Shortly after leaving the Crystal Empire castle to live a more humble and ordinary life among their subjects, Princess Cadence and Shining Armor decide to have a foal. Instead, they get two, and they couldn't be happier. They tried.
Skyla is a normal, if very hungry, alicorn filly. Her sister Inova is a reborn human, though nopony knows that, not even herself.
This is a substantial rewrite of the original story, with some new scenes, better writing, and a few things removed as well. Chapters will be released when they're good and ready, instead of evil and unprepared.
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Hopefully she's hungry for food, not of power like Sunset was.
Woah, woah, woah, WHAT? I check fimfiction at 3:30am just in time to see this in the new box? It's fate I tell you!
What. No Flurry Heart? Really? People seem to forget that triplets are a thing.
11624803 Flurry Heart was introduced after the first version of the story was published, but I do have plans for her.
I am the first to make a comment, great success
11625229 Fifth, actually. You are the first to comment on the prologue, though.
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Yes mission failed successfully
Pretty good so far.
Good story so far.
11628756 11628773 Thank you. More to come. . . When I feel like releasing the next chapter.
Slow start
11634343 Indeed it is.
I don't Inova is antisocial as much as noise sensitive. Because the world is so loud to her she doesn't want to go near the source of the noise and sits where she can temporarily escape it. As for trying to force friendship remember Celestia had to trick twilight into making friends because her friends were barely friends with her and that was her fault but she like others didn't see the point especially considering that Celestia certainly wasn't showing the point of it.
Yay finally, I've been waiting for something like this since a long time.
11634382 You got the noise sensitivity part right, but at this point, there's no attempt to get her to make friends. It's just the foals being foals, and she simply doesn't want to socialize.
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Well she might be doing the only thing that makes sense for getting away from the noise and because the other children aren't bothered by it as much they don't see her as friendly. Maybe if they can lessen the noise she might be more willing to try to make friends.
Why are you describing them? its a goddam paper, they have photos
11635524 I described them because I don't have pictures.
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That's why your writing won't improve, you have to write as if you were IN the universe you created NOT as an omniscient author, if you don't immerse yourself in your own history your readers won't either
11635666 Your thoughts and views on the topic are noted, and I've got a question: How would you have gone about describing their appearances for the readers in the chapter? Be constructive.
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If it was me I'd have described them while Cadence held them in her hooves while describing her mental state and thoughts, leading to her naming them due to their characteristics.
Their names are... Weird, I don't see them combining with any Cutie Mark to be honest.
11635742 You know what, you're right. I'll see about revising it based on that suggestion.
Your second comment in this chain, while I'm sure it had good intentions behind it, came off as more harsh than helpful, especially at first glance. Nothing constructive or helpful at all.
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Sorry if it seemed like that it wasn't my intention
11636322 Apology accepted. The revision has been implimented as well. Go ahead and take a look.
I love that reference XD
Enjoying the chapter so far, especially seeing the personalities develop for the two young princesses - can't wait to see more of those, and any possible growth that might ensue! Conflict DRIVES, after all~
That said, there are a few points that felt - and I'm sorry for any offense here - like the characters were speaking in monotone.
There's no descriptor to show us her emotion in-dialogue. Her words feel admonishing, and the narration after shows it, but the period capping off the dialogue kills the emotion that shows us what she's doing and how she feels in this moment. An exclamation would feel more appropriate here, I feel.
But aside from that, I'm enjoying this a lot! Looking forward to more! ^^
11639226 Constructive criticism is cool. That said, I admit to expressiveness and emotions being a weak point of mine in writing.
Nice story. Something tells me that Inova still has a memory of human, which makes me wonder if Inova will tell the truth to her parents.
Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the juicy…
um… Cadence’s… 
we may never know! 
Could be a family trait that Inova inherited and may develop like Twilight. I wonder what Twilight’s -or maybe even Luna’s- inputs would be as the foals develop. Maybe they’ll become more present?
I look forward to more. Well done, author. This really was reduxed.
11650632 Thank you. The next chapter is getting even more of the redux treatment and is sitting at over 3k words.
Very cool. Increased interactions and world building. I’d wager Inova would enjoy some agricultural activities like a 4-H club or summer vacation / camp on a farm. Not sure if she’s into the physical activity though.
TF2 spy crab reference
Poor Inova, dreaming of Bionicles she can never have.
11655111 I will take that idea and play around with it a bit, see if I can make something out of it. Thanks.
11655204 Indeed!
11655218 Or maybe some other Technic thing that uses those kinds of joints. But yes, that sounds like a tragedy. She does have it easier though, since she's only seeing the pieces and not the tragic cancellations.
I know this story is primarily about Inova, but I’m growing curious about Skyla. I wonder if she could be a once-human, too given some of her strangeness.
We didn’t get there in the previous story version, but I am curious what the two sisters will do later as they grow. Something’s got to click with Inova eventually for some better flight and magic -even if she never becomes a pegasus savant or unicorn master. I think she’ll become a earth pony powerhouse.
11660870 I've got that click moment figured out. It'll just take a while to get there because I need to get more of the steps there figured out. Thankfully, some of those steps are already written, so that simplifies things a bit.
I think shining is being unfair considering he and cadence should have done something about their daughter appetite as they could. The fact that that she has a larger appetite than most ponies is not her fault considering the fact the signs said all you can eat just because they never expect someone with an appetite size extra large to show doesn't make her fault. Maybe they should take her doctor to if something is wrong because appetites that large aren't common so something might be wrong without them realizing.
Regarding future plans, personally I'm more curious about the human myths. The original posed that humans are major enough for there to be a local cryptid/fanfic club about us but didn't say more. If I had to guess, there's probably a reason it was a human soul They needed?
11660882 I'm not going to take the appetite thing too seriously. Just enough for character development and gags, but not much further than that.
11660919 The ways of the forces at work there are a mystery, and possibly incomprehensible. I wouldn't be surprised if an indecisive mollusk did or did not have a tentacle in it.
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I guess, you are the author but it still seems unfair like I said.
Love the rewrite so far.
11661635 Thank you. It's been fun and a challenge, sometimes at the same time.
Nice Sabaton reference, specifically the red Baron
How is this a slice of life story?
I get why Skyla's a terror at buffets but why are the stall owners worried? Cadance and Shining don't seem the types to tolerate constant "sampling."
Higher, an eye for an eye, the legend will never die. Never expected the Sabaton reference here, nice.