything is alright bud
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Finished the exam I think I passed I was able to answer every question that's for sure, just gonna look for a job and in the meantime, write.
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Cool, well hope that goes well for you
Any News?
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I've hit writer's block, the next three chapters are stuck at around 600 words, and I want to release them at least around 1500 words...
Unfortunately, I'm not the most reliable updater. Although I have managed to write more then I did when I had university.
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Well at least your trying.
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Need any help bud?
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I haven't really had any inspiration for awhile, which sucks, but I'm a binge writer.
On days I feel like writing I can get through around 5k words in one sitting... but those days are few and far between. Last time that happened was for a diffrent kind of evil.
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Okay, well hope you get some inspiration because I love this story and last one
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She could introduce them to Sauna! Only with bit of lava to "cool" off.
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Idea. What happens when Pinkie throws her a party?
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... I'm not sure how but I completely forgot about that possibility...
This has given me something to work with.
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Glad to help!!!!!
When are you making another chapter
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I haven't really had the motivation to continue writing, I've also been preoccupied with working on a new video game with Lamina Studios.
My friend Elu has been composing music for it! It should release as a demo on steam under the name Overseer around May 6th or so.
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That good I hope the game get lots of amazing comets
It just occurred to me that Rose never meet blueblood.
Let's hope that murder charge never comes
See I can't see why Flutters is apparently upset. Maybe it's something I missed or read over but... just why?
That being said I did finally finish "Why Am I Living Lava?" and immediately started on this. I was kinda hoping for more chapters but I'll take what I can get. And it'll be interesting seeing Rose in Equestria proper, and I especially like how Rose doesn't wear rose *snicker* glasses on. And I seriously hope she isn't one of those "turn the other cheek" types but then again I can also understand why she would be seeing as well... she's Living Lava.
But yeah I can't wait for your next chapter! And I hope you get your insperation man!
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If I remember correctly, Rose talked with Discord about how Twilight hasn't been doing the whole friendship thing too well recently with Discord and others, & Discord popped off to think about that, possibly letting Fluttershy know, resulting in the current circumstances.
Friends? Maybe in the future, but right now nobody really seems to actuallybe on good terms for real with him except Discord. Also good for you Twilight, you called him by his real name. Now you get to be called Twilight instead of Fuckface.