After visiting the human world, Twilight becomes fascinated with the human technology of jetpacks. Thinking that this could be a great way for non winged creatures to achieve flight she recruits Sunset Shimmer and the two figure out how to achieve similar results with magic.
Unfortunately they didn't think about what would happen when they try to take the jetpacks off. When they find they are unable to the friends of Twilight Sparkle have to learn to adjust to their new lives with these bulky metal tanks sticking out of their backs.
In the end each separately find that they've grown rather attached to the new appendage and decide to keep them instead.
This story was requested by user: Flames.
Chapters (10)
Oh sweet Twilight, not this. There's a user on Deviantart who literally requests nothing else but this. Even on ponies who can fly normally. And they're always Anthro, alicorns, or both.
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Well the user asked nicely, so I accepted.
Is that really their username?
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Yes.
premise of this reminds me of
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/34622/earth-sky
Gosh that's a long fic!
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Can't argue with that.
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Well, you should know. You're the one writing it.
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Wheezy meant to reply to Shadow Star with that comment. They're saying "Earth & Sky" is long, not their own fic.
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Correct. I was able to pump out eighty thousand words of non canonical sequel in a month, but that fiction is HUGE! A quarter MILLION words! I envy that writer's free time.