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It's the year 1000 CE. Everypony is in a stir over the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration. Surely, there must be something important about that number.

Professor Twilight Sparkle certainly seems to think so. Enough, in fact, to leave her tower in Canterlot, to travel to a town full of secrets and danger. Maybe, if she's lucky, she'll be able to put a stop to everything before it's too late.

Whether her boss likes it or not.

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Wooooooo

This looks like it's gun b guude~!

Another AU huh? So I guess your done with your part for the mega crossover?

4270892 Most likely, aye. I cannae wait fer that to start updatin', lemme tell ya~

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No, ah'm not done yet. Ah'm still workin' on it. This was jus' a lot faster an' easier ta keep focused on.

4271145 Well, tha's all good, too! :twilightsmile:

4271145 Ah, the burning idea tha won't let you focus on other projects huh? Yeah I get that too. So,etimes you just have to start writing something else to jump start your ability to write the origional project. Still, I'm surprised you're making another AU, especially with the Manhatenverse you made. Is this going to be another full blown universe, or a one shot?

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Oh ah'm certainly hopin' ta write more with this universe. A' course, ah gotta stick to some semblance a' project order. Mah chapter of Multiversal Harmony an' a tie-in epilogue to What You Are in the Dark are the big priority, followed by finishin' this story, then a new Manehattanverse story. After that, ah have several ideas for other stories in this universe, which share a priority level with an addition to one a' mah pre-Manehattanverse stories.

Not bad, and I'm almost always up for another AU reinterpretation of the series opener.

Interesting, I'm not sure what the point of departure for this AU is (if there is one)

I assume Twilight is older than she is in the normal universe but I don't suppose that's actually confirmed. Snips and Snails seem older to me but Diamond Tiara seems the same as does Dinky (maybe)

Celestia certainly seems better prepared to deal with Luna, but what exactly is she preparing to do?

I wonder who snuck on board the carriage, Moondancer stalking Spike? Lyra popping back to visit Bon Bon?

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Lyra doesn't know Bon Bon yet. An' who says it has ta be one a' those two? Maybe it's the gnome.

Hmm... a NMM reimagining where Celestia tried to stop her student from getting the EoH instead of encouraging it. Could work?

Poor Lyra still got left behind. :pinkiesad2:

4329876 Yeah, that part bugged me a bit. Other than that though, interesting. Looks like the POD is the Nightmare Moon thing happened later in canon, thereby making her escape later as well.

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Oh, don't you worry about Lyra. She'll get ta be the hero eventually.

The schoolhouse itself took up about three hectares of this land, which seemed a bit small, likely due to the popularity of apprenticeships as a method of education in this area.

Three hectares is about five and a half American football fields, or the size of a small castle, which seems incredibly large for a rural schoolhouse. Unless this AU is more different than I thought!

apples, carrots, and celery stalks dominated the conversation

And colorful flowers, too? :trixieshiftright:

Pa an' Uncle Julius lived off the land all their lives

I'm guessing that this would be the Orange side of the family, right?

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Ah prob'ly oughtta avoid givin' yes or no answers to comments, but this is a safe enough question, so... yes.

Ooh, a 'mild' bit of foreboding there at the end. I like. :) Also, quite cool bit with the plushie, too. Moondancer's on the case! Moondancer... is getting sidetracked every which way! :p

It's a decent setup at any rate. See if it goes anywhere. I'm curious what would happen if Twilight ran into Moondancer, because one is the superior of the other, yet they're both playing hookey on a fool's errand to possibly save the world from evil. I can't imagine how either would tattle on the other though, as out of their element as they are, so maybe it'd be a matter of common ground?

Hmm, things are coming together and unraveling at the same time! Celestia, what is even the heck up with you?! For once, Twilight going a bit nutsy is warranted!

I think I am now more interested in learning about Professor Heartstring's adventure around campus -- and assuming they are true, why nopony else has noticed them -- more than the main story.

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Ah love noodles. They can be any flavor ya want!

Who knows, though, maybe somebody will write about it someday.

"Now, why did I do this?"

It's subtle touches like using a natural line over forced exposition ("Now, why did I pick the lock to Celestia's office?") that make for good writing.

Trixie still makes me laugh.

Lyra: "I don't get it! We found the ancient castle, we found the tallest tower in it, and there's nothing here! Why would they say the princess was laid in state up here? There's nothing up here but broken stones!"
NMM: "They were referring to the moon, dear."
Lyra: "Oh, well that makes much more OHSHI"

Catching up on stuff... and Lyra, you crazy. but that's why we love you. :D

Nice to see this updated again. :D Hmm, Apple Bloom friends with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon in this universe? The reasons make sense. I like the Cake twins as Pinkie's fey apprentices, too. Curiouser and curiouser!

Egads are the ages mixed up in this! When NIghtmare Moon comes back, is she going to look like this?

Damn, welcome back. One cracking chapter, here! I'm gonna have to go back and reread this one to remember what happened before.

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