Chapter 90 (No canon episode this time)
I wiped my mouth as Twilight read through the letter.
“Looks like Princess Celestia received the memory stone safe and sound,” she said, “and she’s making sure it’s locked up so nopony or non-pony can get it. Good job finding that stone, by the way, Spike. How did you know where it was?”
“I was just roaming around the forest near the school when I found it,” I replied. “I knew it couldn’t have belonged in Sunset’s world, so I nabbed it before someone else did.”
“That’s a good idea. There’s no telling what might happen if it fell into the wrong hands…or hooves.”
I figured that would be the case, which was why I came up with the idea of sending the memory stone to Celestia instead of keeping it for myself. Another reason was that while I could erase future antagonists’ memories to reform them, the three-day removal process was too long to keep the memories forgotten; and that someone might end up reminding them of their evil deeds and goals, be it unintentional or intentional.
Twilight, Starlight, and I organized the library. Twilight looked out the window and sighed blissfully.
“The Summer Sun Celebration is coming up once again,” she said, “and you know what that means.”
“It’ll mark the second year of the girls and us being together?” I asked.
“Exactly, and hopefully there won’t be a catastrophe for us to deal with this time.”
I chuckled. “I sure hope not.”
“Right,” Starlight said. “You two and the other girls had to take care of Nightmare Moon in the first Summer Sun Celebration, and for the second one you had to deal with the Everfree forest attacking.”
“Yeah, for what it’s worth, it would be nice to have a celebration that didn’t start with something going wrong in apocalyptical proportions.”
Twilight nodded. “We’ve got a lot of planning to do this year. Celestia may not visit Ponyville again to raise the sun, but that doesn’t mean the town shouldn’t celebrate less.”
“Uh, actually, Twilight, can’t we relax for a bit?” I asked. “I mean, the Summer Sun Celebration isn’t going to arrive that soon.”
“Yeah, Twilight,” Starlight added. “I think we deserve some rest before the event.”
“Oh, alright, suit yourself,” Twilight replied. “I’ll still write some plans just in case.”
After we tidied the library, I went to my bedroom. I layed on my bed, thinking about all my previous actions ever since the last Summer Sun Celebration. Even though there were less episodes to change mostly because of the girls’ keys and map episodes, I still made a lot of improvements. The library survived, Moondancer moved in, we rebuilt the Castle of the Two Sisters to its former glory, Starlight reformed early, Griffonstone got their idol back, Tank hibernated without Rainbow getting too upset, the yaks never declared war, an investigation of Spoiled Rich’s embezzled funds started, and so much more.
I was lucky to be in Spike’s body when I came to Equestria. It helped that he was already a bipedal creature, like me. Had I been a pony, it would’ve been difficult to operate with hoofs, and it would make others grow suspicious of me. Although, I couldn’t help but wonder what would’ve happened if I was in somepony else’s body instead of Spike’s. What would I say or do? What choices would I make?
Hmm…what would happen if, instead of Spike, I came to Equestria as…
…Twilight?
I entered the courtyard of Moondancer’s place. The area was surrounded by streamers and balloons.
“Moondancer?” I called out.
“Twilight!” A cream-colored unicorn with a red mane and black glasses galloped up to me. “I’m so glad you came! I thought you were gonna miss out on my birthday!”
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world, but…” I sighed and rubbed the back of my head. “I’m afraid I can’t stay long.”
“Aww, why not?”
“Now, don’t be upset. I admit I’ve not been the best friend to you, or the rest of the girls for that matter, and I really wanted to attend this party to make it up to all of you.” I looked up at Celestia’s castle. “Unfortunately, Princess Celestia assigned me to visit Ponyville to check on the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. As much as I wanted to object, turning down the princess’s offer isn’t what I would call a viable option.”
“I understand. Thanks for telling me, Twilight. Just you being here is enough for me.”
“You’re welcome.” I gave Moondancer a present. “This is from Spike and me. Happy Birthday, Moondancer.”
Moondancer took the gift and hugged me. I could feel her warmth and smooth coat as I returned the warm embrace. I never thought my very first pony hug would be my first hug goodbye.
“I promise the next time I visit Canterlot, I’ll come find you,” I said softly.
I took a few cookies before bidding Twilight’s, or “my” in this case, adieu.
…Pinkie Pie?
“Alright, let’s see if I can test this body.”
I grabbed a stool and stood on top of it. I then looked straight up at the ceiling and counted the beams.
“One, two, three…”
I slowly walked forward, keeping focus the planks of supporting wood.
Okay, moment of truth.
I immediately looked down. For a few seconds, I was hovering in mid-air!
“Woah! Oof!”
Unfortunately, true to toon logic, gravity took over. It was lucky for me that I was only a few inches off the ground.
Now that it’s clear I follow the same logic as every other Looney Tunes character from now on, let’s see how I can detect Pinkie sense.
I picked up a book and placed it on a nearby table. Slowly but surely, I pushed it closer to the edge. Once it was teetering, I could feel a tingling feeling on my backside. I looked behind me to see my fluffy tail twitching like crazy. A moment later, the book fell off the table on its own.
Plop!
“So that’s what Pinkie Sense feels like,” I said. “Now I know.”
“Is everything alright up there?” A mare’s voice called out from downstairs. I knew that voice.
“Y-yes, Mrs. Cake. I just dropped a book! Apparently, books can’t fly. Who knew?”
I needed to say something random to avoid suspicion.
“Oh…okay, Pinkie,” Mrs. Cake said. “Just remember to get everything ready at the town hall for the Summer Sun Celebration. It’s not every year the Princess visits a small town to raise the sun.”
“Okie dokie loki!”
…Applejack?
“Ugh, my legs.”
I sat down and rubbed one of my hind legs.
“Move your caboose, Applejack!” An old, familiar mare called out. “Did ya lose yer buckin’ skills or something?!”
“Uh…sorry, Granny Smith,” I replied. “I’m…not myself this morning.”
I guess that’s one way to put it.
“Well, start bein’ yerself!” Granny Smith retorted. “With the family reunion and the Summer Sun Celebration, we’re at our wits end here!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll get back to work.”
I got up and bucked one of the trees. It vibrated, but not enough to shake the apples off.
“Land sakes, Applejack, ya did lose yer buckin’ skills.” Granny Smith pointed to where I just kicked on the tree. “Ya don’t buck the tree that low, you’ll just hit the roots and end up hurtin’ yerself.” She then drew an imaginary circle higher up. “Yer supposed to hit right here. It’ll go much better for both ya’ll.”
“Right, sorry.”
I aimed much higher. With one swift kick, all the apples fell off the tree and into the baskets.
“There ya go,” Granny nodded. “Didn’t think I had to reteach ya again.”
The next set of trees I bucked got the same result, and my legs didn’t get as sore. After I’ve done my fair share of the applebucking, I made my way to the barn.
…Rainbow Dash?
“Woah! Woah! WOOOAH!!”
In an instant, I was on the other side of Ponyville. My head was still spinning.
How does the real Rainbow Dash not suffer from vertigo so much?
I had no choice but to land. I tried to descend slowly, but I learned the hard way why “slow” wasn’t in the rainbow pony’s dictionary.
“LOOK OUT!!” I shrieked.
I quickly leveled out before digging my hooves into the ground. Within seconds, my vision was filled with nothing but dirt. I climbed out of the freshly-made ditch, shaking any debris off my coat.
“Are you alright, miss?” A child’s voice asked.
On cue, a small, purple dragon appeared from behind the dirt. This was definitely Spike, and where there’s Spike there’s usually…
“Ugh, my mane!” A mare’s voice complained.
I walked around and found a purple unicorn. Her name was Twilight. She had dirt all over her mane and tail. Needless to say, she wasn’t happy.
“Er, sorry about that.” I trotted over without using my wings. “Let me help you.”
Immediately, I brushed the dirt off Twilight. By the time I was done, she was clean, but her hair was rather messy. At least it looked better than in the show.
“Let me guess,” Twilight said. “You're Rainbow Dash.”
“The one and only!” I declared, but inside I cringed hard.
I can’t believe I said that! I know it’s supposed to be in character for her and all, but still…
“You need me for something?” I asked.
“I heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear.” Twilight sighed. “I'm Twilight Sparkle, and the Princess sent me to check on the weather.”
“Oh, right. I’ve been working on clearing the clouds. It’s just that…” I looked at my wings. “...I’ve been trying out this new wing balm, and it’s throwing my flying way out of whack.”
“I never heard of a balm affecting a pegasus’s flight that much.” Twilight scratched her chin. “Is it possible you’re having an allergic reaction?”
“Probably. Anyway, I’ve gotta get back to clearing the clouds. It was nice talking to you, Twilight. We should hang out sometime.”
With that, I gave flying another chance. However, as if gravity was suddenly reversed, I shot straight up into the sky.
“You’re not making this any easier!” I shouted to my wings.
I looked at the clouds and shook my head.
I can’t clear these clouds out if I can’t fly straight. Hmm...what if I got some pegasi ponies to help me out?
…Rarity?
Spike was still ogling at me. It gave me some confusing emotions. As much as I shipped Spike and Rarity, I was afraid that I had to turn him down.
“Oh, little one,” I said. “You don’t want somepony like me.”
“Why not?” Spike asked, not dropping his smile.
“Well…I’m not who you think I am.”
“Doesn’t matter.”
“Y-you don’t understand, Spike,” I said. “I…well…I used to be a stallion.”
“Well, nopony’s perfect,” Spike nonchalantly said.
I couldn’t tell if Twilight’s bewildered expression was for me or for Spike.
…Fluttershy?
After feeding the animals, I gave a bowl of salad to Angel.
“Finally, I thought you would never get to me!” Angel snarked.
“I have other animals to feed as well,” I replied.
“Did I ask?”
I exhaled sharply and left the kitchen.
After hearing Angel talk, he makes Alex sound like a desirable co-worker.
When I got to the living room, three little birds were pitched by my front door.
“We’re ready, Miss Fluttershy,” One of the birds said.
“For…what?” I asked.
“The rehearsal of course,” another bird said. “Weren’t we supposed to have one more rehearsal before we sing at the town hall? I thought we did. Didn’t we?”
“Oh, right, of course.” I rubbed my forehead. “Sorry about that. I had a rough morning. Let’s get every bird to the field, please.”
I opened the door and headed out with the avian trio following me.
“Um, Fluttershy?” The third bird asked. “I’m sorry if this was too soon, but…um…what voice pitch was I supposed to use again? Tenor or Countertenor?”
“Oh…uh…” I looked down at the path. “Whatever pitch you feel comfortable using. You don’t have to force yourself to sing at a certain pitch range.”
“Ah, okay, I’m good at singing tenor.”
The little robin gave off a few tweets, which sounded amazing.
“Yeah, you should do tenor,” I said. “If you want to, that is.”
Now that I think about it, being in Spike’s body was the best option. It gives me a lot more chances to change events without acting too out of character or getting anyone suspicious of me.
The sound of hoofbeats stopped my train of thought. I sat up from my bed just to see Starlight walking by my door, holding a kite as usual.
“Hey, Starlight,” I said as I got out of my bedroom. “Are you going to do one last kite-flying for the spring?”
“Heh, I don’t know if it’ll be the last one,” Starlight replied, “but I feel like I should take this opportunity to enjoy myself before Twilight bombards us with a bunch of tasks for the upcoming celebration.”
“Fair enough.”
As Starlight and I walked down the halls, a thought came to my mind.
“So how did Twilight’s guest lecture go?” I asked. “I haven’t asked about that.”
“It went pretty well,” Starlight replied. “I’m still surprised about how the girls got their cutie marks at the same time, and that it all happened thanks to a Sonic Rainboom.”
“Funny how fate finds a way to bring everyone together.”
“Yeah, I can’t imagine what would’ve happened if the Sonic Rainboom never occurred.”
“Well, it’s not like you could find a time travel spell, go back in time, stop filly Rainbow Dash from flying, and then travel to the future to see the results.”
“That’s a weird and specific way to put it, Spike. Say, you were born during when that Sonic Rainboom happened, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, I didn’t want to make this sound dark, but…do you think you would…still be born even without the Rainboom?”
I looked away, thinking about what she said. Had it not been for the Rainboom, I would still be an egg. Then I remembered what Discord said about fate, even though I took his musings with a grain of salt smaller than in a bowl of low-sodium soup.
“I was once told that fate always finds a way to make sure certain things happen,” I said. “Maybe I would still be born, but it would occur in a different time. Another pony could hatch me, or I could get sent to the Dragon Lands to have someone hatch me there.”
“Yeah, that could probably happen.” Starlight looked at her kite. “I’m sorry that I brought that up. I didn’t mean to give you any bleak thoughts.”
“It’s fine, Starlight. You just need to think more positive thoughts. I mean, the girls might still get their cutie marks, albeit in a different way and at a different time, but the Sonic Rainboom already happened, and the girls, you, and I are already together.”
“I know.” Starlight opened one of the doors. “Do you want to watch me fly my kite?”
“No thanks. I appreciate the offer, though.”
“Suit yourself.”
Starlight left the castle, and I returned to my bedroom. I gave a long sigh.
Oh, Starlight. If only you knew what would’ve actually happened if the first sonic rainboom didn’t come to be.
In the show, every timeline that was affected by Starlight stopping Rainbow Dash changed for the worse. There was Sombra putting Crystal Ponies at war with the rest of Equestria, Chrysalis kidnapping everypony, Nightmare Moon making it always night, and the futures just kept getting worse from there.
That’s when I figured out something. Even though Starlight prevented the rainboom from happening in the episode, Twilight still had her wings and Spike was still alive. That meant that the doctor’s second theory on time travel was correct: traveling to the past or the future was just a fancy way of traveling to alternate dimensions. While he did say that it would be hard to travel to the future of the same timeline, the spell was able to easily send Twilight and Spike back to the future to reveal what changes were made.
In a way, it was like Father Time saying, “Yeah, you kind of messed up the timeline. Here’s what that did to the future. If you could go back and not do what you did earlier, that would be great.”
I wondered what the Spike in those bad futures were up to, and I was being optimistic that he wasn’t hurt or worse.
Assuming Spike was still alive, what could he be up to in the…
…Sombra timeline?
Swish!
I dodged the kick at the last second. I palm-smacked my foe’s side, but the sudden numbness in my arm made me regret my decision.
Those fighting comic books made this look a lot easier.
Sadly, my attempts to gain the upper hand ran dry, and a quick leg sweep once again slammed me down to the ground, adding another point to my large streak of defeats.
“I yield,” I moaned out.
My rival held out a hand and helped me up. She then took off her helmet to wipe the sweat off her forehead.
“You’ve been getting stronger, Spike,” she said. “For once, it feels like a challenge instead of being one-sided.”
“If you say so, Ember,” I replied. “I’m getting tired of training everyday. Can’t we just get a day off?”
Ember sighed. “Look, Spike, I don’t like doing this either, but we have no choice nor say in this matter. This is what my…our father wanted. Every day, that Sombra guy wins more and more battles, and as much as I don’t care for those ponies, I can’t help but pity them. Plus, it isn’t just ponies that he’s after, remember? Griffonstone already fell under Sombra’s rule, Yakyakistan went down fighting, and we could be next. We’ve got to be ready when he comes knocking on our door.”
“I know, I know.” I rubbed my shoulders. “I just wish this war never happened. That we could all live in peace without having to worry about an evil figure ruining our lives.”
Ember looked away. “So do I. But let’s not think about this now. We’ve still got a good half-hour to kill.” She slipped her helmet back on. “Get ready for round ten, Spike. I’ll use only my fists this time.”
I took a deep breath and stretched a bit before letting Ember know I was ready.
…Chrysalis timeline?
I entered the cave with what little food I could find. Smolder was by the fire, slowly warming her hands.
“Oh, you’re back already,” she said as she stood up. “How did it go?”
“I didn’t find as much food as…wait…” I glared at Smolder. “‘The rooster crows at midnight.’”
Smolder sighed. “‘...and the hen tells it to pipe down.’ It’s still me, Spike.”
“You can’t be too sure. Anyway, this was all I could find.” I dumped my contents onto the rocky floor.
“Some blueberries, a handful of smelts, and a few nuts.” Smolder shrugged. “At least it’s better than nothing.”
“Yeah, but our resources are growing thin.” I sat by the fire, hugging my knees. “We keep going farther for food. Sooner or later a changeling is gonna see us. We can’t stay here any longer.”
“What choice do we have, Spike?” Smolder looked at the cave’s entrance. “The Dragonland’s have been taken over, our parents and big brother are kidnapped, and there’s no way to take on those oversized shape-shifting insects! Being on the run is all we can do.”
I covered my eyes. I could feel Smolder’s hand reaching over and pulling her close to me.
“Listen, it may not be the life we want to have, but we should still do our best to survive.”
I looked up at my big sister. “Do you think this war will stop? That Chrysalis would give up, or at least be defeated?”
Smolder stared at the fire for the longest time.
“Y-yeah,” Smolder said. “I’m sure it will come to an end, all this invasion and kidnapping.”
It was pretty clear Smolder was just saying that so I could feel better, but I didn’t want her to know that.
“Thanks.” I gave a small smirk as I leaned into her.
We cooked what little food we found, and had our “dinner.” I prayed that it would be the smallest meal we would eat in all this fiasco, but I didn't have my hopes up.
…Nightmare Moon timeline?
I turned off my flashlight and tossed my backpack aside as I entered my cave. My eyes were glued to the ground.
“I’m home!” I shouted, trying not to sound like I was venting out my frustration.
“Welcome back! Dinner’s almost ready!” My father called out from the kitchen. “Go ahead and wash up!”
I sighed as I washed my hands. After that, I sat at the table while my dad gave me a bowl of vegetable soup and a few gems for dipping. He then prepared himself the same thing and took a seat on the other side of the rocky table.
“So…how was…oh.” My father could clearly read my brooding face, not that I was trying to hide it anyway. “What happened?”
“I got my history test back.” I looked away. “I didn’t do so well.”
“Oh, Spike.” Dad pinched the bridge of his lumpy nose. “How bad was it this time?”
I grabbed my backpack and took out the sheet of paper. I then gave it to Dad, who shook his head.
“The teacher could dip this entire paper in ink and it would have much less markings than this,” my father said with exasperation.
“All I did was write the truth,” I defended. “I know for a fact that the world wasn’t always lit up by the moon, that there was a big ball of light that once gave out more light and warmth than anydragon could imagine! It makes more sense than what my teacher told me.”
“Son, listen, I’ve read that old pony book just as much as you did, but you have to understand that these history teachers...”
“...are a bunch of blind lemmings trying to spread propaganda onto the youth culture?”
“Okay, maybe that part’s true too, but…the point is, these guys are just following orders. We can’t always do or believe in what we want, and I’d know.” My dad stared at his soup bowl.
“Quite a crummy world we live in if that’s the case.”
I returned to my seat and ate in silence. Dad still looked at the paper.
“You know…” He shifted forward in his seat. “We could try to find these answers out ourselves…”
I looked up from my bowl. “Really? How?”
“Somedragon…or non-dragon out there might know something that isn’t written in the history books. For all we know, a big light ball did exist at one point and we never knew about it. Maybe we could venture out of the Dragonland borders and find that creature.”
“Then what are we waiting for?” I jumped out of my chair. “Let’s hit the road already!”
I was about to run out of the cave, when my dad’s light-green hands stopped me.
“Woah, easy, son,” he said. “You still have school, remember? This isn’t one of those stories where you can just start an adventure at the drop of a hat. We don’t know how long this journey might be, and we can be certain it won’t last a weekend.”
“Right.” I rubbed my forehead.
“Let’s wait until you’re done with school for the year, then we can set off. Plus, we’ll have time to prepare. I can teach you how to use the crossbow, even though I meant to give you that for your sixteenth birthnight.”
“Okay.” I resumed eating dinner.
I don’t know how Spike will manage in the bad future timelines, but I hope he’ll be alright.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
“Come in!” I called out.
Twilight entered my bedroom, holding out a sheet of parchment that I almost mistook for a roll of paper towels.
“Hey, Spike,” Twilight said. “What have you been up to?”
“Just…thinking,” I replied.
“About what?”
“Well…how lucky I am to be here with you and the girls.”
“Aww, how sweet, Spike. Anyway, I’ve just finished making a list of what we should do for this year’s Summer Sun Celebration.”
“I thought you were going to let us relax.”
“I am. I just want to make sure you and Starlight know what you two have to do when we start preparations.”
“I hope that list isn’t just full of my tasks.”
“Don’t worry. It’s only a fraction of your total tasks. Go ahead and read the scroll what you’re assigned to while I find Starlight.”
As Twilight left, I rolled my eyes with a smirk. I read the long list and took note of my assignments.
Even with Twilight’s strict scheduling, this timeline is still more preferable to the others.
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I think the one with Dragon Lord Ember would be very interesting. And if Spike were Twilight, then she would've done things the right way instead of panicking.
Hey, I just realized something, with the Friendship Games behind them, that would mean the Dragon Lord episode isn't far behind. I'm already excited
More good
I recognize that part you used at the end of Rarity's thing. That's from an old movie, two men escape from the mob by pretending to be women, and by the end one of them reveals himself to a boat driver, who just shrugs and says "nobody's perfect".
For characters, I'm torn between Twilight and Rainbow Dash. But I'm leaning towards Twilight.
For timelines, still torn. But as much as I'm glad that he interacted with Ember and Smolder in separate timelines, I would choose the nightmare moon timeline. It gives Spike a wonderful father that's not a deadbeat like Sludge.
i like the fluttershy one
No Discord or FlimFlam timelines? Also, it make me wonder... What if Spike was Discord or any of the other villains instead of one of the main six... Or one of the CMC? Or one of the Princesses
Worst besides being Celestia, they are constantly in the light of other have knowledge that is needed and are to important and difficult to replace.
Easyer, especially the kinda knowing of future fit rather well. Pinkie Pie is probably the easiest to replace if someone is a brony!
Is one of my main cast that I write, while a brony will have difficulty it is mostly her being very busy running her farm. I fixed that issue early by having more help on the farm and giving them a advantage through nobel station and other things. It's easyer that way to give her more free time to use.
Probably the best character to replace from all, she is a rather easy to change character. No relationship or siblings mean she is very flexible. More so if the goal of Wonderbolt isn't to mutch focused on.
Scootaloo sure is one pony to watch out for, but otherwise only Fluttershy could be slightly problematic. Gilda later as well...
One last problem I see are flight and landing based injuries... They are tough, but one might end up a pancake faster than anyone can like...
Ok... Seriously, I hate to be her... She has a specialty that I can't come near in real life and my fashion sense it is a desaster... Come that she has to care for Sweetie Belle and I somehow see her as the most complicated to replace after Celestia and Twilight...
There is a excellent story on Fimfiction about someone replacing Fluttershy. It become slightly odd later on, but it's was extremely entertaining and is still in the making
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Very popular! Villain, anti-hero, hero and one's even someone who just wanted a normal life after he basically don't seem to catch mutch sympathy from anyone... Very popular exchange/ displacement indeed!
Damn... Than there are the popular Chrysalis replacement. So mutch fun... ♡
https://youtube.com/shorts/zrwUXBLYL7Y?feature=share
Extreamly popular, many of the best stories are around replacing Nightmaremoon. Staying her or becoming Luna...
There is a pretty badass Cadance displacement story... Well worth a read,unfortunately is the Author busy and has not updated it for a while.
You left out spike being Celestia and also Luna.
I found them all interesting actually.
I think they were all interesting but I liked Rarity and Fluttershy the best.
I'm thinking about the timeline that is supposed to be constantly repeating, right? So it wouldn't be assumed that Spike or whatever his name is.
He had already entered time before and this is not the protagonist's first cycle, but he has gone through several cycles and that is why Discord knows about him.
I'm just having crazy theories here.
Nightmare Moon Timeline. For one, it gives Spike a father who isn’t Sludge and sets up for an adventure to happen. The fact plain ol’ Spike in that timeline is smart enough to realize the Sun was real makes me wonder how he thinks. If Luna took down her sister—with the Rainboom being interrupted—how many years has this world been in an eternal night? Spike must have been hatched at a different time if his own father doesn’t know/remember daytime or the Sun.
At least that is how interpreted their conversation as. Honestly, I find it a little funny that he’s still kind in timelines where he was raised by dragons. May those other versions’ lives turn around soon in their homes.
(David) Spike was lucky to be put into the main timeline rather than an alternate one. Very lucky.
—Cragadilian
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I agree with the nightmare moon timeline.
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Yeah, I would love another story about the dragon lands.
Alternate Realities, Spike edition.
(yes, like the Round Trip video)
(P.S. This was an absolute joy to read! Thank you!)
Was also thinking of what the chapter would be like if you made it a musical number for Spike (like to go with the Alternate Realities song I just mentioned) (I mentioned before that I hoped he would get one of his own). Then I reasoned that 1. How you wrote it here is solid, and 2. He wouldn't be keen on belting his secrets out for ponies to hear.
Just be glad that Spike and Starlight were both away from the Crystal Palace when Flurry Heart broke the Crystal Heart with the Royal Canterlot Voice mixed with her cry. That would've been murder on their eardrums.
Truthfully, all three alternate timelines were equally interesting. It was cool that each timeline had someone different in Spike’s life too. If I had to try and rank for my personal favorites, I would say 1:Nightmare Moon 2. Chrysalis 3:Sombra. The adventure with a father and son is fun, and I love the bond you gave Smolder and Spike. I’m not interested in the world of Sombra than I am the characters; there’s nothing wrong with them, but I’m more curious about what would happen. I’m glad I still keep up with this story. I like what you make.
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What story is the Fluttershy one? I'm looking for stories about replacing members of the Mane 6 and Fluttershy isn't one that comes up often
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Timid Little Secrets
Human replaced Fluttershy mind.
That Pinkie Pie version reminds me "Why am I Pinkie Pie?"
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I would like to read more stories abouy Pinkie, if you know such stories
You know, now i wonder what if the canon time travel got sent here
I mean it as canon Twilight and spike arriving in the fic version
To be honest, i just imagine canon spike reacting that this version of him date fluttershy
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Well actually since the statute got fixed the magic never got loose and turned things magic. Though I wonder if the camp episode will happen since the camp does need to be saved and the owner handled it badly instead trying to pretend that nothing was wrong for the campers she should have admitted the truth that this was the last season of camp because of money issues and that unless somehow she got the money before the end of camp it would be sold and turned into a spa.
What if.... David ended up being Sunburst instead of Spike?
The Rarity one was just hilarious and the Ember and Spike one was wholesome if disheartening.
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Unfortunately I have only one where a human shares pinkie pies body with pinkie. Becoming her Pinkie MENA Pie character aspect.
For I am of Pinkie's Mind
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I can just picture the person who replaces Fluttershy taking full advantage of that:
By day, she is the helpless, timid, shy, little yellow pegasus mare....
But by night, she is a creature of the night...black, silent, huge, terrible, deadly....an unrelenting detective skilled with the weapons of the hunt and with an unerring aim...a demon that ALL evildoers fear--
She! Is! The FLUTTERBAT!
Besides....
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Batmare
Hellsing Fluttershy is a close second ♡
Or
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If I'm being honest The elements of Harmony are what those gemstones are so they would still exist in camp everfree. It's a universal constant as far as we've seen between the two worlds so the whole camp everfree movie will have to be changed to directly by Spike (both of them). It's possible that the superpowers granted by the geodes will never go out of control since the girls don't have access to overwhelming amounts of equestrian magic. Allowing Dash to use her super speed as much as she wants after she gets her geode. Remember the reason why the geodes went out of whack is because they were pulling on magic from the environment too much. Dash over used her geode draining it a lot causing it to rapidly recharge and since it's part of the elements and they're all connected all of them went out of whack. The geodes existing still makes sense as they would have the ability to absorb equestrian magic whenever the portal is open and since the portal was cracked for a while it was technically constantly open and leaking equestrian magic causing the whole magic go out of control episodes in the shorts and the stuff after camp everfree.
Also I have a theory that the geodes being the elements of harmony is actually the original form of the crystals that formed the elements, you know the seeds that the pillars planted.
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Yeah but remember in a flashback it was a rainbow that hit the cave and revealed the gems but with no extra magic coming through they should be normal stones.
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They're most likely still magical, there is other magic coming through then just come through the crack. After all as it's already been shown Spike is able to use the memory Stone meaning that magic just doesn't dissipate from the environment and these stones are most definitely the elements meaning they would absorb magic since one of them is literally the element of said magic.
As I mentioned the geodes probably absorbed magic whenever the portal was open it's almost a definite that they still exist and have the powers they do without the possibility of the power going out of control since they don't have the vast amounts of equestrian magic to pull on from the leaking portal.
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Most of the magic the girls got was exposure to the elements magic and sci twi got it because she was foolish enough to keep going even though common sense says when dimensional rips are opening its time to stop what you are doing and see where you went wrong. It like she forgot one the most important things about science is safety because without that you won't learn anything. Sure some danger had to be learned the hard way because it was subtle and people didn't know enough to see it back then but we learned and made rules in to our best to keep everyone safe.
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Plus it was stupid. Wallflower is a self defeating cycle because she can't stop using the stone every time her nerves mess her up on getting to know someone. None of which is sunset fault. This sort of thing could have destroyed her considering anon a miss had to be hard enough on her but to have it disappear even more would destroy most folks.
I guess it would be very interesting if they added the fic scenes of what happened in the comics version, we know how Shadow originated. Also from other characters that were not added to the series, Queen Eris, Discord's cousin, Capper the mercenary cat that happened in the movie and well, others. Grogar the true villain who made chaos for millennia in the time of Equestria.
I will also be wondering what happened to have completed the lights of the rainbows, then would it be an element of hidden harmony? Although that leaves me with a lot of doubts.
I would honestly read stories that cover Spike in these alternative timelines.
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Or he could look up to see if there are laws about what he doing because I pretty sure even Celestia won't be to do anything without the law on her side. Though I glad he taught spoiled a lesson about trying to steal from children.
Would Spike even be alive in the timelines with Tirek, Discord, and the Flim Flam Brothers?
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Some like it hot.
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Discord is also aware that he was around for a long time during the fifth generation and he tells Spike that. Although there are changes for the better, there would always be the ambition that can corrupt it.
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Also that the 5th generation never ends. Believe me that would be too exhausting, when it happens after I finish with the last season of My little pony.
Discord: I have lived in my own flesh since my immortal years, I met the protagonists of the new generation and it is sad that the magic disappeared due to the bad decisions of the past, after the war against the evil trio.
Odd dream I just had, involving Spike from your story and I thought it went in a strange direction. . .
It had to do with a flashback scenario that put Spike (dunno if it was Spike-Spike or David-Spike) in the middle of a war environment (no action sequences or horrors in this dream though, just some quiet moments) and with a small platoon... They consistently looked down on him (except for one comrade that let him sleep with him)... There was an interactive sequence at the beginning, I was manning a turret while the setting unfolded (not the first time I've seen a fanfic mix mediums; even in the dream I thought it was strange)... eventually they're all on a boat being sent away from the war... other things before and after, related and unrelated...
Though thinking about it, it wasn't that much stranger than the dream sequences you already included. . . 😅
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I also wanna see one more time-fever trip where he's in the G5 world!
Though, I dunno if I'd that's possible since knowledge of the final content wasn't yet available at the time of David's disappearance, so he wouldn't know and it wouldn't influence his fever dreams.
Maybe Discord could tell/show him?
Speaking of Spike's Dad, I wonder what Dave will do about that freeloader pretending to be Spike's father in that one episode?
Single best chapter in this story so far. The humour hits good, the sadness pierces painfully, and the melancholy twists my heart so. Chefs kiss.
LMAOOO Spike's such a smooth womanizer
I consider the timeline where he replaces Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy the most interesting, because for me it would be more interesting to see someone trying to be her while at the same time trying to avoid some of the stupid things she did.
Of the “bad” timelines, the most interesting is that of NM, because I am curious how that world is maintained if the Moon is always present, and it cannot be just magic because at some point it will end. Will they be paramos desolate ice cream? Or was harmony able to make them stick for now?
I think the last thing would be the variable that happens in all the timelines, The God of Chaos resident Discord in addition to the demonic centaur Tirek, I can see NM and King Sombra looking for a way to seal it again and Chrissy having no idea what's coming her way. While Tirek is there, I don't remember if he was sealed like the other important villains (except Chrissy) or he escaped from Tartarus, but everyone would have a hard time with that character, whoever you are.
The only ones that would remain as an unknown variable are Sunset, Starlight and Cozy Glow, despite their actions, Sunset will stay in the human world grumbling about not ascending and will do nothing to fix the broken world he left behind? Or would he wake up with his “arrogance” (self-overestimation) and pick up the pieces that were left of his home? Would Starlight still find the spell that allowed her to travel back in time the first time and return to the past to try to fix what happened? or will she remain like a mare among the crowd that remained in her world? And Cozy Glow, the most likely to be the most loyal to her empire (in case of shadow and NM) or to be the revolutionary leader she tried to overthrow with whatever tyranny she might have because I doubt she will keep her arms crossed (or would they be helmets?) given the situation in your house
Ok this was definitely an interesting idea for a non canon chapter.
I definitely think all 3 alternative timelines have potential to be their own stories, however if I had to rank them on a level of interesting I would go:
Most: Spike in Nightmare Moon world, going on a summer adventure to discover the truth sounds so interesting, specially with his dragon father.
Mid: Spike in Sombra world, the politics of that world would definitely be interesting, though I would argue Ember would be a more interesting character than Spike in that narrative
Least: Spike in Chrysalis world, while watching him and Smoulder try to survive in such a hostile world would definitely be interesting, I think the other 2 are a bit more… IDK? Complex? Have more possibilities in then? … Then again, “The Coffin Of Andy And Leyley” proves you can use the “siblings in hostile world” to tell interesting stories.
Also, I repeat what I said about this ranking. All alt-timelines / universes are interesting in their own way, and could easily by their own thing. Yet, is just that some sound more interesting than the others.
As for other characters our protagonist could have been. I think either Rariry or Flutershy are the most interesting, with Dash being close, just because how entertaining it would be too see him try to act like her, not to mention try to fly like her.
Anyway, I’m so glad I’m starting to catch up with this fic after failing behind at the start of the year… again
Something that someone has to make or tell me if it's already written: The Elements don't erase Nightmare Moon and restore Luna, but Luna and Nightmare Moon are separated. Would be a interesting story were perhaps Luna reforms or raises Nightmare Moon and gains a sister/daughter out of it.