Goes A Long Way
Twilight hummed softly as she stepped into her special, rather fancy shoes. It had taken her quite a while to get used to wearing them instead of just going around shoeless. And that strange little breastplate that she also wore. She rubbed at it for a moment, frowning, wondering if it was a holdover from some older times, but there wasn't really a long period where Equestria was at war and the princess' would have worn armor so it didn't really make much sense. Then she grimaced as she looked at the crown that had been commissioned for her over her protests. She liked her simple crown but a small group of nobles had protested that she needed something far fancier and had made her this... Monstrosity. She floated the new one and her normal, simple crown to reflect in the mirror.
"There is an elegance in simplicity, darling."
Twilight grinned as she set her normal crown upon her head, and turned, opening the door of her chambers, pacing out into the hall. "Mhmm, when it comes to fashion, always listen to Rarity." Starting to pace down the hall she slowed, rolling her eyes as she could have sworn she heard self-satisfied chortling coming from behind her as she left the room. However, that didn't stop her bright smile, it really was true, the simpler crown was a far better choice than that garish overdone crown.
Twilight smiled gently as she looked over the class full of unicorns running around. She had taken over the teaching for Princess Celestia and it was by far her favorite part of the day. Though this latest batch was a bit of a strain. They would behave fairly well in class, do that work, but homework... They never did their homework and today was no exception. She was ready for a lecture.
"Maybe it was too hard for them? Give them another chance?"
Twilight sighed in exasperation, Fluttershy. Of course, Fluttershy. She always wanted to give everyone every chance. But Twilight knew she couldn't very well fight Fluttershy on the point so she just nodded. "You're an old softie." She tapped her desk for attention but her intent was already set. There wouldn't be a lecture today, and Twilight didn't need to look to see the delighted smile.
Twilight let her head drop onto the desk, groaning loudly as she tried to get through the new law proposal. She had been through eight drafts and they kept changing small things. They were all good changes, but she had to read through the law in its entirety every time. Just to make sure no one misspelled something and changed road to woad, and they suddenly had to plant trees everywhere.
"Anything worth doin's worth doin' right, sugar cube."
Though Twilight groaned again, she nodded. It just had to be Applejack. Twilight shook her head as she raised it and looked back down at the papers before her. "Yeah, yeah, you don't need to lecture me, Applejack. That's my job, I'm the princess." Though there wasn't any response, Twilight could almost feel the satisfied nod at her getting back to work.
Twilight was looking through the newest applications to the royal guard. She didn't actually choose them, technically, but her opinion would carry a lot of weight. Meaning that she could veto anyone that she didn't want in. She shook her head, she hadn't ever done that before, and she'd never been wrong yet. She trusted her guards to make the right choice. Though she had a funny habit of separating off a pile of ones that didn't strike her as good matches until someone always interfered.
"You know, Twilight, everyone needs the chance to be awesome."
Twilight smiled, she'd given up on actually second-guessing any of the applicants. She just set the ones she questioned aside specifically so that RAinbow Dash could canter through and give her that little nugget of advice. Twilight shook her head as she piled the applications back together into one pile. Waiting, giving a certain somepony their chance to do their favorite thing besides flying, gloating.
Twilight smiled as she packed up the picnic basket. She had many ponies that would be happy to do it for her. But she insisted that she always pack up the basket for her annual friend's day picnic herself. For the most obvious of reasons, it was very personal to her. She couldn't very well let someone else take care of it. Though she did grin when she heard the voice pipe up from over her shoulder.
"Don't forget the cupcakes!"
Twilight rolled her eyes a little, she'd never forgotten the cupcakes, they were of the utmost importance. But she did slip a few extra into the basket. "There, happy now, Pinkie?" As Twilight left the kitchen she smiled again at the delighted giggle. She could always eat an extra cupcake, so it was sound advice.
Twilight smiled as she came to the top of the hill. The one she always walked, she didn't teleport, she didn't fly. She walked up with her picnic basket. She set out the six places and sat down at hers. She bowed her head to each of the five gravestones on the top of the hill in turn. But she did so with a smile, and ate her picnic dinner happily, chatting away with no one on the hilltop.
As she descended the hill she was met by her old teacher as always, smiling she gave Celestia a hug, and Celestia shook her head in bemusement. "You always come down smiling, Twilight. I'd expect you to be sad, or at least melancholy."
Twilight shook her head in turn, though her smile didn't falter. "I don't need to miss them, Princess Celestia. Because they never left."
Celestia smiled in return and bowed her head slightly as Twilight set off back to the palace. Celestia looked up the hill and smiled, inclining her head to the unseen stones. "True friendship."
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10465812
Well, that's some impressive speed reading... Oh, wait...
10465814
I liked the story,👍 but felt bad for poor Twilight.
10465821
*Claps happily* But the point is to not feel bad! *Cries!*
10465825
I feed bad anyway. Her whole destiny has been decided for her by someone else and she’s been forced to abandon the good life she’d made for herself in Ponyville.
10465825
It is? Oh. I was thinking Twilight was in denial of how sad she was deep down. but was trying to force herself to smile and be happy.
10465832
Hehe, it's meant to be along the lines of "those we love never truly leave us." Kind of thing.
Got the idea from this song. (Warning, country music.)
10465836
Ah, I got it now. More often than not, when a story with Twilight being the last of the mane 6 to be alive, it tends to be that she's acting happy, but really isn't.
A rare story where she really is threw me off. In which case, I don't feel so bad for Twi now.
10465831
Which is why her moving back to Canterlot makes no sense. If she decreed she would stay in Ponyville, then who is going to tell her no? Celestia and Luna can't. They have no political power.
The bureacrats? Does anypony actually care what they think? They're no more useful than they are in our world it seems.
Heck, Ponyville might have even asked Twilight to stay, and she just flat out ignored them. Her friends, and Celestia and Luna probably said she should stay in Ponyville, and she just ignored them.
Seems all the reasoning Hasbro gave.
I'll give you the peytral (which is what the chest piece is called by the way), but this seems to ignore that Celestia and Luna merged their crowns into one, for Twilight. Nopony commissioned anything.
Unless Twilight knew that the sisters would do that, and protested that they didn't need to, but they did it anyway. This also makes Twilight look weak if the nobles can get away with it.
Just a thought though. It is a nice story. Too short though.
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Yeah, I wasn't referring to her actual crown, it was more of a "they wanted her to look fancier so the nobles had a new fancier one made." So that I could have Rarity give her advice on it :D And they can't seem to get away with it since she just ignored them in the end. This fic takes place well after the coronation (I mean, the other five are all dead so it's been a while.)
As to your other comment, my only thing would be that upending her entire countries governance for her personal convenience doesn't seem like a move Twilight would make.
And yeah, I'm weird and write very short fics. Though this is one of the ones that I legitimately don't think needs to be very long since it's mainly about just her remembering them, not what's actually happening when she's remembering them.
10465875
That bit about the crown makes sense now. Didn't really get that from the story though, but that's just me :p
And Twilight moving back to Canterlot, from the town that made her into the pony she is now, doesn't seem like something she would do either. But Hasbro forced us to go along with it in The Last Problem.
10465892
I don't always translate my thoughts perfectly so it very easily could not be just you. :D
10465831
The communities are close enough that they'll probably consolidate in a few decades as Ponyville grows, a la New York and Brooklyn.
Personally, I feel bad for Equestria, having a leader who is incapable of having her own thoughts, but who can only think in terms of her friends.
10466292
If they were that close then her moving wouldn't have mean much.
So long as you remember the lessons they teach you, the people you care about will never really die.
So is Twilight possesed by her friends, or is it just her memories of them that kept talking? I honestlt couldn't tell. It's nice to see a non weepy Immortal Twilight story for once though.
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I mean, it pretty clearly didn't mean all that much in the end.
Loved this, always nice to see a positive take on Twilight’s immortality and it was very sweet as well. Nice work
This was so heartwarming. At first I thought they were actually there giving her the advice, but as I kept reading I realized that they probably gave her that advice as either ghost or when they were having the picnic.
Feels!
That was sad but wholesome at the same time (if that's possible). Yeah I've read a few fics dealing with Twilights immortality but this just built upon itself as each friend gave their advice until the end where my heart sank into my stomach. Probably didn't help that I was listening to chant of immortality at the time.