Thursday Dec 22 d
The knock on the door made everyone jump and separate as the reality of the situation began to set in. Will had been under those noses ever since Irma and Cornelia encountered her almost a week ago. They had so many questions ranging from why she was seemingly involved with Shagon, and by proxy Nerissa, to just how she managed to not only survive a fireball, but completely eradicate Tridart single handedly.
“Well girls, pizza is served. Make a mess though and Nerissa will be the least of your worries.” Susan said, giving them a stern glare before breaking into a fit of giggles at the shocked faces surrounding her. “I’m kidding girls, I’m going to grab some glasses with ice for the soda. Go ahead and dig in.”
“I’m glad to see Ms. V so happy.” Hay Lin said, taking a seat on one side of Sunset while Cornelia refused to give up the spot on the opposite side as the two sandwiched the fiery haired teen between them.
“I’m glad to know you are okay, even if you aren’t the Will we remember.” Cornelia said softly, “I said some horrible things to you, I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t be, I can understand where you were coming from. I forgive you, but you will have to prove that you deserve my respect and trust.” Sunset said, a sad smile on her face as she looked around. “The same goes for all of you. I don’t want a friendship built because of magical threats to us, I want one built on mutual trust, respect and love. I’ll do my best to earn yours and if you want to try and be friends I would like that.”
“We would too, Will.” Irma said, her eyes growing wide as she realized what she said. “I’m so sorry!”
“Don’t be, I know this is a lot to take in. Just please, call me by my name. I’m Sunset Shimmer.” Sunset said, pride could be heard in her voice. She then turned to fix a firm, yet kind look on Taranee. “I know you are telepathic, so please understand I’m not saying this to be mean, or anything. Just please stay out of my head, no trying to unlock Will’s memories or anything like that. It isn’t fair to me, I’m my own person and have lived my own life. I feel sorry for Will. I’ve even come to accept she is a part of me, but I deserve to be treated as me.”
“I understand, and I won’t. I was thinking about asking, but it is your choice.” Taranee said, Susan finally returning with a tray filled with glasses of ice that she sat down on the coffee table with a stack of paper plates.
“I miss Will girls, I always will, but Sunset is right. She is a different person, and as much my daughter as Will.” Susan explained, pouring soda from the two liters the delivery person brought with the food to pass out.
“We all will.” Hay Lin sniffed.
“Let’s change the subject for a minute.” Irma said, feeling a little heart broken at the news. She tried to change to subject to something she knew the others wanted to know just as much as her. “How did you manage to survive that fireball and throw that much power around as if it was nothing”
“Back in Equestria that was nothing.” Sunset said, taking a bite of pizza as everyone looked at her in shock. Even Susan was a little surprised at the news. “Pyromancy was my chosen field of magic, though I excelled at all types of magic I attempted. I was the unofficial top student at Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns.”
“So any unicorn could absorb fire like that?” Taranee asked. She couldn’t help feeling a little intimidated at the thought. Her control over fire was pretty good, but the heat from Sunset’s flames made Taranee’s own look like an air conditioner.
“No, as far as we know only two ponies were capable of that.” Sunset explained, pausing as Irma interrupted her.
“Wait, I thought you were a unicorn, not a pony.” Irma said.
“There are three main types of ponies, unicorns being one of them, the other two are pegasi and earth ponies. Now as I was saying, only two ponies were capable of that. The Princess herself and me.” Sunset said, biting her lip as she glanced at Susan. She was unsure of what to say about this as Sunset loved Susan, she was her mother and has done more for her as a mother than Celestia ever did, or at least in Sunset’s opinion.
“I know how you feel honey, I won’t feel hurt if you call her mother.” Susan sighed, kneeling on the floor near Sunset and squeezed her knee reassuringly.
“You are my mother mom, you always will be. She was just a DNA donor.” Sunset said, smiling at Susan.
“Wait, how was a pony princess a DNA donor?” Hay Lin asked, confusion on her face a few moments before her eyes widened. “You have two mothers!”
“I have a mother and a DNA donor. The magic that granted Will’s wish copied parts of Princess Celestia’s DNA to stabilize my new body making me biologically related to her.” Sunset explained, “Now that I know that, I know why I had such a strong aptitude in pyromancy as well as being immune to fire. I have a connection to the Sun just as she does.”
“What about your dad, Sunset?” Cornelia asked as she was fidgeting at the mention of a father. Then again, Sunset could understand that, from what she had seen in the diary, the blonde’s only real loving parental figure was of a father.
“Tony isn’t in the picture, as far as he knows Will is dead and he has nothing to do with Sunset. He would only try to use her if he knew anything about her.” Susan said, anger flashing through her eyes.
“You are the only parent I need, mom.” Sunset smiled, getting a thankful smile back from her mother in return.
After reaching for another slice of pizza, Hay Lin accidentally hit the remote next to her on the couch turning the TV on with the news coming up. “The HPD has issued a statement about the bombing at the Sheffield Mall just a couple hours ago. They believe it was just a couple teens playing a prank, but they want everyone to be careful and extra vigilant as they shop. Thankfully the damage wasn’t too bad, five cars destroyed and a few damaged. There were no injuries, which I’m sure everyone can agree is the most important thing. Anyone who had a vehicle parked is welcome to come pick it up from the effected lot once they finish investigating the crime scene and clearing up the dangerous remnants caused by the explosions.”
“Well, that’s a thing.” Irma chirped, Hay Lin blushing in embarrassment at scaring everyone with the sudden news announcement.
“No wonder our parents told us to stay put until they pick us up.” Taranee sighed, pushing the glasses back up her nose.
“At least they are writing it off as a prank gone wrong.” Hay Lin sighed.
“They aren’t, trust me. That’s just a public statement to keep the public from panicking.” Irma groaned, she knew how her father and he police force worked. Hard not to when her father was the chief of police. “We need to stop Nerissa once and for all.”
“That wasn’t Nerissa.” Sunset sighed.
“Excuse me?” Cornelia said, her expression growing sharp.
“That wasn’t Nerissa. I might not know all that you have been through with her, but the Nerissa I met didn’t really seem evil. Plus, she knows I have the Heart, so why send those things searching for it when she could just come directly to me?” Sunset explained.
“How does she know?” Taranee asked.
“I met her just before meeting mom. I thought she was a homeless woman and bought her a meal. She asked if she could see my necklace and I let her, though she looked really shaken after.” Sunset explained, “Since then that jerk Shagon has been protecting me from harm.”
“Well, where was he today?” Cornelia asked as she crossed her arms with a frown.
“I’m guessing that purple dome kept him from interfering.” Sunset said, “Though that whole thing bothered me. There was something wrong, very wrong with that whole setup.”
“Yeah, they were trying to kill your mom.” Cornelia huffed.
“Why though? If they didn’t know where the Heart was, why kill someone who they obviously knew had connections to the Keeper? Why not just follow them back to the Keeper and get the Heart that way?” Sunset explained, “And again, Nerissa knows I have it and knows who I am apparently. She couldn’t have been behind this attack.”
“I guess she did pretty much keep her attacks to isolated areas.” Taranee said, hesitating a little. “If she really isn’t evil, then maybe she was keeping innocents from harm.”
“That actually sounds…scarily plausible.” Cornelia slowly said, “That doesn’t mean I’m inviting her to any tea parties anytime soon.”
“Gran says Nerissa used to be the kindest woman you would ever meet. What could have happened to change that?” Hay Lin asked.
“It’s going to have to wait, mom is here to pick up me, Taranee, and Hay Lin. She’s outside talking to your mom, Corny.” Irma said, showing her phone with the text message, making the blonde sigh heavily at the news.
“Great, going from dealing with one witch to another.” Cornelia grumbled, slowly getting up as the others looked at her in worry.
“They’re back!” Luba gasped, the woman with cat like features gasped in relief.
“That’s good, what do you think happened to them?” Tibor asked, stroking his beard in contemplation. “And have you located the Keeper yet? Himmerish is extremely worried about her.”
“Worried about the Heart you mean, as he should be. These little brats running around playing hero with no training.” Luba growled, “They should be stripped of their powers so they can be given to more competent wielders.”
“Those little brats actually managed to defeat Phobos.” Tibor reminded his friend.
“No, the Keeper did by doing something insanely wreckless and infinitely stupid.” Luba growled, “She could have killed herself doing what she did, the insolent whelp.”
“I’ll inform Himmerish that the guardians have returned from where ever they went.” Tibor said, turning to leave and inform the Oracle of what was going on.
Susan had to admit it felt a little nostalgic having all the girls there, even if it hurt a little knowing Will would never be with them again. She was very happy Sunset was safe after what happened today and was giving the girls a chance. Hopefully things would get better, and with the teen finally calling Susan mom, it looked like they would. Susan could tell a huge weight had been lifted from Sunset, and the mother felt a weight of her own lessening considerably.
“Mom!” Sunset cried, the teen launching herself at the older woman and hugged her while sobbing. “I thought I was going to lose you!”
“Shhh, we both are ok honey. I’m not about to leave you either. I love you too much to leave you.” Susan cooed, holding her daughter tight. She intended to keep her word to her daughter, but after what happened today, she was afraid she might not have any choice in the matter if something like that happened again. All she could do now was hold and comfort her distraught daughter, proud of the teen for holding it together long enough to deal with the girls. She was also worried that Sunset had kept it together that long, hoping that the teen wasn’t trying to push others needs above her own too much. It was nice to worry about others, but after something like what happened earlier, nobody would have blamed her for breaking down.
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And I took that personally said Sunset before going over and kicking all of their asses
Even though sunset has villains these guys are more dangerous and less subtle than eqg villains
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They'll learn, oh they will learn. Mwahahaha!
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Yep, and the more desperate they get the less subtle they will become.
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OMG that YT short was hilarious.
The funny irony is that not caring about ascension makes her more worthy.
Speaking of ascenion, there is never enough safeguards for that power, perfect example ... well that one should be read about not told about :
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/98568/6/mlp-time-loops/loops-6
Paragraph/Loop 6.3 in particular.
As for the sun debate ... that's up to you what will happen.
If I would be choosing, it would be a full-on bond after "persuading the sun" to agree, with the option of moving it in a distant (centuries) future, the option to call on solar flares, power up, control the concentration of local sun rays (and through that temperature in chosen location), scrying through sun rays. But there is a drawback: Sun is often used not only as a symbol of power but also pride, arrogance, and fury so without centuries of meditations and influencing the sun that Celestia has done, Sunset's overusing that power can cause her to go berserk in blind arrogance/fury. Also passively causes her to become more energized during the day, lethargic at night, and possibly other body function modifications.
Kinda like Mage!Escanor ...
But that is my interpretation of the potential sun bond.
Well, Sunset tells Teranee the telepath to not get ideas ... if only that would work, it didn't for Professor Xavier ... or Emma Frost ... or Jean Grey ... wow telepaths have a very bad record of listening to "no".
Well, girls were told that in comparison to equestrians, their power level means nothing ...
Blow to self-esteem - check
Possible not believing till some CMC fillies smack them - Obviously check
A competent leader that immediately corrects big misinformation
? 
*Imitating Royal Canterlot Voice* HALLELUJAH!
Police investigation in progress ... hmmm ... It might be a wise idea to clue Police Chief into the magical side. If enemies attack in public places it would be nice to have someone on top to help manage all fallouts. It may also backfire ... but that is the fun part.
Hmmm so it seems at some point between dome creation at the parking lot and girls exiting Vandoms residence Kandrakar lost sight of them, that means one of the things:
a)Dome had anti-scrying properties
b)Ward on the Vandom's residence has anti-scrying properties
c)both of the above
d)Heart of Kandrakar with Spirits boost acts as anti-scry for Sunset, and it seems also for other girls in close proximity.
Well, well, well ...
Oh, Luba, I want to see you try and then get a new role as burning incense "La Flammable Cat". And if by some cosmic congregation of coincidences and miracle, you could succeed, and I have bigger chances seeing Voldemort as a Drag Queen in a tutu than you have at stripping their powers, Sunset has Princess Twilight on speed dial and through that: all Princesses and the rest of Mane Six, and through Fluttershy, there is Purveyor of Pandemonium and you know the saying: Miracle happens only once. So please, try ...
Tibor strokes his beard, which makes him automatically suspicious for me, never trust bearded mages ... onto the list for the beard.
And Mister Himmerish shows worry about the Heart more than for a keeper according to Luba, and right after their disappearance, coincidental?
...And that name makes you doubly suspicious.
You are already on the list Mister Oracle
And Susan wins a prize for the best caretaker of the universe, for thinking about "The Self-Sacrifacing protagonist" syndrome and planning to nip it in the bud.
But seriously they need psychiatric help for those attacks before PTSD sets in, that means either finding some human one that won't ask many questions and as a plus could have contact with magic ... or going for easy way out and simply going to equestrian one, it's not like they are more expensive , and they are possibly better ones thanks to CM boost...
Well you know which one I would recomend .
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... that is even possible?
I mean there are levels for the lack of subtlety, but if they go even lower then Chrysallis will look like a competent infiltrator by comparison, and that level is hard to imagine...
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I love the Alushy shorts lol.
That's very true.
Yep, the more safeguards the better.
That...is a lot of words, that story had to take ages to write. I added it to my read it later an do intend to read it, thank you.
You do have a lot of good points, Sunset would have to be very careful, we don't want a solar mage vampire (minus the bloodsucking bit) that could possibly go berserk and not only do some major property damage, but also hurt, if not kill friends and family.
Yep, hopefully Taranee will listen, but time will tell. Hopefully she will be better than her marvel counterparts, but as you said they have a record for mistaking no for yes.
Yep, Equestrians have so much more experience and power than the girls in their first stage transformation and maybe even the second stage too. Maybe once they learn to use magic to do other things than their elemental control they might do better.
I really want to make Sunset seem like a good leader, unlike Will who was a lot younger and a lot less experienced, Sunset grew up in the courts of Canterlot and despite Celestia pushing her away for reasons, she still had to learn and watch diplomacy as she was still Celestia's student. So hopefully she can be pretty competent,
Yep, and Irma may just have to bring her dad into the fold...no pun intended. Wonder if he will be accepting or over protective.
The answer will be in the next part coming tomorrow, though I hope I explained it good enough in it. Though I might have to give some extra thought of d) for when they get together.
It would be funny to see that happen, actually I think it might be funny to see Voldermort do that.
You know, you bring up a good question. Why does the bad guys usually have beards? It's kind of weird, yet seems to happen more often than not.
I hope I'm making Susan look good, I really want her to look like mother of the year when everything is said and done. I might have to do a prank chapter sometime soon...naw, I'm not that evil...yet. I think I will have them see a counselor, but I'm not really that good at writing seeing them. I might set them up with therapy and skip the sessions, but have them talk about it some after. It might actually be interesting to see it set up in Equestria as Sunset can go in guardian form so Celestia doesn't recognize her.
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Sadly, it is possible. Very, very possible.
Gods damn it why did I have to catch up to a cliffhanger like that?
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Eyup, Infinite Time Loops is a colossal project made by many people, and MLP is only a part, when I first saw the entirety on the SpaceBattles forum ... well saying I was gaping would be like saying that water is wet. Snippets, debates, memes, discussions for separate universes like Power Rangers, Naruto, LOTR, Harry Potter ... and then all of that mixing together. It will probably go in history as the greatest project humanity ever took part in ... next to a possible Dyson Sphere.
Shame that if you want to show some fragment you can at best link the chapter, as far as I know, you can't make links to a particular part of the text.
Solar Vampire ... *shudders* nope, we don't need an unholy mix of Dio Brando and C'than...
I somehow don't want to put my money on Teranee listening, mostly because of telepaths track record.
I dunno, if you are creative&knowledgeable enough you can make nice things with elemental control, even if most of the time you need at least dual-element. But with a singular element? I still maintain that with enough control and preparation, W.I.T.C.H girls could throw nuclear-scale attacks like they were going out of fashion
. Most notably Irma & Hay Lin have the easiest time doing so (Well I am biased towards the water as my favorite element that I abuse both in PC games and RPG sessions, and air has the least requirements towards creating a nuclear fusion: control and stupid amounts of air pressure).
Equestrians still have the upper hoof with knowledge and control tho.
Nah if Sunset is a good leader it's despite diplomatic training. It's her experiences and quick acting with forethought, diplomatics=politics and that is useless talking pleasantries in circles, it has no place in team leading ...That's an opinion.
Irma's dad reaction ... I go with "He accepts the need to be overprotective".
As for villains beards ... it may be that they started with a mustache, then goatees and it evolved to full beards.
I have a theory that it is a chain of thoughts:
wise ---> old ---> beard + old ---> manipulative = evil
It creates reversed trope of an old trusted mentor, and it was solidified by some interpretations of Merlin ... and fanon Dumbledore (I don't think he's an evil machiavellian instead of an old flawed wizard that is too high on his own hype that wants to do good without outside consultation, but some theories have too much sense).
At least that's my theory. It might as well be humanity's trauma against old people controlling the lives of younger generation ... like some politics that are in my opinion past their expiration date and instead of standing one foot in the pyramid should FINALLY JUMP IN! *Ekhem* Sorry for the political rant.
I dunno, Celestia has on record failure against detecting Chrysallis but in my headcanon, it was a combination of centuries-old battle rust, in addition to ... you know not wanting to kill everything in Canterlot with one Solar Flare from lack of control (That is a severe drawback with sun users, they are easily army killers ... both enemies and allies when going more than 5% of power input. There is a nice movie "Sahara" from 2005 where they use a solar-powered furnace to disintegrate dangerous waste, it was reaching over 5000 Celsius (orange flames are around a thousand, blue flames are around 2500-3000 Celsius, thank you Azula from Fire Nation for that trivia
), which is close to sun's surface temperature ... and barely 0.03%(something like that) of the sun's core (15 000 000 Celsius).
Besides Twilight had a history of ... going Twinanas and exaggerating... that wedding was SNAFU where no one can take all the blame for not noticing Crysallis, mostly due to her being insane at the time luck.
So in conclusion: Celestia is not stupid, Sunset could show up in Canterlot in guardian form (which by itself would draw attention) but she still has the heart of kandrakar which Celestia knows Sunset was the last known recipient, Sunset still has her character, and behaviors, and probably ... her smell (Perks of non-human senses in detecting identity). But Sunset can do one thing to drastically improve her chances of success: Choose a therapist in Ponyville. I mean Fluttershy looks like a qualified one ... or Big Mac ... or Derpy ... well Twilight has psychiatric glasses ala Harley Quinn ... but I don't think it's good news.
Besides, that situation would be comical , all that preparations and not even three minutes in Canterlot , Celestia exits a bakery:
"Hello Sunset , is that a new hairdo?"
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Sorry, but there will be more to come here shortly. I promised someone I would put out a chapter part each day for this story and I will do my best to keep it, So many parts so far, I can't believe I finished this many so far lol.
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That's actually pretty cool, it looks to be a hugely massive project. It would be cool being able to link excerpts, but some people might try and claim plagiarism even if you explicitly write it is an excerpt and give full credits.
Yeah, definitely don't need that.
Sadly they do have a very bad record, I think even my favorite one from Marvel has done something stupid though sadly a the time I can't remember. It's Rachel Summers/Phoenix from her days with Kitty and Kurt in Excalibur if you are wondering.
Hehehe...I found a new idea for a story once I finish this and my beetleborgs crossover once it is finished.
True, though talking about Irmy and Hay Hay, if she could get Irma to follow her directions I bet they could create some awesome ice sculptures. I do love the water element, but for some reason I almost always pick fire when playing pokemon. Except when the starter is too cute to pass over, as in looking like a cat. Too bad Evee isn't a starter in most games...or any. Never played Let's Go Evee so don't really know.
A good opinion, and one I actually agree with pretty much now that you point it out. Besides, actual politicians pretty much suck anymore and Sunset is just too awesome to lump in with them. Experience trumps book learning almost any day.
I think he would be pretty overprotective.
Nightmare fuel...beards evolving, now I'm having flashbacks of that really weird anime I saw one time. Bobo or something, *shudders* living nose hair...just too creepy.
It does seem like bearded guys are usually mentors or evil, but I agree about Dumbledore. He doesn't really seem evil, just a little too full of himself. And a little manipulative, but that's probably just the way of the crusty old wizard. 
I do like your theory and pretty much agree with it too. 
You do bring up some good points with Celestia knowing Sunset has the Heart as well as smell. Smell is one I didn't think about at all, but it would be a big tell. I think I just might set up therapy sessions in Ponyville, though I'm not sure who to pick for the therapist. I was kind of thinking maybe Time Turner or Night LIght, as in having him visit Ponyville for the sessions. Not sure how Susan would react though since he is her lawyer in the human world.
That's true, and very well could be battle rust. I kind of change my opinion on that about each time I'm asked about it. I don't hate Celestia, I even respect her some as she is extremely powerful, but sometimes I think she's either grown way too complacent and others I just think she's grown too senile and needs to retire. Knowing your limits on power is a very good thing and knowing to keep it at such a low percentage to keep from wiping out all life on the planet does put another point back in her favor though. Her inability to see how much Sunset needed her as a foal though and pushing her away, even if Sunset was partly to blame though Celestia was the adult and should have taken a higher ground, kind of puts a negative point in Celestia's favor as she might make a pretty good ruler, at times, but a poor excuse of a guardian/mother.
I do tend to lay the blame with the others most of the time, but yeah, that is a good point of Twily going off the deep end more than a few times. Comparing it to Anon-A-Miss, don't get me wrong as I love AaM stories, the Canterlot Wedding actually had more legitimate excuses for how things happened than AaM did.
I do agree, Celestia is not stupid, but something involving Sunny in Equestria will be happening soon.
I can so see Celestia doing that and taking he wind from Sunset's sails as she thought she was doing a good job hiding her identity lol.
you wrote that twilight already had their magical burst! could it be that she has a magi bloker in her room! That would explain why Sunset didn't have any problems at Fluttershy's house!
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Nothing against you, more a timing snafu than anything
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I can understand choosing fire as a favorite for its sheer destructiveness and "cool" factor.
I choose water as my go-to element because it may not be as cool but beats fire in sheer versatility and out-of-combat uses.
For some pokemon games, I played I most of the time go for grass starter, except in Hoenn... because mudkip. My favorite is Sinnoh Turtwig, because turtle.
As for an Eevee starter ... that would be awesome option.
I know eevee is starter option in pokemon planet mmo (never played, but heard), and I know for a fact that it is one of four starters in Pokemon Insurgence. Espeon for the win.
I like your analysis of Celestia, I would only replace "Senility" with a "Natural effect of working over thousand of years with nobles without openly slaughtering them". I mean it requires the patience of a saint at least. There is also problem with "Ageless trap". It makes you ignore short term things and distorts your interpretation of others perspectives. After all most of problems tend to solve themselves over time , and alicorns have all the time in the world. Unfortunately that leads to stagnation if you don't search for new things to "refresh" yourself and your perspectives (Something that Celestia can't do since she kinda chained herself to Equestria throne,and politics are also worsening that stagnation).Monotony kills immortals.
.But that is a loose theory that I have hard time to believe.
There might be also an option that Celestia is under the effects of emotional corruption from forcing elements of harmony to seal Luna. (They were divided into three elements per sister, I don't remember which elements were bonded to which one / if that was ever revealed.) And thats why Celestia is ... that harmonious instead of more ... Sun related things that I mentioned
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The truth will be revealed very soon as the next part reveals it what is causing it.
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Thanks, hoping you like the new part that will be up soon.
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Yep, and I love Charizard and Cinderquil though I do have to admit not liking the monkey one that much. Scorchbunny was a cool one too.
And you have an excellent point, and if you can control it enough you will never go thirsty if you can pull water molecules from the air to get a drink. Plus, it can put out fire and has an advantage against earth too.
I love Espeon and Umbreon, though Vaporeon and Flareon is awesome too. I know I liked to fill my party out wit all Evee evolutions sometimes lol.
Thanks, I agree that that is better than the senility thing lol. Actually a lot more logical too. You bring up a very good point, with the centuries of monotony it is a shock Celestia doesn't snap and wipe the nobles out in one strike. I guess she could be under some kind of effect from using all the elements to seal Luna which could cause so much more problems...this needs more thinking as it could be key to her emotionally distancing from Sunset.