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Fate isn’t what it seems. It can be manipulated. Corralled. If, of course, you know what you’re doing. And if you’re willing to risk your very existence.

Celestia never loses, because she never has only one chance to get things right.

But there is a pony, or something like a pony, that holds the true power over the strands of fate. There are only so many fatal gambits you can make before a line must be drawn.

Winner of GaPJaxie's sixteenth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition, where it was written between me and Syke Jr in 90 minutes. The prompts were "Back to Back" and "A Stitch in Time"—during the writing period, each one of us knew only a separate half of the prompts.

A big thanks to charlie for the cover image!

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Well, this was quite an interesting short story. And given the conditions of the contest, the result’s more than admirable, especially the first half. The second one left something to be desired, especially towards the end. Furthermore, its slower pace doesn’t really contrast well with the rapid action of the former. Still, I enjoyed reading this nonetheless!

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I was heavily drunk during the contest. By the halfway point I don't remember writing any of it. I'm dumbstruck it turned out readable, let alone kind of good; really just a testament to how good a writer Moony is.

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Well, that’s definitely quite a feat then! :rainbowlaugh:

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I had vibes of Hard Reset, personally.

Not a bad story either way, though.

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Good guess :P
During the actual speedwrite we titled the story Hard Reset 3: Celestia Harder as a joke :rainbowlaugh:

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I wonder if the extra-dimensional being is Wave Dawn. I know the small caps thing is meant to represent Death, but I would love it if it had been Wave Dawn instead.
I also think Celestia's chances ran out when it did, because Alicorns have a destiny that can't be changed and her prior changes only worked for as long as she was the only Alicorn around. When she tried to alter Nightmare Moon's actions, it rebounded upon her. That or the elements of Harmony consider time-meddling to be unHarmonic.

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