13-Breaking News
And thank you all for waiting
13-Breaking News
As the days passed, the ponies of Equestria began to calm down. Well, as much as they can calm down after an explosion so large it could be seen on the other side of the country. Fear was one of if not the major emotion felt by the vast majority of the ponies in Equestria. They wanted answers as to what happened in the south. Why did it happen and will it happen again? The populous wanted answers and they were going to get it with or without cooperation from the government. And who better to get said information than one of the most driven beings in Equestria.
Journalists
From the Canterlot Press to the Manehattan times.
The bane of celebrities and corrupt officials everywhere. The world wanted to know what happened on that fateful day. And once the initial panic was over it was time to get to work. Soon the streets in front of Canterlot castle were packed as journalists tried their hardest to get an interview with the diarchy of Equestria. The once quiet Ponyville library was filled with the sounds of questions being yelled. Each of them trying to get any information they could from Equestria’s newest princess.
Not even the castle staff were safe as they left for the day, some even being ambushed at all times of day and night as the press tried to find out the truth of the event. However, this would be a battle of attrition and they both knew it. Eventually, somepony would break and slip up, be it the Princesses or the castle staff. Something would give but until that time there was still news to report.
And as the first few issues of news were written and released the headlines were just as explosive as the event they were about. From ‘Is the end nigh?!’ to ‘Devastating Magical disaster’ and everything in between. Even a small news outlet in Trottingham came out with the bombshell headlines of ‘Second sun. Magical disaster or a new weapon?’. If only they knew how close they were to the truth in those first few days.
Whilst before the battle for information had begun things on the inside weren’t faring much better. After Celestia’s confession emotions were running high. She, knowing this, thought it best to give them time as they processed her words. The Main 6 remained in Canterlot for one more day after that, spending most, if not all their time with Jolyne, trying to figure out how to get her away from the Princesses. None of them have spoken with Celestia or Luna since, but there was one dragon who was hit hardest by all of this once he read out the letter Twilight had sent him the very same day it all went down.
Some ponies said that he left the library so fast, only a green and purple streak was visible as he made his way towards the Ponyville train station. He was a dragon on a mission and nothing, not even the abandoned train stopped in Ponyville station would stop him from reaching Jolyne.
Reports differ from pony to pony as to what exactly happened next but needless to say, if it weren’t for the underfunded train system of Equestria only having a single locomotive south of the Canterlot, Spike’s trip to Canterlot might not have been as smooth as it had been when he arrived to a bunch of surprised engineers expecting a runaway train and getting a frazzled looking dragon instead.
Although the ponies had begun to somewhat calm down after the event, yet a certain tension was still in the air as Spike moved through the surprisingly bare streets of Canterlot.
These ponies had witnessed what normally would be called the beginning of the end and despite their worries, they survived. This made ponies start spending as much time with their family and loved ones as possible. One tends to realize the importance of the short amount of time there is to live when confronted with the end.
It didn’t take long for the green dragon to reach Canterlot Castle, its guards still standing vigilant at the gate despite recent events albeit visibly shaken. They let Spike pass without incident as he made his way into the structure. Several winding corridors later and Spike was standing outside of the Castle’s infirmary. Heading through the doors he was hit with the telltale aroma of a hospital. The smell of antibacterial cleaning supplies was filling the air and after getting directions to Jolyne’s room the smell only intensified as he approached.
The dull beep and whirr of machines could be heard through the door as well as the sounds of a muffled conversation being held. While opening the door, Spike’s breath hitched in his throat at the sight. Spike by now was used to the sight of an injured pony, living with Twilight such things were a given when she was experimenting and something would inevitably blow up in her face or her lab.
But seeing the state Jolyne was in… This was something no creature on Equis could have handled without some sort of visible or audible reaction. Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight were off to the side, all of them deeply immersed in their conversation. The butter-yellow Pegasus’ right hand was idly holding and lightly stroking the unconscious Jolyne‘s hand.
But Spike right now really couldn’t care less about those three as his attention lay fully upon the white and orange Alicorn in the room. Her form was an almost deathly white like that of a ghost about to phase out of the physical realm. Her once fiery and almost lifelike mane and tail were no longer dancing in an unseen breeze now just a dull desaturated orange against her sunken form. Machines Spike couldn’t begin to make heads or tails out of we’re hooked up to Jolyne and more specifically her horn. An almost translucent golden sheen surrounding it as the very faint swirling of the mana gave the sheen an almost lava lamp like appearance.
Were it not for the shallow rise and fall of her chest combined with the beep of a heart monitor and whir of an oxygen tank with a mask attached to Jolyne's face, nothing would have dissuaded Spike from thinking he was staring at a corpse instead. He didn’t know how to react. Should he be happy that she was alive? Mortified at the state she was in? Spike simply stood there unable to move as his eyes were glued to the sight before him.
It was at this moment when the other 3 ponies in the room noticed him out of the corner of their eyes. Spike meanwhile was still trying to comprehend what the universe had against Jolyne as it seemed to do everything in its power to hurt this child for no discernible reason. So deep was Spike in his stupor that he didn’t notice himself being pulled into an embrace by a lavender Alicorn.
Spike didn’t know how long he was held in that embrace or when he was sat down next to the hospital bed, his head still in a daze.
“What…” Began Spike quietly drawing the attention of the nearby Twilight. “What did this to her?”
Twilight glanced nervously at Fluttershy and Rarity. Should she tell him the truth knowing that there is a high chance he would go something irrational? Logic would dictate no, but her heart said yes. He was the first creature Jolyne had met since her strange arrival in Equestria, the first creature to befriend her. It just felt...wrong for Twilight not to tell him the truth about Jolyne’s condition. It was quite a conundrum for the Alicorn but a conundrum she ultimately knew the answer to.
Twilight sighed before giving her response and telling Spike what had transpired.
“The plunder vines they...damaged the ring on her horn. Her magic it...began to seep out and the ring...it couldn’t contain it. And when the ring broke the sudden release of magic...her horn couldn’t handle it. The Princess was able to stop it though but not before…” Twilight trailed off shifting her attention from Spike towards the bed and the form lying within its covers. Spike noticed something, however. The way Twilight mentioned her mentor was cold. It wasn’t filled with the usual tone of awe with which the lavender Alicorn usually spoke with whenever Celestia was involved. Did something happen between them? Spike didn’t have to wait long for an answer however as Twilight began speaking once again.
“Spike, before I tell you this I want you to promise me you won’t do anything rash as it won’t solve anything and only make this already bad situation worse okay? ” Her tone was severe, drawing Spike’s attention back towards Twilight.
“O-okay I promise.” Answered Spike unsurely
“Pinkie Promise?” Question Twilight doing the motions of the unbreakable pact.
“Pinkie Promise.” Responded Spike reciprocating the gestures.
And with the pact made Twilight continued and told the green Dragon everything just as Celestia did to them. It went without saying that Spike couldn’t bear to stand this injustice done by both of the Princesses now. Luna was already bad enough but now Celestia as well? Oh, how he wanted to give Celestia a piece of his mind, her status as a Princess and highest power of the land be damned. A gentledrake such as Spike or any sane creature that heard this news would be marching at the gates of Canterlot castle demanding justice be served. Spike promised however that he wouldn’t do such a thing, as it would definitely make this bad situation Jolyne found herself in into a far worse one. Shouting wasn’t going to solve anything no matter how much they wanted to.
But on the other side of Canterlot among the slowly refilling streets and soon to be warzone of journalism. Three mares had just come up with the perfect plan to get Jolyne away from the Princesses.
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Nice to see a new chapter, just wish it was longer.
this makes the anticipation for the next chapter a hard feeling to deal with. This was a great chapter.
Nice a new chapter. See you in 4 months for the next one.
Ah yes take the critically injured person away from some of the best doctors and take her to a small village with doctors used to broken bones and nothing more, good idea
Snake is that you?😢
What took you so long
Worth
Yes
Spike meanwhile was still trying to comprehend what the AUTHOR had against Jolyne as it seemed to do everything in its power to hurt this child for no discernible reason.
I am pleased to see this updated, I feared the worst, because I really liked this story.
Invade Canterlot with pitchforks? :P
Very nice to see life in this story once more, LOVING IT! nwn
nice update, I just read the story for the first time. Has some interesting concepts.
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The way i see it, it all started when Jolyne accidentally broke the ring, and then everithing escalated.
So, in a way, SHE made a mistake by resisting the vines, and the rest gone sour quickly...YES Celestia made a mistake, just like Luna(wich IS in the path of redemption now, i don't blame her for looking for answers, but she saw the wrong of her ways, and wants to ammend things), but they are also PONIES, they make mistakes, they'r not perfect, but worst part is, NO ONE KNOWS THAT BESIDE JOLYNE! She needs to wake up and explain what happened, 'cause its no ones fault, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!.
And YES, MURPHY IS JOLYNES WORSE ENEMY up to now.
Well technically its discord fault ... no plunder vines no broken ring. She even asked him for help but he ignored her.
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BIG IF there
Let's say that he knows this COULD happen, and he deceides to NOT cath her, and in the mist of chaos without the princesses, they decide to REMOVE the ring in order for her to help the situation, and the same event happens, no one could help her to hold her power, or go with her to a "safe place", making her NUKE the entire Canterlot...THAT is far worse, because let's remember, MURPHY HATES HER.
IF Discord knew this would eventually happens, he choose the "SAFER" route for her, so, in a 'Discord way', he heped save her
Operation get Jolyne out has begun
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Technically, if they weren't untrusting bitches, this would never have happened. No inhibitor ring, no problem. You really can't blame a plant on something as a inhibitor ring, since it wasn't the one who put it on her.
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She's technically a allien from another dimension. Itd be weirder if they didn't put a inhibitor on her. She's quite lucky to not be confined to one room. They would've took it off later in a controlled way when they knew the alien was indeed 100% not a threat but the plant didn't give them the chance to drain the build up.
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True, but she has proven herself that she wasn't a threat, but a scared little child. But you can also blame pony xenophobia, racism, and fear on them not taking it sooner.
Thanks for the update, this is one of the first really good stories I found on this site and I'm glad to see it continue
Time for 3 ponies and dragon to reveal the truth to the press
By making princesses look in a very bad way and Jolyne as an innocent victim that is harmless but left paralyzed from stopped healing from her illegally blocked magic, by princesses even though they knew the dangers of it for both her and everyone else.
It would be just a part of the punishment they deserve
A long awaited chapter... So far Cadance is the only one that didnt move against the little one.
Wonder if Cadance know of it. I guess she might adopt Jolyne or at least offers her protection from this two Sisters.
Great chapter
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Or really, really, really bad decisions. If they do go to the press with this (which is the most likely possibility), I shudder to think what the fallout would be. Celestia and Luna do need to keep the day and night cycle going, so there needs to be a punishment that doesn't interfere with that so long as Twilight doesn't take over that responsibility.
Here's to hoping Jolyne will recover from all of this eventually.
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Out of all ponies, Cadance (and Fluttershy, I guess) would be the last one to hurt innocent children. It would be a dark day indeed if she would do that. o_o
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Didn't they give Twilight, at the last season, a device to move the sun and moon automatically?
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Well, yes... but have they done that here? I dunno if Celestia and Luna would actually do that if they started to defame them, as petty as that would be.
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Shamed by the press and the whole nation is a part of punishment like that.
In the long run, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight, even thought they don't know that, would cause ponies to question alicorns actions,question the thin line between monarchy and dictatorship, and probably abandon the monarchy in Equestria altogether ,after they will see it as obsolete
You would think Celestia would have headed off the presses with a formal announcement as soon as they returned and had Jolyne stabilized.
Ask yourself: Are these the actions of wizened (ha!) millenia-old princess(es), or are we secretly in a combination of several suddenly-i'm-X-pony fics, and the truth is Celestia and Luna are secretly frightened bronies way out of their depth?
You know, that's not such a bad idea. We would probably fave this fic for being one of the few to legitimately dupe us for so long...
*Sigh* Oh dear.
Big question is, when's the next?
There's not very much TO do, cons8dering from what we've been told the ring was kept in Jolyne intentionally when it should have been removed, so that she would have to keep it on or else suffer greatly. So really the princesses WANTED something like this to happen.
Either the author is in severe writers block and only wrote 1.6k words in the last two months
…or they finished multiple 5k+ word chapters in bulk and plan to release them in the upcoming weeks as the editing is finalized. Hopefully the latter.
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I wished it was the latter but it's the former with me having written 16 chapters for a noble death in that time-frame due to being blocked on what to write for MLS xd.
Well at least there is still Project Al-
...
I've said way too much
Finally!!!!!
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That...that blacked out part actually makes way too much sense... even canonically it makes way to much sense and would explain so much.
well no and as much as i expected
more is a chapter
reactions of the people and the press
and spike and the crazy plan to take the little dayday out of the custody of cely and lulu ... will they call candence to take care of the dayday or is it something else?
what will be the reaction of flutershy to disagreement, on learning that he denied help for the little dayday?
the estimate of the next chapter and of weeks or months?
A good chapter, regardless of the following... stuff.
The populace wanted answers... "populous" is an adjective meaning that a lot of inhabitants reside in an area populace is the noun you want.
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Huh?
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sorry for bad english
online translator
repeating:
not quite what I expected, but it is a chapter.
from the reaction of main 6 and spike, to what happened to the little dayday.
of the reaction of the people, to what caused that nuclear attack.
what will be the reaction of fluttershy when discovering that he disagreed, denied help the little dayday.
and what will be the twilight plan and the others to keep the little dayday out of the clutches of celly and lulu?
did it involve candence?
extra:
luna will reveal what she saw in the memories of the little dayday, about the - program - my little poney?
and why blue blood, there was not even a reaction to little dayday, in the castle and what happened to her?
will the nobles, when they find out about dayday, try to use it in some way to gain more political power?
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While she is in critical condition, which just the act of moving could kill her, and away from the doctors who have more information on said pony then anyone else and wouldn't have to start from scratch. Nice to see there as brainless and short sighted as they are in the show.
Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that the Mane Six are acting like they have the moral high ground? They all have committed crimes in the past for just as, if not more selfish reasons then the Princess's deep fears. Even in this story, and ONLY what's in it, they don't have it. All six of them treated her like an outcast and kept a distance. They didn't even try to get to know her, only Spike did.
Also take into fact that Rainbow Dash, being her typical self, suggested she should be locked up. A child! Who is crippled. Alone. Doesn't know anything about the world (Her knowledge is based off the show, they weren't Anthro's in the show so there more then likely other difference Like the fact that there can be death). In a body that is completely different from her original one and doesn't know how it works, let alone the fact it's now female so, fun times when puberty hits and her first heat, if you have that in this story. And has no hope of making it out on her own even if she wasn't crippled.
In addition, Dash also started making suggestions that it was aa part of some "plan". And that she WILL grow up to be evil! Dash has NO idea how dangerous just talking like that can be! If word got out that she, one of the "Element Bearers" thought that, all Equestria could start thinking that. I want to share a story i was told by my Father with any who care to read this.
He worked with the military, mainly communications, but that's not important. One time he went into a Generals office to speak with him, and notice a fire hydrant in the room. It was just sitting there in the room, wasn't functional but it was odd. And my dad asked about it. The General told him, its to remind himself that his words carry weight, and that what he says is heard, even if he doesn't know it. While walking on his base one time, he bumped into a fire hydrant once and, with out thinking, said "That's a dumb place for a fire hydrant!" I mean it happens and I've said similar things myself. Then, he walks by the same spot about a week later and notices that, that very same fire hydrant was moved several feet from where it was. BECAUSE of what that General said.
The higher your status, the more weight your words carry. Dash doesn't care, and soly thinks of herself as being the "hero" and always wants to be the center of attention. Dash is casually talking about blasting her and regarding her as evil despite having done NOTHING wrong. And then Fluttershy, has the nerve, to glare at Luna and say that Jolyn needs a loving family and be taught the right things. Like Dash? Stop trying to hold the moral high ground. NONE of the Mane Six have it! NONE OF THEM!!! They let one of there "friends" talk like that about a child who is on deaths door, and they treat the Princess's like there in the wrong?! Oh please! There worse! I hope they get a good dose of reality with a hard slap to the face!
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Oh it's not your fault ^^
as for this story, well i posted a huge post so, yeah.
Everypony and everyone in the comments is so mad at the princesses, both of them. I can't really be mad at them though, they were stupid and made mistakes and the outcome of those mistakes may have been big but they both know they made mistakes now and will be trying their best to make up for them.
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The best part is that, even though they blame themselves, their decisions were based on their experience and knowledge for the safety of Equestria.
Now, don't get me wrong, it is their fault (to some extent), but one: Celestia couldn't foresee the attack and the ring being broken, and nether Luna could foresee that the Nightmare entity, known for it's capacity for lying, was actually a inocent person.
Two. It is very easy to judge said decisions after the bad outcome has happened, opposite to when they were taken, when the path to the future is bleak.
And finally, I am looking forward to know about the relationship between Celestia and Daybreaker (the original one). That possibly could explain more about the decisions of the two sisters.
And for the author, please continue with the great writting!
nobody blames Discord for what happened. But he is also guilty, especially since he was directly warned that this would happen, but he did nothing to prevent it.
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I just said it about the m6 in the last chapter but the real people in the comments section need a really check just as much.
Fear. It makes people react irrationally! And if anyone says they never did anything irrational out of fear than I show them a liar. (Or someone who isn't introspective enough.)