Cozy and the many version of Spike all sat around a table as Cozy explained her epic plot in great detail, a plot that failed before it could even begin.
"What do you mean you can't?" Cozy demanded as Diamond dog Spike and Breezie Spike shrugged at her.
"I can't," Spike replied simply "I was imprisoned with Alicorn Magic, as such I am bound by Alicorn Magic, meaning that Alicorn Magic can defeat me and, more importantly, that I can't recreate or mimick it, as such I can't make you an Alicorn,"
"That's not fair," Cozy whined.
"Oh please your gonna get more than three wishes, that's more than any other creature in history has ever gotten, nothing about any of this has been fair for either of us,"
"Alright," Cozy grumbled irritably "Then we'll just go with Plan-B!" Cozy paused dramatically for a moment, then it became slightly less dramatic, then Llama Spike spoke up.
"There was no Plan-B was there?" He asked casually.
"Shut up," Cozy shot back as she looked around the cave, trying to come up with a plan, After another short silence she hit her hoof on the table and declared "I Wish for the perfect plan, Pweety Pweese,"
"Your wish is granted," all the Spike said in casual unison as a scroll appeared in front of Cozy, she grabbed it with her hooves and unrolled it. The Excited look on Cozy's face slowly melted into a shocked one.
"What kind of plan is this?" She demanded of the Genie.
"I dunno," Kirin Spike said with a shrug "you wished for the perfect plan not for me to make you a plan, my magic made that not me,"
"Ohhh! What's it say?" Llama Spike asked as Breezie Spike perched on Cozy's shoulder and read it around.
"Marry into Royalty and become an Alicorn through marriage," the Spike's were silent for a second before Diamond Dog spoke up.
"Wait...does it work like that?" She asked in confusion "Wouldn't Shining be one then?"
"Why are you asking me?" Dragon Spike demanded, "I'm you, if you don't know why would I know?"
"Maybe she's crazy," Llama suggested, earning a smack from Kirin.
"Same logical flaw moron," Diamond dog Spike said as she leaned back in her chair "if one of the uses is crazy, then all of the uses are crazy,"
"Wait what?" Breezie asked in confusion, before this could continue Cozy Glow spoke up.
"Can I maybe just have one of you right now?" She asked "This is hard enough as is without you constantly arguing with yourself," without a word all the Spike's stuck their tongue's out at each other before all but the Diamond dog dissipated.
"Alright," Spike said seriously as she got to her feet and made her way over to Cozy "Serious time, the sooner you get your wishes, the sooner we can get out of this cave," Spike looked at the plan and found that what Cozy had read was all that was on the scroll. "Typical magic," She groaned as she tossed it away "always a pain to deal with, Alright so we need to figure out how we get you hitched with an Alicorn I guess, and taking in your age and other things Princess Flurry heart is both our best and only bet,"
"The Baby?" Cozy demanded with a slack jaw.
"You were on ice...or on stone, I guess, for well over 17 years Kiddo, that baby is in her early twenties about now," Cozy stared blankly at Spike for a moment before rubbing her hoof over her face and fluttering her wings.
"That's not fair," She whined.
"You could just wish to be older," Spike replied casually.
"What and deal with old pony problems like back pains and taxes and hating music?"
"Then....then why are you mad about it?" she questioned in confusion "And either way you have wishes Galor just...wish for eternal youth or something, besides if you become older you'd look different, and looking not like you means ponies probably won't notice your Cozy glow, the criminal who's probably super wanted right now," Cozy muttered as she got out of the chair and began pacing around the table.
"Just...give me some time to think up how I ever go about doing this," Diamond dog Spike said nothing and instead began flowing Cozy in her pacing, with each lap around the table another version of Spike appeared in a conga line behind the Diamond dog.
There were many Guards patrolling the Canterlot gardens as Twilight and Cadance investigated the spot where Cozy had been. As the two inspected the area they were arguing in their normal talking voices. So as to avoid making a scene in front of the guards.
"...look say what you want," Cadance said as she ran her hoof over the pedal stool that once held Cozy and used a spell to inspect her hoof for anything out of the usual "But there had to of been a better punishment for such a young filly other than turning her to stone for a hundred years,"
"She's been here for over a decade and you've never once made any notion of being against her punishment," Twilight replied as she scanned the ground "And besides, her Punishment was Luna, Celestia, and Discords desition,"
"You mean the same trio that threw Spike into a time tunnel instead of trying to help him?" Cadance questioned with a raised ear.
"You know as well as I do that not doing that would have caused a Paradox,"
"Either way," Cadance said as she found nothing "I'm not saying I don't trust Celestia, but I am saying her punishment for certain crimes aren't something I agree with,"
"Well regardless I don't know how to undo a petrification spell without the Elements of Harmony, and they're not exactly around anymore," Cadance took that in as Twilight informing her that she had come up with nothing.
"And yet someone did undo her petrification spell," before either of them could begin bouncing theories on what had happened the bright light of a teleporter shone between the two
"Not just any old someone," Starswirl declared, making them both jump and turn to the old magician.
"Starswirl," Twilight cheered when she saw the old Sorcer "What are you doing here?"
"If my tracking spell is correct, I am here for Spike," he said simply as the bell on the end of his hat began glowing, the old Unicorn took his hat off and set it on the ground, the bell of his hat unlatched from his hat and rolled across the ground, coming to a rest at Cozy's vacant pedestal before rolling to a little ways towards a puddle and then returning to the hat.
Starswirl cleaned off the bell before placing the hat back upon his head. "If Spike's word is to be believed I owned his lamp longer than any other, save my students, who tragically left him in my old shack in a misguided attempt to protect the lamp from thieves using my old protection spells," Starswilrl lit his horn and he and the two Princesses were bubbled and in a flash, they found themselves in what looked to be the past.
"Whoa," Twilight said instantly "Wait, we can't use..."
"This is not Time Travel," Starswirl assured her "This is a Time window, I am simply using It to show you that," Starswirl pointed to Cozy's statue and the two Princesses looked at Cozy's leg, where Spike's lamp lay at rest,"
"Spike," Twilight and Cadance said in unison.
"Spike," Starswirl agreed, he approached the lamp when it began violently shaking and billowing purple Smoke, Starswirl took a step back and watched as Spike emerged in his Dragon form, his eyes glowing as he declared loudly.
"Your Wish is Granted," at Once Cozy transformed from a statue into a real girl and instantly jumped only to flop onto her face. Cadence looked at the young filly and frowned as she looked at her own hooves in shock when Spike's lamp fell onto her leg and she looked up at him. The group saw their mouths move but heard no sound and noticed that the spell was failing.
"Spike was always a hard creature to eavesdrop on," Starswirl said with a sigh as the spell shattered "Still if the residue I was able to track is correct, Cozy glow used her second wish as well, most likely to escape, we must simply wait for her to use her third and from there I should be able to find Spike in a matter of days," Starswirl turned on the spot before looking back and adding. "I'll inform you of the location of Cozy's third wish once I find it," he tipped his hat to the Princesses and Teleported away, once he was gone Twilight and Cadance looked to each other.
"You know," Cadance said "Spike's spent a long time trapped in that lamp, maybe he should be the one to pick Cozy's sentence, I feel he's most likely to judge her fairly,"
"I can't promise that," Twilight said before smiling "But I can promise to not turn Cozy back to stone at the very least,"
Cozy and Spike made their way out of the cave and looked at the jungle-like area they had arrived in, having decided it was best to keep on the move in case the Princess had a way to track her, Cozy had a saddlebag on her back with the lamp tucked safely inside, having wished for it to be so only she could open the bag, she had a sunhat on with her mane tied up in a bun to hide her curls, and a small dress to hide her cutie mark. Cozy herself was sitting comfortably on the back of Llama Spike, who was very visibly overjoyed to be allowed to walk with her instead of being crammed back into the lamp.
"Oh, I haven't gotten to go on a walk in what feels like an eon!" He cheered as she skipped merrily through the dense foliage surrounding them, Cozy looked at the map she had wished for and began talking to it.
"Show me where I am," The Map shimmered and she was shown the image of the Undiscovered West "Well that's less than helpful," She muttered as she rolled the map up and stuffed it into her saddlebags "I wish to go to a small town where Twilight won't find me, Pweety Pweese," Cozy felt a small burst of wind as Spike declared her wish granted and the two were walking down a plain-looking road to a small town. Cozy frowned at the sudden heat as she looked at the desert that suddenly surrounded them. "where are we?"
"No idea," Spike replied happily, As the two got close they were spotted by some of the locals, both Spike and Cozy noticed that they looked more like Horses than ponies.
"Is that a Llama?" one of them asked in shock "I thought they were a myth!" Spike stood his ground as the locals approached and declared loudly and with pride.
"I have no idea where we are," he said looking back at Cozy who groaned.
"Why am I not surprised?" She said as some of the locals approached them.
"Welcome," One of them said "it's not often we get visitors to our quiet little corner of Saddle Arabia, especially a creature such as yourself,"
"Saddle Arabia," Cozy cried out "Why are we in Saddle Arabia,"
"I dunno you're the one with the magic map," Spike shot back "How was I suppose to know?"
"Ah," The horse who had started the conversation said "You are lost travelers, you are quite lucky to have found us then, the closes settlement is over a week's travel from here,"
"We'd have been fine," Cozy said with a determined smile. "We have tons of supplies," The Horse looked at her, then at Spike.
"But you seem to have nothing on you save your saddlebags,"
"It's stored away with magic," Spike said simple "easier to carry, lot less likely to be stolen out from beneath us, common Trader trick,"
"Traders?" The Horse asked, a spark of excitement in his voice "You must be on your way home from the Traders market in the capital!"
"Yeah," Cozy said, using the opportunity to fabricate a false backstory "We kind of...got lost,"
"We maybe if someone had a map of Saddle Arabia we wouldn't have gotten lost," Spike snapped back.
"You're the one who forgot to pack it," Cozy shot back.
"You're the one who didn't wanna go back and get it,"
"I was not gonna cross the ocean just for a stupid map," Before Cozy and Spike could continue trying to think of a way to blame the other the Horse interrupted it.
"Well I have a map of Saddle Arabia, If you'd be willing to set up shop in our town for a few days while you rest from the heat I'd be more than happy to give it to you,"
"Deal," Cozy decided "Do you deal in Currency or item trades?"
"Oh don't worry, just like the capital we'll offer up both," The Horse made his way into the town and the duo followed their guide, Spike still ecstatic just to be out of his lamp.
Merchants
"I have the wares, if you have the coin."
Hehehe they’re gonna think cozy wished for spike to teleport her wherever she wants whenever she wants or something I love it
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That sentence reminds me on a verry cute pic with Fluttershy I saw on DA recently.
I'm opposed to Cozy's petrification, but it doesn't feel like there's an in-text reason for Twilight to change her mind so suddenly.
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Lamp oil. Rope. Bombs? You want it? It's yours, my friend, as long as you have enough rupees.
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I'm liking Cozy and Spike's teamup so far, even if its a bit odd that Spike seems to have no reservations with working with her.
Cadence isn't wrong. What's worse is how happy they were to do it.
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well this version of Spike is a little unhinged, and what else can he do? he either goes along willingly or has to do it anyway since she's the owner of the lamp, and being less than willing would mean less time out of the lamp and only being let out when she needed some wishes.
How old would Spike be at this point?
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he was sent back 10,000 years into the past so...around 10,030ish
What is a alicorn? If Cozy want to be a Alicorn and Spike can't make her a alicorn, she could wish for a horn and wings or to become a clone of Flurry or any other alicorn when they were younger or meet someone that can make her a alicorn.
Or maybe she could wish for cosmic power like Spike and give him company.
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one of the biggest questions in the series: "What is an Alicorn?" A question that we have never answered after a decade spent in MLP.
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Just like the question of... Is Celestia nerfed one season and Overpowered the next one?
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I believe that the series would have been interesting if Cozy Glow was actually Celestias' own Daughter that had been cast out of Canterlot and all knowledge about her erased from memory because Destiny said so. The whole narrative would have both flipped on its head and be poetic in form by painting Celestia as the series true villain with everything that was already established by her character being devoted towards friendship and her subjects as Princess, but treating her own family and those that she is or was close with as objects; Twilight being the sole exception because of Destiny.
Twilight began her journey by "curing" Luna of the Nightmare; a Nightmare that Celestia was responsible for creating due to her not taking Luna seriously enough to treat with care and respect, putting Celestias' own past in jeopardy.
Then, she is too focused on the wedding to pay Twilights' own misgivings about Cadence with dignity or patience, thus leading to the battle in Canterlot and putting her Present in jeopardy.
And then at the end, with everything arrayed to have a battle against Cozy Glow and there being absolutely no knowledge behind who she is or why she is doing this and her declarations of solely fighting against Celestia to destroy the vicious cycle of Destiny would bring into question everything that Twilight believed in that would be further compounded by the revelation that Cozy Glow is actually Celestias' own Daughter: her very future, causing a rift to reform between the Sun Princess and everyone. Individuals like Luna and Queen Novo taking it hardest of all since they had known Celestia from before and that they had drifted apart because of Celestias' growing actions and obsession with Destiny to the detriment of everyone around her, coupled with how they began to see that even after 1000 years apart, Princess Celestia hasn't changed at all or made any moves to try and apologize for her actions, for spitting in the face of the notion of her own Family as anything more beyond her obsessive need for Friendships and for Destiny, and especially for forcing Ascendancy upon Twilight and not giving her any significant pointers afterwards to direct her into a role to warrant the position of Princess aside from now-hollow words that Twilight will "Play Her Part" which now take on a more sinister subtext in that Celestia had abandoned her own family for the sake of creating Princess Twilight Sparkle.
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Mlp could have been one dark ass kids show
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You seem to forget that there already were other Dark Kids' Shows that were available at the time, or were already well-established in the genre. Works such as Star vs. The Forces of Evil and Avatar: The Last Airbender easily come to mind.
The whole Cozy-angle I'm going with would much like with Tirek have had far-reaching moments where she was involved or a part of in the shows' own immediate past...
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That Cozy was the one to have indirectly riled up the animals in the Menagerie during the Grand Galloping Gala as a means for her to liberate her pet Ravens that Celestia had kept locked in a cage in a bid to prevent her daughter from reclaiming such potent creatures, and hoping to use them as a means of better-protecting Canterlot due to the inherent Dread that Mabel and Grip naturally spread in close proximity to everything that threatens them... which explains why Canterlot was so easily fought against and constantly defeated because Mabel and Grip refused to return to help Celestia knowing that she would just cage them again given the chance.
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That when The Changelings had fought and were beaten by Cadence and Shining Armor, Cozy Glow herself followed the Changelings back to their Hive and unleashed a devastating attack within close proximity: Blasting apart the very forest that once surrounded the Hive structure with her inherent powers over Light and Fire to create a massive explosion that shattered the very land and created the crater that surrounds the Hive as retaliation for harming her family even though Celestia would deny Cozy entry into Canterlot or to even talk with anyone of her past. Chrysalis wouldn't have recognized Cozy since at the time she was heavily-armored and had no visible Cutie Mark.
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That she was the mysterious Glowing Golden Eyes we saw at the end of Castle Mane-ia, she lives within the Everfree Forest to be well-hidden from her enemies and from Princess Celestia should Cozy dare to try retaliating in any meaningful way.
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Even as Equestria was being invaded and conquered by The Storm King, Cozy had taken it upon herself to do what she now believed Celestia and Twilight were both too incompetent to even bother accomplishing at all due to Twilight's devotion to Celestia, and Celestias' obsession with Destiny: to fight back against any and all enemies to Equestria with everything. In just three days time alone, Cozy was able to help push back the invasion after being substantially armed and prepared; pushing the enemy all the way back to the Heartland of Equestria with designs to make a final push from Ponyville into Canterlot at long last: to finally prove herself not to Celestia, but to her own Aunt and her Cousin.
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I'm not forgetting anything, those dark kids' shows were dark because their target audience were older. Mlp's target audience was Little girls between the age of 4-12. A lot of adults may love the show but it wasn't made with them in mind. Also, name one dark Hasbro T.V show that's target demographic was little girls.
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My Little Pony: Rescue From Midnight Castle.
You had to have seen this answer coming.
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That could be one good fic, I for one while I did not think of something similar, thought time ago about something else... After turning into a alicorn and before the EoH turn her into stone, she somehow end in the past before Discord and Nightmare Moon. So, imagine how could Celestia and Luna react to another alicorn at that moment, it could be good or bad, but then she could have the problem of being a filly unicorn for thousand of years without able to grow up... Not sure if then things could go like in your headcanon or not, but with a couple of thousand years of experience and being more familiar with Celestia and Luna, make think how much could it change
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I don't know what that is
I LOVE THIS! I was a big fan of your first Genie Spike story, and i'm loving the route you're taking with the sequel here with Cozy Glow.
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thank you so much, I'm had a few different paths I thought about taking but in the end I felt Cozy glow was the more interesting one to take
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Yes...soon
I'm just happy that this isn't like a Jaffar and Genie situation. Despite her unlimited wishes, Cozy isn't using her wishes to dominate him or make him miserable.