The Princess and the Map
“Rise.” Princess Celestia said, nodding. She seemed almost surprised to be addressed so formally. “It is excellent to be meeting you, after hearing much about you from my student.” She nodded at Twilight. “What is it you would you need my help with? I am surprised…..I have heard that you have astounding magical artifacts of your own.”
Link glanced at Twilight, confused as to what the princess was talking about, and she mouthed “the map”.
“Oh!” Link said, surprised. “I was not aware the map I carry was considered ‘astounding magic’…. where I am from, it is quite common for travelers to carry one.”
“Interesting.” The princess said. “Is there any chance…could I see it?”
Link nodded, flipping open his saddlebag again and pulling out the map. A rippling, sparkling golden aura appeared on Princess Celestia’s horn, like the one Link had seen on Twilight’s when she’d tried to look at it. The same aura surrounded the map, lifting it into the air.
“Fascinating.” Princess Celestia said, raising her eyebrows interest.
“Please be careful, princess.” Twilight begged. “That thing did not enjoy me trying to examine it.”
“Don’t worry, my faithful student.” Princess Celestia gave her a reassuring smile. “I have satisfied my curiosity.” The map floated back down to Link, who took it again.
“I have a feeling you aren’t from around here, are you?” She asked.
“I guess, well….I guess you could say that.” Link chuckled awkwardly.
“So, now, my little pony, we come to the manner of your plea. What have you come here to ask me for?” The princess asked.
“I have a very close friend of mine who’s lost in the nearby forest.” Link said. “I need to find her. She’s scared and alone….she needs my help, but I’m not sure exactly where she is.”
“Oh! Well, that is a simple matter to fix.” Princess Celestia said. “You can use a tracking spell to find her. My faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, can help you with that.”
“Er, yes...I could.” Twilight said. “I mean, I can!I know a few basic tracking spells. But you’ll need to have some sort of item that your friend had a close personal attachment too.”
Epona nudged Link, who jumped slightly. He hadn’t even realized she was standing behind him.
“The ocarina?” She whispered.
“Oh...I think I have something.” Link dug through his saddlebag.
He pulled out another ocarina, almost a mirror to the Ocarina of Time, except this one was made of wood, crudely carved…...made by the hands of a child.
“It used to belong to my friend.” He explained. “What do you think…?”
“That should work!” Twilight said.
“Could I ask you one more question?” Princess Celestia asked.
“Anything, your majesty.” Link responded, giving another respectful nod.
“The sun….it was pulled beneath the horizon earlier.” The princess said thoughtfully. “Was that caused by something of yours?”
“Yes, in a way.” Link nodded. “But it wasn’t so much the sun being pulled down….as time itself being altered.”
“Most interesting.” Celestia said, nodding, a contemplative frown on her face.
Link nodded.
“So…..Princess Celestia, could you excuse us to try the spell?” Twilight asked.
“Oh, certainly.” The princess smiled. “Be careful, Twilight. We don’t want the magic to explode in your face again, do we?”
“Oh no.” Twilight gave a nervous laugh. “I will be very careful from now on. Follow me, Link.”
Link gave one last bow to Celestia, then followed Twilight out of the hall, Epona trailing them.
Twilight lead him to a large, round room. In the center was placed a table surrounded by chairs...well, Link couldn’t decide if they were large stone chairs or thrones. Superimposed on the table itself was a shimmering, translucent map of what Link supposed was Equestria.
“Could I have the ocarina?” Twilight asked. Link hesitated for a second before handing it over to her.
Twilight floated it in her magic, setting it down on the table.
All of the sudden, Link felt the strangest sensation in his inventory. The saddlebag was jerking and twitching at his side, vibrating weirdly.
Link frowned, craning his neck over to flip it open.
Almost immediately, he was slapped in the face by a roll of paper. He reeled back, blinking confusedly, and saw his map soar through the air. It began hovering above the table, revolving slowly in place.
“What the...” Twilight said, alarmed.
There was a brilliant flash of white light, and the map clattered harmlessly back down onto the table.
“What was that?” Twilight raised an eyebrow, grabbing it in her magic. “Wait a second….”
“What is it?” Link trotted over, rubbing his face. He gasped.
His map, instead of being a smeary, unintelligible mess, was now a perfect rendition of the same map on the table.
“I’ve never seen anything like this!” Twilight cried, thrusting the map into Link’s shocked hooves. “Why does your magic follow none of our rules? Why did it suddenly work when it touched the map? Why did it react so crazily to my magic? Why does none of this stuff make sense???”
“I….” Link said, at a loss for words.
"Please." Epona cut in. "The spell?"
“Oh right.... the spell." Twilight sighed. "Oh! We could use your map for the spell now. Why didn’t I think of that earlier?” She let out a surprised giggle. “It would certainly be a lot easier.”
There was a magenta flash from her horn, and the ethereal sculpture on the table disappeared. She set Link’s map down, spreading it out and securing the rolling-up ends with small weights.
“Do you….think that’s a good idea?” Link said hesitantly. He didn’t want to question the word of a princess, but….. “You know, considering the last time you used your magic on this….”
“Well, only one way to find out!” Twilight said gaily. Link gave a nervous swallow, watching Twilight as she placed Saria’s ocarina on the map.
A stream of color issued from Twilight’s horn, but instead of it exploding like Link thought it would, the ocarina lit up in a flash of light. A thick black line appeared on the map, cutting a sharp streak across the paper, from what Link supposed was Ponyville to the middle of a forest.
“Oh, I’m pretty sure I know where you’re headed now.” Twilight said nervously. “Please be careful….those ruins aren’t dangerous within themselves, but the path certainly is.”
“Okay, then. Thanks for your help.” Link said, gathering up his map. “Now that I know where I’m going, I—” He stopped abruptly.
Standing in the doorway were Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, and Vinyl, staring at him.
“Are you planning on following me everywhere?” Link sighed. The four didn’t say a thing, simply standing, eyes wide.
Link squirmed, a little uncomfortable with the scrutiny.
“Are you going or not?” Epona said, nudging him. Link nodded, trotting forwards and trying to avoid looking at the others.
Still, they said nothing….just stared at him with an unblinking gaze. Well, except for Vinyl. She was still wearing her glasses.
Link paused as he passed them, waving a hoof energetically in front of Octavia’s face. When he got no reaction, he began to get worried.
“Look….are you okay?” He asked.
“We’re going with you.” Was Lyra’s way of answer.
Link groaned, slamming a hoof into his forehead.
“For the last time, you can’t come!” He said.
“And why not?” Octavia said.
“Listen.” Link said, desperate to make them understand. “I, for sure, am going to get into a fight of some kind out there….and I can’t focus on that if I know there are five others I need to protect.”
“Five?” Epona interrupted. “Are you counting me?”
“Well...yeah.” Link said, surprised. “I thought you were coming with me.”
“Of course I’m going.” Epona rolled her eyes. “But you don’t need to protect me. I can fight.”
“Really?” Link raised both of his eyebrows. “I had no idea.”
“Well, what did you think I did every time you had to leave me in Hyrule Field?”
Link opened his mouth to respond, then hesitated.
“You have a good point.” He admitted.
“Exactly.” Epona said, grinning.
“Okay, you’re fine, but that still leaves four others I’d need to protect.” Link pointed out.
“You know….I might surprise you.” Bon Bon said, a small smile on her face.
“Ooh! Ooh!” Vinyl jumped up and down, looking surprisingly like Pinkie Pie. “Can I bring my bass cannon?”
“Your...what?” Link said, alarmed.
“Bon Bon’s taught me some stuff.” Lyra said, grinning. “Plus, I’ve got magic!”
They all looked at Octavia.
“A lady never gets into fights.” She sniffed.
“Okay.” Link sighed. “You three...well, you have me convinced. That and I just don’t have the energy to argue with you anymore. But she can stay.” He pointed at Octavia.
“Naaah.” Vinyl protested. “I can cover for my sis!” She draped a hoof over Octavia’s shoulders.
“Half sister.” Octavia corrected sniffily, stepping away.
“So?” Epona said, nudging Link. “Ready?”
“I guess.” Link sighed.
“Stay safe, you guys!” Twilight called from behind them.
“We’ll do our best!” Epona said.
“But...we make no promises.” Link added with a sigh.
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tell that to my mom.
anyways good story looking forward to more updates
Nice little chapter. I like it.
YOU UPDATED!
YAYYYYY
Our four little background mares seem to be extra adventurous today. I like it. It's cute~
Also,
You might want to take out "not" so that it's "Why does none of this stuff make sense???" instead
Well, they sure are persistent. I'm just waiting for them to be hurt by their own hubris.
I'm a little disappointed that twi didn't really explain where he was going. We know its the castle of the two sisters, but link and epona have no clue.
I love that epona knows how to fight too, its like, Of Course she knows how to fight! Why didn't I think of that.
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Well, she can kick ass in botw if used properly, and she was a weapon in Hyrule warriors. Safe to say, Epona can kick some ass... said that as a donkey walked past, awkward.
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What fun is there in making sense?
Wait. WAIT! EVERYBODY STOP! I had a showerthought.
How did Link play the ocarina without fingers? IT'S AN INSTRUMENT THAT REQUIRES FINGERS TO PLAY.
Imagine you could only use the A button to play songs in Ocarina of Time. That's how playing an ocarina with hooves would be like! So how did he do it?!?
Vinyl I can forgive since she would have just used magic.
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he probably used his hooves to hold it to his face and then used his wings to act as fingers?? idk..
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I’m not sure if he’s a Pegasus in this one. Looks like maybe an earth pony.
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huh, yeah you're right. My bad. Guess i wasn't paying full attention.
I just realized I hadn't upvoted this story yet. Fixed now.
I think you captured Celestia perfectly.
I never realized how much I liked this idea until you wrote it here right now.
Epona just idly leveling up while Link dungeon-dives.
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There's always reason for sense to be made, it's why we'er alive in this age of chaos.
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Octavia's the one who play'ed it in chapter 2, suffice to say innate pony hoof magic is involved, now Link just needs to take a moment to realize this and practice a few swings envisioning his hooves/the magic around them as hands.
Twilight has such a firm grasp on the Idiot Ball it’s like she’s trying to meld with it.
She knows several tracking spells but needs to be reminded to use them?
There’s only one castle ruin in a forest, and she can’t be bothered to know where it is, despite going there several times at this point?
And don’t say she didn’t want to. She knows Link is dead set on entering the Everfree, not helping him would just put him in more danger. Not to mention Saria is already in there. By refusing to help (or pretending to not know, because I refuse to believe that Alicorn Twilight can’t figure these things out on her own) she’s not only endangering Link, Epona and Saria, but the four Ponyville ponies who intend to follow him. At this point, I think their being in Equestria is squarely her fault and she’s just trying to hide whatever she did.
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oh lol thx. It originally was "why does this stuff not make sense" but then i changed it. Guess i missed the not XD
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Yeah but Link tried to play the Sun Song and then a warp song.
Also, how did Octavia even know those songs? Link had to have someone teach them to him.
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gosh...is she that bad? I'm sorry, I'm really trying, but I've always sucked at writing Twilight......and she's not a major character so I'm not really focusing on her personality. I'm sorry for my bad rendition of book horse tho. :( (i promise i'm not being sarcastic)
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Nice so far, keep it up.
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Link "jumped" at Octavia the moment the sun went down and played the sun song to bring it back, and then if you were reading it you would have noticed that link tried to play the warp song twice; the second time he was watching the ocarina and it had blue spark's that sizzled out around it, then Epona suggested he try calling Saria "which worked" even tho their fairy's are missing and only because their both in Equestria.
As for Octavia knowing the songs, my guess is because she's a "song horse", even tho her fav instrument is the cello she most likely knows how to play all kinds of instruments, not to mention her special talent is in music so she just passively know how to play it after maybe a few practice cords.
Now if you excuse me. *pet pets 9887264 instead of slapping as they requested in there bio.*
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I suppose it’s not that she’s being stupid about it to that extent, it’s just that she’s so determined to talk him out of going into the Everfree that she’s actually putting him in more danger. She knows about the castle, where it is and how to get there. The Mane Six have all gone there on a whim (Castle Mane-ia).
Link is going to go anyway, and the other five are all going to follow, and Saria is already there. Up until (and immediately after) Princess Celestia tells her to help, Twilight is dead set again at helping. If they went in anyway, anything that would happen to them from not knowing where the castle is or how to get there would place the blame squarely on Twilights shoulders.
Considering this is basically a friendship problem she refuses to help with, and the number of times and number of ponies that have gone into the Everfree, or even specifically to the castle, that she is so against it is...suspicious to me. She’s not written poorly per-se, it’s just... odd, since this is at least Post-Tirek Twilight.
Isn't Saria the Forest sage an adult? She should be fine, right?
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I'm not sure what game you're thinking of, but this is the OoT Link. Saria's the age she is in OoT--and since the Kokori never grow up, my guess is she's perpetually 12 or something.
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She's physically a child due to the nature of Kokiri, but mentally, she is actually an adult of unknown age.
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I'm not aware of what age she actually is, so.....yeah I'm just making her 12. I'd assume she was around Link's age, but....yeah IDK.
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*raises a hoof* "Question, Don't Kokiri die if they leave the Lost Woods?
I Know she's a Sage, thus exempt from the rule, but wouldn't being away from Hyrule weaken her?
Also I'm guessing your version of Octi never starts fights, be she sure as hell can finish them?
Something like this?
Celestia: The sun….it was pulled beneath the horizon earlier. Was that caused by something of yours?
wait if it was only Time that was changed and not the Sun being moved, how did the Sun move without Celestia using her magic!?
Link: Yes, in a way. But it wasn’t so much the sun being pulled down….as time itself being altered.
Celestia: Oh hey the castle ruins everypony let's focus on saving his frieeend!
Oh yeah I kind of forgot about link had another Ocarina from Saria when she gave it to link as a token of her friendship when he left
“You know….I might surprise you.” Bon Bon said, a small smile on her face.
“Ooh! Ooh!” Vinyl jumped up and down, looking surprisingly like Pinkie Pie. “Can I bring my bass cannon?
Yeah bon bon is a secret agent so she knows how to fight and vinyl yeah I remember she has a bass cannon and it is pretty effective
( even though the video is fan-made but when we saw in the hundred episode she really does )
Well it looks like things are turning right so far so link told Princess Celestia about her friend is lost in the everfree forest and she needs to rescue her the Princess Celestia understand the situation but she still wants to know where did he come from but that's another story so with that Twilight use a her magic to make a compass for link but apparently the map is reacting very strangely but it opened itself to a new map itself now it has the map of the Equestria now and now they got the new location so link and Epona are on the way to Saria but Lyra bon bon Octavia Vinyl Scratch wants to help him even though he doesn't really need their help but they insist to so they're on the way to the forest whatever the danger lies in I'm sure they will make it
( although I'm pretty surprised you didn't add Derpy into the group and doctor whooves )
"But she can Finnish them."
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So put down that cello and go grab the bass, cause we're swingin'
Here tonight, this ain't no fancy music place
You just gotta let it go, from everything that tells you no
Even if this is not your type of show, your type of show!
So put down that cello and go grab the bass, cause we're swingin'
Here tonight, this ain't no fancy music place
You just gotta let it go, from everything that tells you no
Even if this is not your type of show, your type of show, just let it go!