Bellesmith must perform experimental tasks in order to keep herself and her beloved safe.
My eyes opened, brimming with tears.
I was falling the whole time.
I gasped into the shadow of Cloudsdale. Spreading my wings, I pulled up at the last second. Trees and gnarled branches slashed at me. I twirled through them, smashing through the leaves, and glided towards a crystal blue lake beyond.
I skimmed the surface, bouncing several times, and came to a sliding stop along the sandy shore. I hissed and winced all over. Pulling myself onto my hooves, I realized that they were blue.
My breath came out in steady pants. The spiraling sensation was gone. I stood up, wet from tears and pond water. I saw a tangled mess of rainbow colored mane in the corner of my vision. All the gray was gone, as well as the cloudy haze of paranoia.
And in its place...
My vision went foggy. I lurched forward, choking on my own bile. I shivered, watching as a tear drop or two littered the pond's edge below me.
Then, my jaw hurt. A rippling reflection showed an enraged equine with gritted teeth. My nostrils flared. I looked up, eyeing the southern horizon. I stretched my wings out, kicked my feet, and took off like a rocket.
The air immediately thundered. A crater of grass and dirt formed beneath me, and the clouds parted ways even before my blurring figure heatedly reached them. With the resolve of a burning comet, I made straight for Ponyville, leaving thunder and vapor trails in my wake.
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I believe my heart just broke for dash.
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You and me both.
-Minty
This moment has been a long time coming, and with it comes some very interesting mechanics for the elements. A shared sense, Twilight's exclamation that they were being "consumed by" them,
and the green light of Spike playing a role.Rainbow Dash's compounded Belle/Discord/Dash identity crisis can not be helping here.1621195 green is from AJ's eyes
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I was assuming the green was a reference back to AJ's "Emerald Eyes"
But I am curious regarding exactly what happened to Spike. We know from Austraeoh that he survived, so did Discord just let him go? Did whatever the hell happened with the elements do its job and trap/defeat Discord?
For some reason, the death of the Mane
65 makes me think of a sacrifice. Magic is fiction (especially fiction as dark as this) can often be powered by a blood offering - perhaps with one element missing, this is what happened to compensate?1621213 1621232
Quite, I put words where there were none, it was the eyes thing again. I'm disappointed in myself for glossing over that, it is a lot more poignant that Dash's moment of clarity is brought on by the theme of eyes, of sight.
What I think is important to take away from this, though, is that whatever Discord's role in this is, it appears to be passive for the moment. The last few chapter indicate that nothing he did affected the element's magic. At the very least, if it turns out Dash's absence has something to do with it, then we can say he is guilty by association at most; there is not yet evidence to suggest this was his plan.
A little late for that Rainbow.
By the princesses... The feels... THE FEELS!
Yikes, but Discord clearly shows in the series that he can make his enemies see whatever he wants, how do we know for sure that that is actually what happened? RD wasn't there after all.1621241
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We don't, but that's a huge theme of the entire story: what is and what is not real? We have unreliable narrators all up in here. That said, there keys in chapter 45 about Dash having a moment of clarity, realizing Cloudsdale is not falling, combined with the imagery of the eye colors indicates that she, and Belle who is witnessing all of this, is lucid enough to realize what is actually happening.
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I think the piece that was missing is significant - Loyalty. The irony of trying to use the Elements of Harmony while the bearer of the Element of Loyalty is off somewhere else probably played a big role in what happened. Discord seems to me to be a lot more guilty than he appears. He acts like he knew this was going to happen, and he made damn sure that Loyalty would be missing from the equation. When you consider that Discord/chaos had a very adverse effect on Dash all the way through Austraeoh, the evidence really starts to mount against him.
well, cant say i didn't expect this coming. Last chapter was quite harsh, but what really stoop out was the elements "consuming" them. Maybe their souls were placed into the elements themselves. But it also said that Twilight's crown exploded so what happened?
Next comes a meeting with the princesses and then Austreoh.
Celestia is sitting on a wellspring of Chaos keeping it suppressed, don't forget that.
Is it at all possible that something freaky happened when Rainbow gets back to Ponyville, and the clash between her element and Discord/chaos/both opened up the Chaos Rift?
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Ah, I think I see now, I agree on both counts, it's easy to miss some of the key words in these chapters, as Pilate mention clarity, It does appear that Discord has more of a hand in this than it lets on, after all, who sent RD to Cloudsdale? Unless that had a far greater effect than Discord had intended.
This is all so sad...
To just lose everything...
Give me a while guys, this is just so sad...
This is just wishful thinking but...
The elements were already physically destroyed once when fighting against Nightmare Moon, all it took was friendship to bring them back all shiny and awesome and necklacey.
So....
If the elements "consumed" the girls before exploding.... Could there be a way to restore them alongside the elements?
Oh Dash...
I swear reading this thing and all the comments is like being in an English class that's actually fun. I guess the tragic realization and the showdown with Discord is coming up - unless Belle decides to interrupt again. I haven't praised the author in a while, so here you go - this story is amazing and you should feel amazing - have a badass Dash for your commitment and creativity.
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id like to believe that dash's exodus east will bring back the other 5 but im in the suicide mission camp as that, unfortunately, seems like the logical end to all this.
I kind of like the idea that Discord didn't know that it would happen. After all, it just wouldn't be chaos if he planned the whole thing. Also I like the image of him exclaiming some expletives in suprise.
So, the Mane 6 (Minus RD) tried using the Elements...
They backfired...
Everyone is back to colour, including RD for some reason...
And then ash.
What the hell, Colon? I thought this was supposed to ANSWER questions!
... It's already too late Dash...
Poor Dashie. I can see one outcome in which it could truly be a happy ending, and to be honest, I am seriously hoping for that right now.
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I hope she at least gets to confront Discord about this nightmare...
Onward!
Ouch. I was listening to Adel. Damn, just damn.
IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!
So not too long of a chapter here. But after reading this chapter as well as the one before it, I get the feeling that we're in for a storm of feels in the upcoming chapters. Which makes sense, since it also seems that Dash is going to confront Discord in the next chapter as well. These are my thoughts so far.
-MASH
again DISREGARD MY PREVIOUS COMMENT, I CAUGHT THE DUMB
but still poor Dashie
oooo sh*t dashie's pist, run for the hills and cry for your mommy
And there's nothing you can do...
There isn't anything you can do, Dash. I'm so sorry.
With revenge pumping through her, she flies west.
Too late
Oh boy, Discord's in for the beating of his lifetime. Sure, he can bend reality, but something like this? As a master of the unexpected, the irony's gonna hit him hard.
...Not as hard as RD, though.
You can do it, Mustang! Burn that shapeshifting son of a-
Oh! Sorry; I was just watching another awesome revenge scene.
Given what was said in austraeoh this can't end well...
Visualizing this, it's pretty damn intense.
Possibly my favorite chapter so far.
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Damn straight! She is quite literally bringing the thunder!
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You think that IC will answer questions?
Probably not, but that’s what makes this story so good.