Tucked away in a corner just off the main roads of Canterlot, there exists a small shop.
It's a humble place of red brick, lacking entirely the put-upon golden and marble splendor of the richer, nobler portions of the city.
But that's just fine in the mind of it's proprietress. This place isn't one meant for the rich and the noble.
It's meant for the stressed single fathers, the cash-strapped students, the hungry tourists, the late-shift guards.
All are welcome there, and all are greeted as friends.
Art provided by Froopy (who I can't link to because we only ever spoke on Discord)
Chapters (1)
Food keeps telling me to watch the april fools video...
Hell yeah, I'd be interested in seeing more of this. Sounds like the pressure to succeed got to her BAD.
Cool take on a dropout Twilight. I'd be interested to hear more of her background.
Always had the head cannon that rare would get things to match cannon as close as possible... So gotta wonder how would this Twilight would beat Nightmare Moon? Getting to Ponyville is easy, massive pizza order! But how different would the show be if Twilight was princess of Friendship and Pizza?
Oh-ho-ho, yes. I've never had a pizza I didn't like. This was very nicely done.
I’m interested in more as well. It sounds like there’s more than one divergence with Pinkie working multiple part time jobs instead of for the Cakes. I’m also curious about Twilight’s relationship with Moon Dancer, Minutte, etc. since she learned to value friendship while still in Canterlot.
11198935 Trick Moony into biting into a pizza that just came out of the oven. She will die from the mouth burns.
Very much interested in this AU. Change one variable (Twilight getting put off by the pushiness of the elite) and you end up with something familiar and vastly different at once. My big question is what happened to Spike in this AU considering he was born when Twilight was a preteen?
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Spike was hatched for the entrance exam. He would still exist, although here he would likely be the number 1 delivery boy/assistant manager. Also i love this AU and want a second slice
Ah, very interesting! Clearly this Twilight holds no fear of cheese!
I would indeed be very interested to see a little more of this setting.
Somehow you've written a piece that feels like pizza. Warm, straightforward, and best enjoyed without pretense.
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I'm imagining teleporting pizza accidents.
Yes. More of this. I'm in love with the Pizzaverse.
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Hey now! Twilight was never afraid of cheese. She was afraid of quesadillas, which is cheese in a very specific format that is entirely different from pizza cheese.
But did it start as shredded cheese? Everyone knows - or at least they ought to know - that the best cheese for pizza comes in stick format.
Excellent job on this very entertaining one-shot. Definitely liked the dialogue between Twilight and her customer. And I have to admit that I AM extremely curious as to what would cause Twilight to drop out and end up running a pizza parlor. I also wonder how Spike is doing in this universe (probably, as somebody else already guessed, Twilight's main delivery boy or an assistant manager - or an equal combination of both). And I am certainly glad that Twilight has managed to do so well even when she felt the need to drop out for personal reasons. I could VERY easily see THIS Twilight already being friends with Pinkie Pie (as Pinkie would be quite likely to plan A LOT of pizza parties, which would mean some pretty big orders).
Anyway, thanks immensely for sharing this.
Interesting premise. I wonder what other butterflies Twilight quitting the school caused and how Celestia panicked at having her plan disrupted. Wouldn't mind seeing more, pizza is always an interesting topic.
Fantasticly written, and completely unique! It was a joy to read. Very very well done.
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Yes. It IS quite an intriguing concept. And, yeah, I COULD see Celestia panicking a bit about her plans hitting a snag - as well as later getting relieved that it actually went BETTER than her original plans (due to Twilight already knowing how good it feels to make friends and, as was said by other reviewers, it wouldn't be hard to visualize Twilight getting a huge order for the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration).
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Would she earn her wings by making a Pizza on the same level as when Agatha Hetrodyne GIRL GENIUS made Coffee?
...for those of you unfamiliar with the web comic Girl Genius, let us simply say that the bolding and capitalization are entirely appropriate and, indeed it may have been doing the culinary achievements in question a disservice to not capitalize all the letters. The all-caps for her title are similarly required to do justice to the ham of the setting.
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Well, perhaps the mention of hot ashes in the oven was only because it was after his bedtime (Only a baby dragon.), so she had to use her secondary heat source? IE he usually is the one heating her oven with his flame breath... of course, if she could tweak his messenger-breath he might also deliver to her most repeat of customers, without ever leaving the premises. ...or at least to her former mentor who I had imagine would still have a fond place for her, perhaps alongside Donut Joe.
Hmmmm... Donut Joe... Rival? Love interest? Both?
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On the other hand, I could also see Celestia being bitter about Twilight.
Promising
Kind of want to see trying to track down Twi at some point. Either way fun story that would be interesting to see expanded.
Yeah, I'd like to see more of this. It's pretty unique and interesting. Though, the mention of this Sunlit entity not having been founded yet at her time at the school makes it sound as if a somewhat significant amount of time has passed since Twilight dropped out.
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I imagine Donut Joe as being a mentor, actually. Once she drops out, she goes to work for him for a couple years to learn how to actually run a restaurant. Being enthusiastic and into making friends, she quickly rises to the position of assistant manager and Joe introduces his protege to his suppliers while being one of Twilight's initial investors when she decides to open up a pizza parlor.
Spike is assistant manager and #1 delivery boy. He'll do normal deliveries for free, but an additional fee gets your pizza teleported in (limit 10 teleportations a day. He's still a kid, you know) anywhere within 50 miles.
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So he only provides cooking fire if her wood supplier is unconscionably behind schedule or something? That could work if the teleport breath comes out of the same pool of energy as the more mundane fire breath.
please sir/madam can we have some more
More please, this is good stuff.
This was a great slice-of-life (ha!) A.U. of Twilight. Please, more!
That was a very nice introduction. Good story and very firm foundation
Then five other restaurants open up on the same street and while they don't originally get along the dreaded food critic Nightmare Moon forces them to work together to gain the Elements of Gourmet and together they join forces and create the ultimate food court.
This story has that kind of weight of reality to it. I feel the need to go be productive now and stop letting life pass me by
this fic is joey turner approved
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Here's an interesting concept for that. It's usually seen that somehow, Twilight will somehow gain her wings but, what if in this continuity, she doesn't. What if instead, her place is to help lift up another soul, and help her achieve greatness and gain her wings?
This is a lot of fun! I'd love to see some more, but it stands just fine on its own.
Do you have an idea why Twilight dropped out yet?
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Due to being much less socially... errr... stagnant, a lot of issues would probably be avoided entirely, for one. If anything, I'd imagine she'd perhaps be even better at being a princess of friendship, not to mention spreading the gospel of how delicious a pizza made with love for one's craft can be!
Having good food, even if maybe having to deviate from pizza sometimes, during impactful negotiations or talks of any sort would probably help things be a little less troubled too, as I'd imagine several incidents could be at least diminished by people having a delicious meal and a full belly to better their mood a tad.
You made me smell the pizza with your descriptions... and now I'm hungry for pizza. The road less traveled, and that made all the difference. Pizzerias are essential to college students. Dining halls always tend to make that one thing you can't really like. Pizza can help with that and the act of splitting costs and the pizza, well eating together cements friendships. Our particular one made awesome Strombolis and they delivered to campus. Several of us would get together and split one when the dining hall just flubbed it. This Twilight is doing an essential service, but it's hard to imagine her not finishing up her credits to get a degree just because she's Book Horse. So yeah, I'd be interested in exploring this 'verse and how it came about and since Eternal Night hasn't happened knowing what averted that is making me curious.
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And building a restaurant empire of Princess Twilight's Friendship Pizzeria locations!
Consider me hooked! Celestia will still find a way to get Twilight’s studies finished so that it will come full circle, but things will definitely be different.
If you’re interested, I’d love to throw in some of my 16 1/2 years of food service experience and perhaps you could let my character be a part of the story from time to time?
Twilight pizzera y maga, si no fuera porque le bastante bien, diría "que puede salir mal?"
Además, como reaccionarian los "villanos" ante una cocinera bien entrenada y su lujosa pizza? Mi voto va a "lo intente, te di pizza, ahora depende de ti ser bueno y tener más pizza o un tener Rainbow Blast en la cara" pero siendo sincero, la única que podría aceptar eso y volverse buena es Cozy Glow
I can't believe this is marked complete. It stands great on its own, don't get me wrong, but you could go ANYWHERE with this if you wanted.
Great job, regardless. Twi sounded totally in character and it was a delight to read. Excellent!
And then NIGHTMARE MOON attacked Twilight's pizzeria! "HA HA HA HA!!! FROM NOW ON, PINEAPPLE SHALL BE THE ONLY TOPPING, OVER RAGU SAUCE AND VELVETA CHEESE!!"
Twilight screamed in horror at the unholy abomination.
This was very pleasant to read
I am really interested in seeing more of this story's universe!!!!!!!!!
Fascinating. I’m glad that this Twilight has found happiness; but I still have to wonder what led her to this oath… and what doom may await Equestria.
Still, delightful little AU. Thank you for it.
The Pizza-verse is one I would fully invest myself in following!
Ohoho, now this an AU with promise of possibilities.