Forgotten: Mists of Bridlewood

by milesprower06

Scooter

Sunset sat reclined in a lawn chair outside of Izzy's house, watching as her protege, armed with a new magical masking spell, apply coats of paint remover to the scooter she had brought back to her home. Before she worked on anything mechanical, she wanted to get all the chipped and dull paint off and ready to apply a fresh coat when everything was up and running.

"This spell is amazing," Izzy told her teacher, as she continued wiping the acetone-soaked rag across the vehicle. "I don't breathe in any fumes, and no weight to the mask!"

"Again, it's all you, Izzy. You sure picked it up awfully fast. For a lot of ponies, their emotions boost their magical ability. So you must really be looking forward to getting this thing restored, up and running," Sunset replied.

"You can say that again."

"So what did you do before you took that trip to Maretime Bay?" Sunset asked.

"Pretty much what I want to do with this scooter; fixed, restored, and renewed knickknacks of unicorns around the forest."

"That was how you made a living?" Sunset asked.

"If you can call it that..." Izzy replied.

For as often as she tried, Sunset couldn't imagine life in Bridlewood before reunification. A unicorn village without magic, and absolutely full of superstition.

"So what made you want to go to Maretime Bay? From what Sunny tells me, that's what set off the chain of events that led to Equestria becoming reunited," Sunset asked.

"She had launched a small weather balloon with her dad when she was little, an invitation for pegasi and unicorns to come to Maretime Bay. It drifted into Bridlewood, where I was staying with Alphabittle. When I showed it to him, he warned me about leaving the forest, but it never really left my mind, that there were other ponies out there, wanting to meet unicorns and pegasi."

Sunset had made a mental note of Izzy never really mentioning her parents; Alphabittle had always been the caretaker in her stories of when she was younger. She had never really mentioned her parents, or ever told her about any siblings. She didn't want to assume anything, and wasn't sure how sensitive a subject it was, but she was fairly certain that Izzy Moonbow was an orphan.

"So, if you knew back then that it was only Sunny who had sent that invitation, and that the rest of Maretime Bay were scared to death of unicorns, would you still have gone there?"

Izzy seemed to think about the question for a few moments as she continued wiping down the scooter.

"Yeah, I think so. Don't forget, we had tales about earth ponies and pegasi that were just as tall as the ones the other tribes had about us. So even though I initially thought it was a town of smelly, simple-minded earth ponies, I went anyway. I wanted friends, no matter what their flaws were. I was more afraid of the pegasi than the earth ponies, because back then, we thought they could take our sparkle."

Sunset smiled at the answer as she checked her phone for the time.

"Well, I've got to go get ready for this water fight that the first class wants; a great way to test projectile magic, defensive magic, and have a bit of fun while we're at it. Then an even more important matter..."

With that, Sunset left Izzy with her pet project, and returned downtown to the school, where her first class of the day had just finished settling in.

"Alright, good morning class. Now, before I get you divided into teams for the water fight, I have a very important question for you all," Sunset paused as she walked between the tables to her front desk.

"Who is interested in going on a field trip to the Crystal Empire?"

Author's Note:

Comments

[ScisetShimmerEvan]

"This spell is amazing," Izzy told her teacher, as she continued wiping the acetone-soaked rag across the vehicle. "I don't breathe in any fumes, and no weight to the mask!"

Huh, now who would've thought a spell like that would come a reality.

For as often as she tried, Sunset couldn't imagine life in Bridlewood before reunification. A unicorn village without magic, and absolutely full of superstition.

Sounds quite sad.

Sunset had made a mental note of Izzy never really mentioning her parents; Alphabittle had always been the caretaker in her stories of when she was younger. She had never really mentioned her parents, or ever told her about any siblings. She didn't want to assume anything, and wasn't sure how sensitive a subject it was, but she was fairly certain that Izzy Moonbow was an orphan.

I've been thinking that a lot myself as well.

Sunny seemed to think about the question for a few moments as she continued wiping down the scooter.

Don't you mean Izzy?

"Yeah, I think so. Don't forget, we had tales about earth ponies and pegasi that were just as tall as the ones the other tribes had about us. So even though I initially thought it was a town of smelly, simple-minded earth ponies, I went anyway. I wanted friends, no matter what their flaws were. I was more afraid of the pegasi than the earth ponies, because back then, we thought they could take our sparkle."

I still think whoever came out with those stories were lunatics.

"Who is interested in going on a field trip to the Crystal Empire?"

https://m.

[Melody Song]

Field trip!!

Seat belts everyone-!

[Yoshifan30]

Well it looks like Izzy is setting up the scooter that she found and she and Izzy talking about how things started and everything which is always nice to chit chat but it looks like Sunset has to return to the class and apparently she is preparing for a field trip to the Crystal Empire very interesting I wonder what else could happen guess we'll find out next time

[milesprower06]

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Fixed!

[Starlight Glimmer1]

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Yep.

please let this be a normal field trip

[Indigo Tornado]

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with the fritz? no way

[Boltstrike58]

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Wrong franchise, Miss Frizzle.

[Level Dasher]

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With the Izzy? No way!
Aww…

(I know I got beaten to it, I wanted to do it anyway XD)

[StarzGecko]

"Who is interested in going on a field trip to the Crystal Empire?"

Wait… wasn’t that place still in a blizzard? 🌨️

So, I learn that originally Izzy had two bullies that were meant to be in the film but were cut sadly. After learning that fact today and seeing this chapter I guess it’s a miss opportunity but I won’t think you are aware of it.

Anyways, can’t wait for more!

[Axolotl222]

Is it me or does G5 have a theme of families falling apart? Sunny's confirmed to be an orphan, Izzy and Hitch are heavily implied to be orphans (though the latter at least has his Grandmother), and Misty's "mother" is outright abusive. Even Zipp, the only character with family gotten extensive screen time thus far, still has a strained with them and a seemingly absent father.
It's like the writers decided orphan-hood is the new friendship.

[Phetiamwantip]

Sounds like a field trip coming on. This new chapter is great, I like it!

[MatTheBook]

For as often as she tried, Sunset couldn't imagine life in Bridlewood before reunification. A unicorn village without magic, and absolutely full of superstition.

and depression

[MatTheBook]

"Who is interested in going on a field trip to the Crystal Empire?"

.............

um....Sunset? Isn't the Crystal Empire in a never-ending snow blizzard? Are you seriously going on a suicide trip?

[Comickook]

VERY little I can say that other reviewers haven't already said better, but I DID appreciate the exchange and characterizations in this chapter and definitely looking forward to the Crystal Empire field trip.

[Snowdrifter]

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And mayonnaise!

Bing-bong!

[SuperPinkBrony12]

"Who is interested in going on a field trip to the Crystal Empire?"

A trip to an empire buried beneath snow and ice?

[MatTheBook]

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I question it as well🤨???

[Starlight Glimmer1]

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Even Zipp, the only character with family gotten extensive screen time thus far

So Pipp doesn’t exist apparently.

[Axolotl222]

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I should have worded that better, but the point still stands!

[StarzGecko]

Turns out there’s toy leaks for Misty which shows she has a last name. Her full name is “Misty Brightdawn”

Makes sense with your cover art now.

[Midknight Defender]

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Pipp seems like she exists more in cyberspace than in ponespace, so maybe!

[tsaukpaetra]

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Ride on the magic school bus!