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“Twilight, you’ve had your muzzle inside that book for the last fifteen minutes. Do you want me to stay, or…?”
Twilight glanced up from her book to see that Sunny was looking rather miserable. Smiling apologetically Twilight closed her book and put it back in her saddlebag.
“Sorry,” she said. “This book is just really interesting.”
Sunny raised an eyebrow. “Really? A book from the Storm King’s private archives being interesting to a mare who loves to study magic? Who’d have thought it?”
Twilight rolled her eyes playfully. “No need to be so sarcastic about it. I said I was sorry.”
Sunny sniggered. “Relax, Twi. I’m just joking with you.”
Twilight laughed. “I know. It’s so good to be able to just laugh and hang out without having to worry about Princess stuff.”
“Says the one who wouldn’t even wear her crown when she was hosting a diplomatic party of Yaks,” Sunny reminded her. “I mean, Sunset wore her crown for the event, and she’s not a Princess in the same way you are.”
Twilight sighed and shook her head, smirking. “Are you ever going to stop bringing that up?”
Sunny hummed, almost as if thinking about it. “Nah.”
Twilight burst out laughing so hard she had to lean her head down on the table for support, banging it with her hoof. “You jerk,” she said as she straightened up.
Sunny smiled. “I try.”
“Seriously though, that was a deliberate decision.” Twilight explained. “Sunset was the better option to act the Princess in that scenario. She’s better at politics than I am. Namely, she’s actually interested in the topic and has studied it.”
“Maybe, but you’re the Princess of Friendship. She’s the Phoenix Princess.” Sunny pointed out. “Plus, when creatures think Equestrian royalty, they think ‘Alicorn’, not ‘Unicorn who can make a pair of fire wings appear at will’”.
“True, but they also don’t think ‘Earth Pony who can grow a transparent horn and wings at will’ either, do they, Princess of Hope?”
Sunny stopped short. “Okay, fair point.”
Satisfied, Twilight levitated a chocolate doughnut over and took a bite. Sunny reached over and pulled the book Twilight had been reading out of her saddlebag.
“Why did you ask Sunset and Tempest to examine the Storm King’s archives anyway?” Sunny asked as she ran a hoof over the Storm King’s mark on the book’s cover.
Twilight swallowed before explaining. “Because I want to understand how his magic worked. He was able to turn a branch of the Tree of Harmony into a staff that could drain Alicorn magic.”
“Exactly, a branch from the Tree of Harmony. You know that thing that’s a magical conduit. Hardly surprising his staff could do that when it was made out of crystal that was intended to channel the magic of the Elements of Harmony. Besides that fancy staff didn’t affect my Alicorn magic or Sunset’s Phoenix magic. Tirek was more of a threat, he was able to drain all our magic.”
Twilight thought about it. “That’s… actually a good point.”
Sunny smiled. “You weren’t mom’s only student, remember.”
Twilight laughed. “Sorry, Sunny. I keep forgetting you and I studied under Princess Celestia together. You just never seemed as interested in magic as me.”
“I wasn’t,” Sunny replied. “And for the millionth time, it’s just Celestia. It’s what she wanted you to call her long before you ever had those wings. Besides, you refer to Luna and Cadence by just their names. Why is mom the exception?”
“Because, when I think of Cadence, the first thing I think of her as is my foal sitter turned sister in law. And Luna, you see the look on her face whenever some creature calls her ‘Princess’. And anyway, it’s easy for you to refer to the Princess informally, you’re her adopted daughter.”
“Yeah, but I’ve been doing that for as long as I’ve been her student, long before the adoption.” Sunny reminded her. “As her personal students, she wanted us to refer to her informally.”
Seeing that the conversation was starting to turn into an argument, Twilight decided to switch topics. “Hey, speaking of villains who went after Alicorn magic, why do you think none of them ever went after Opaline?”
Sunny paused to think about it. “I think it’s because she kept herself very well hidden. I mean, mom and auntie grew up with her as foals, and even they thought she was gone before she suddenly appeared and tried to take over the dragon lands. Speaking of, do you think Spike and Sparky are doing okay?”
“With their visit to the dragons lands? Of course,” Twilight responded. “Spike’s a rather resourceful dragon and Sparky’s cleverer than he looks. Besides they’ve got Mina and Ember with them. Mina’s so sassy she could take down any other dragon just with words, and Ember can kick fifty kinds of tail. Honestly, I’m more worried about how Starlight and Izzy are handling the school and the castle while we’re here in Canterlot.”
“Seriously?” Sunny sniggered. “Twilight, we only left this morning, and we’ll be back tomorrow morning. We promised to be back for Zipp, Rainbow and Indigo’s annual race to see who the best flyer is, remember? Besides, Iz and Starlight have all the others there to help them. Zipp, Pipp, Hitch, Misty, Jazz, Rocky, AJ, Fluttershy, Dash, Rarity and Pinkie. I just hope they don’t let AJ and Dash accidentally break my dad’s old lantern again.”
“Ehem, you’re forgetting the ‘great and powerful Trixie, who will always be there for Starlight’”. Twilight said, imitating her stage magician frenemy. Sunny burst out laughing so hard she fell out of her chair, rolling around on the floor.
“Do my eyes deceive me?” Joe said as he arrived at the table with coffee for the two. “Twilight! Sunny! You’re back.”
“Hello, Joe.” Twilight greeted. “Yes, we were celebrating my brother’s wedding anniversary. We’re heading back to Ponyville tomorrow.”
“Well, it’s nice seeing you anyway,” Joe said as he poured them both coffee. “I still miss the days when Sunny would carry you in here after you had been up till dawn studying so she could wake you up with four mugs full of coffee.”
Sunny laughed again as she climbed back onto her seat. “Oh. I remember that,” she said before taking her mug and sipping from it.
“Yeah, things have gotten a lot quieter without you two around,” Joe commented. “No more dragons bursting out of towers or plants growing the size of castles. Life in Canterlot sure is boring now.” He walked off to serve more customers.
Twilight and Sunny watched him go.
“If he thinks Canterlot is boring,” Twilight began.
“Then he should come see Ponyville.” Sunny finished.
The two mares stared at each other, then burst out laughing again.
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Hold on. How are Twilight and Sunny interacting as they are? AU or not, they're separated by centuries at best. I haven't read it yet, so maybe I'm missing something.
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I think the whole point of the AU was the two generations' casts living in the same timeframe alongside one another. Seemed kinda self-explanatory to me, TBH.
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Having read it now, you're right. Still weird.
It was a fun little read! Personally I would love to see Starlight and Izzy working together
Having it read it now (so please ignore my first comment). This universe needs more love. You crammed far too much into such a short story. I'm tempted to do more for it myself if you don't.
Ok...................
Can I plz get explanations?????
Please more! I love this duel generation. Id love to see more of the characters interacting with each other. Like Zipp/Dash Rarity/Pipp or especially Spike/Sparky. It would be adorable having Spike being a big brother figure for him.
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G4 and G5 coexist in the same (G4) universe.
For anyone wanting an expansion of this universe I can’t promise anything. I wrote this while half asleep, intending it to be a one off.
That's actually a pretty good element
I mean you won't get bored over that town there's a lot of crazy things always happens in that small town
This is a pretty interesting story and seeing two generation come together it's always nice to see that and seeing sunny and Twilight becoming Pals throughout the years is always nice to see and even having conversation with each other and talk about their friends and everything again although it would be very interesting if Twilight's friends interacts with Sunny's friends but anyway its a nice story keep up the good work
So I'm curious on why you say Celestia is Sunny's mom. Its an interesting thought, but was just curious if there was a reason behind it
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D’aww
This is a pretty entertaining AU and, yeah, it IS rather amusing to see the two Generations co-existing side by side. The admitted broad strokes take on this provides a lot of potential For example, if Sunny and her friends had their adventures at the same time as Twilight and her friends (give or take five or ten years), obviously magic would not have been sealed away in the first place. However, I could still see Sunny gaining those "hard light magic wings and horn" from ending a war between three cities with the help of her friends both old and new. And, of course, Haven wouldn't be Queen if Celestia (and later Twilight) were still ruler. I could, however, see Haven as a major businessmare affectionately nicknamed "Queen".
Sunny being Celestia's adopted daughter is a really sweet thought for this AU too. Also liked the discussions of the whereabouts of their other friends (ESPECIALLY Spike and Sparky). And Sunset as a Phoenix Alicorn is another great touch.
I loved this!!! Please do more!!
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I just felt it would be something Celestia would do if one of her personal students lost their parents and Arygle still raised Sunny as a single parent but passed away before Sunny reached adulthood in this AU.
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That raises the question of what Sunny did to become Celestia's student in the first place. Sunset and Twilight both did something big to earn it obviously.
Too many questions and no answers. This is why this universe needs more love.
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Actually this is a answer in the story.
This line refers to how Twilight and Sunny became Celestia’s students. In Twilight’s case it was the magical surge during her entrance exam that, among other things made the newly hatched Spike grow so huge he burst through the walls and roof of the tower where the exam was taking place. And in Sunny’s case she used Earth Pony to accidentally make a tomato plant grow as big as Canterlot Castle, which is what got Celestia’s attention. Like Twilight and Sunset, Sunny’s magic was simply more powerful than her peers.
And I see you and others asking for an expansion of this universe, but I can’t promise anything. I wrote this story simply because I love Twilight and Sunny as characters and wanted to write some fun back and forth banter between the two, it was intended as a one off. I may come back and expand on this universe in the future, but right now I have other projects I want to focus on.
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I didn't put it together that was Sunny's fault. My bad on that.
Awww this is cute
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So, given this is set around the G4 time, it could be said that, in terms of G4 Earth Ponies in general, there would be a bit of Adaptational Badflank (not the correct phrasing, but I try very hard to watch my language on public forums) because they already developed G5 Earth Pony magic.
Is that guess correct?
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Not quite. G5 Earth Pony magic is exclusive to Sunny here. It’s why Celestia made Sunny her student.
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Understood, though I still stand by my earlier guess (see my first response to this story a few weeks ago) that Sunny earned her hard-light horn and wings from helping end a three-city war.
Though I'm respectful enough to admit that I could easily be wrong.