Reunions
"Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected, how one decision leads you another, how one twist of fate, good or bad, brings you to a door that later takes you to another door, which aided by several detours--long hallways and unforeseen stairwells--eventually puts you in the place you are now.”
-Ann Patchett
“And you are sure that Iron Will will come and pick up us when you give the signal?”
“Yes, Twilight” Faith said calmly. He glanced up at the sky, watching the clouds hang overhead and wondering if the Abundance was up there. He knew it was silly to think that; he had told Iron Will and the Flim Flam brothers to keep the airship as far away from Sweet Apple Acres as possible and he and the rest of the group was heading right towards it. Will would follow his orders, knowing that it would do no good for the queens to realize that so many of them were heading towards the farm.
“It is strange, isn’t it?” Scootaloo said, trotting next to Rainbow Dash.
“What is, squirt?”
“The clouds not moving.”
Celestia sighed when Rainbow Dash didn’t answer. “All the pegasi have been scattered to the winds. The remaining queens will begin to take care of it, but it will be a while.”
The group fell into silence, none wanting to discuss just WHY the pegasi were scattered. The group that walked down the lane was a strange bunch: there were Faith, Honesty, and Scootaloo, three members of the Elements of Harmony (even if the last had only been part of it for less than a day). Rainbow Dash and Twilight, both made into alicorns because of the actions of abstracts. Spike the Dragon, who walked besides Clyde the rock farmer and his family (who were friends of the Apples and wanted to see the farm again… being away from the fields had made all of them antsy). Shining Armor, Sweetie Belle, and the Princesses were the last, though their presence had been argued; several of the group had worried about Honesty leading them into a trap and that it would be unwise for the princesses and Shining to come along. Celestia had merely raised an eyebrow at that… then sent a blast of magic out that had even Twilight’s knees shaking.
After that, no one questioned if the princesses could take care of themselves.
“And did you remember to check to see if we locked the ammo bay?’ Trixie asked. "I don't want Dinky getting in there... again."
“Yes.” Faith glanced over at Rainbow Dash, who was fighting back a snicker. “And just what exactly is making you giggle?”
“Never seen three ponies act like an old married couple before,” she said.
“We are not!” Faith, Twilight and Trixie all shouted at the same time.
Rainbow snorted, managing for only five seconds before losing the battle with her laughter. She fell to the ground, kicking her legs as she screamed with glee at the way Faith, Twilight and Trixie were all blushing and avoiding eye contact.
“Should have left her mind controlled,” Trixie muttered in annoyance.
“Or we could have left you on your airship, Captain,” Twilight grumbled.
“Yeah, because you were so cool and collected, Princess Sparkle,” Trixie shot back.
Faith glanced over at Luna, who was wearing the slightest of smirks. ‘What exactly did I do to deserve this?’ he projected into her head. When Luna merely smiled, Faith mentally rolled his eyes. ‘I never had this problem with Clockwork.’
‘Your old friend was a stallion, Faith,’ Luna thought back. Of all of them, she and Twilight were the ones most use to Faith darting into their heads; he’d lived in both of theirs for long enough. He could do it with the others, but they tended to... not like it.
Faith slowed down enough so he could trot next to Luna, leaving Twilight and Trixie to fire barbs at each other (and he hoped that was all they would fire). “Well, I never had this problem with you,” Faith retorted.
“You would have, if Celestia had felt the same way about you as I did.”
“I still don’t understand why they are- wait?” He turned towards Luna, who found it her turn to blush. “What do you-“
“If you had possessed a body…” she shrugged, “well, let us be thankful that you did not do to me what you did to Twilight.”
“Because…”
“Because I imagine Nightmare Moon would have been even more cranky if she were heavy with your foal.”
Faith stopped dead in his tracks, his face twisted into an absolutely expression of confusion. Luna merely smirked and cantered away.
“Little brother?” Honesty whispered, Shining and Clyde stopping next to the ramrod still silver abstract. “Are you ok?”
“I… I… why are mares so utterly confusing?”
Clyde merely sent him a cool look. “The world is going to hell and that is your focus?”
“The fact that mares are still causing us to go crazy is proof not everything has changed,” Shining pointed out. "I find it reassuring."
Honesty stared at his brother. “We never had this problem when we stated in our dimension.”
“Next time make sure Celestia writes my bloody name down,” Faith grunted.
~MC~MC~MC~
“No fair!”
Sweetie Belle winced. Even though she was technically an adult and Rarity had been ‘generous’ in making sure that her body was strengthened to make her a good guard, apparently that meant little when it came to the strength of a mad Apple.
“Apple Bloom!” Applejack shouted, trotting out of her house, Granny Smith and Big Mac close behind. “What are ya doin’?”
“Ain’t no fair, Applejack! Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle get to be all big and strong and I am stuck bein’ all small and-WHOA!” Apple Bloom spun in place, her bow nearly falling off as Applejack rushed past her. The filly blinked as she came to a stop, watching as Applejack tackled Twilight to the ground and gave her a hug.
“Twi, are you a sight for sore eyes!”
Twilight laughed. “Good to see you too, Applejack.”
The farmer got up, though it took a bit longer than it should have with her longer legs getting all tangled up and her feathers hitting her in the head. “I swear, this body ain’t worth the magic or the flyin’! I feel like I’m a teenager again and I just went through a growth spurt!” She whipped around, shooting Big Macintosh a glare. “And don’t ya even think that is a call for ya to go get that darn photo album and show them pictures of me!”
“Eeyup,” Macintosh drawled.
Granny Smith, however, had no such problem, pulling out a stack of photos from her mane (why they were there, no one knew). “Whata say, Applejack… ya want the princesses to see some baby pictures? Well, I can do that.” Before Celestia and Luna could protest, the old mare was pulling them aside to show them the pics. “Ya know, ya remind me of another white pony I met… she gave my daddy this farm and boy, were we ever grateful for that, why…”
“Applejack, come on!” Rainbow pleaded, having been dragged into the hug by the apple farmer.
“I’m just happy ta see ya, Dash!” Applejack’s mood darkened. “I thought about comin’ and savin’ the rest of ya, but Honesty there thought it would end badly…”
“He was right to think so,” Rainbow Dash stated. “Twilight broke me out of Loyalty’s hold but we got lucky… he could have killed you or brainwashed you…”
“But he’s gone now?” Applejack asked.
Twilight nodded. “Faith… Faith killed him."
"Good," Applejack said, surprising Twilight. "Nothin' against Faith and Honesty... but the rest of them abstracts need to be buried."
"Well, he is dead now," Rainbow stated. "That’s why Scootaloo is all metal-like.”
“I was wonderin’ ‘bout that. Apple Bloom ain’t gonna be happy.” When her friends gave her a confused look Applejack rubbed the back of her head. “I forget than none of ya’ll have a little one that is always wanting to grow up too fast.”
Twilight glanced over at Spike, who was chatting with Clyde and his wife and daughters. “No… I get it… shouldn’t be surprised with Apple Bloom… seems like she has always wanted to grow up faster than she should. Must be a blow that her friends actually got to do it.”
“They’ll straighten the kid out,” Dash said, remembering well the tears Sweetie and Scootaloo had shed the night before. “So… how is it that I suck at getting abstracts?”
“Huh?” Twilight and Applejack both said.
Rainbow gestured at Honesty. “I mean, Loyalty was a nut and yeah, he looked pretty strong but his mane looked so greasy Mrs. Cake could have used it on her cake pans. But Honesty? Sure, he looked a little bit like your brother, which is creepy, but other than that he is about perfect for ya, AJ. And Twilight… Faith is…”
“Yummy,” Applejack commented, nodding in agreement and giving the gray alicorn a once over.
“Hmmm,” Twilight murmured, watching Trixie as she chatted with Clyde's wife. The showmare had been trying really hard since Faith’s breakdown to not be so snooty to everypony and for the most part Twilight had to admit that Trixie was doing a good job (for all the last 12 hours, which considering Trixie was a miracle). Yes, she was doing well... except when it came to any mare that glanced at Faith for more than five seconds. Spitfire had been screamed at, Derpy got the cold shoulder... so on and so forth. Seemed to Twilight that Trixie was overprotective of the silver alicorn… not that Twilight could blame her, since she herself was resisting the same urges.
“I am telling you, brother, something is wrong,” Faith muttered out of the corner of his mouth.
“And what is that?” Honesty asked, looking at the farmhouse fondly. The last month spent there was the greatest of his life and the red abstract wondered if, when all was said and done and Equestria was safe, he could build a little home of his own and try his hoof at farming. It was hard labor but one that didn’t involve lies or cheating to get by. You made do with what you put in. He smiled, secretly hoping he could convince Faith to come with him… and maybe their sisters, if they could save them. It was time for them to be a family again and make up for a 1000 years of mistakes.
Faith looked around, feeling like a caged animal. “Everypony is looking at me.”
“Of course they are,” Honesty stated. “You kinda stand out. I'm getting looked at too."
“Not like that. I mean the mares… they are all… you know…”
“What?” Honesty asked.
Shining trotted over, wearing a smirk. “They making love to you with their eyes.” Honesty and Faith’s eyes tripled in size. “I find it so cute that the all powerful beings are so naive.”
“You have to be wrong,” Honesty said.
“Do I look like I am lying?” Shining shot back. Honesty had the decency to look abashed. “I am engaged to the alicorn of love… Cadence’s powers have a side affect, they cause ponies to be drawn to her. Most of the time she can control it but I remember a few times when she was stressed and her powers flared up… had to fight off some very enamored stallions.”
“I might remind you that my power is in belief, not love,” Faith stated, catching Blinkie Pie’s eye. He smiled and she fluttered her lashes at him, causing him to quickly look away, lest Clyde decide to beat him. “Why would they all be lusting after me?”
“Seriously?” Shining asked. “You are tall, dark, mysterious, and powerful. Also, over half the mares here are immortal. There are right now two alicorns in the word: you and your brother. That makes you something rare... something they all want.”
“Then they can lust after you, Honesty!” Faith exclaimed. "it is creeping me out."
Honesty shook his head, the three stallions heading forward when Big Mac gave the call for them all to head inside for lunch. “No thank you, brother. The mares are all yours.”
“Bloody wanker,” Faith grumbled as he trotted up the steps. “Bad enough I have Trixie and Twilight and our… relationships… I don’t need any more mares-“
“You don’t?”
Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The kitchen of the Apple Family house had stretched and elongated till it was nearly the size of Canterlot’s throne room. A large table was laid out with all sorts of treats and cakes and goodies. The walls were now orange and yellow, with different apple prints appearing on them… only said apples were depicted bucking trees filled with ponies. The chairs ranged from folding chairs to Celestia’s own throne, and the table cloth looked to be Twilight’s bedspread expanded to nearly 20 yards in length. High above them were floating candles and the ceiling was painted to look like the night sky… it even had moving shooting stars.
Rainbow leapt away when she saw Gummy bouncing by on a balloon shaped like Applejack’s head. She was having a VERY nasty case of déjà vu…
Seated at the table was a strange collection of ponies. First there was a large, stone pony wearing a hardhat looked at them with a frown. Then there was a purple pony with a green, leafy mane and a turnip for a cutie mark. Across the table was a pony made of gray fluff, wearing grand, if mismatched, armor. Next to him was a pegasus mare that was as white as snow, laughing daintily every time bits of her crumbling away. But all their attention was focused on the head of the table… where a particular alicorn was seated.
“But I set up a tea party just for all of you!” Pinkie Pie said. She was wearing a purple tux and had on a huge purple top hat on the very top of her overly poofy pink hair. She batted her eyes before leaning forward. “You are late for tea, Alice, and that will not be good at all.”
All the doors and windows disappeared, leaving them trapped in the dining room.
“Have… a… seat.”
“Oh… one of Twilight’s evil friends,” Trixie said dryly, “that’s new.”
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Well, that went bad quickly, didn't it?
I wanted this chapter to feel... off. I wanted you to feel like things were appearing sweet and great but there was something wrong. The mares and Faith, some of the jokes... I wanted people to be reading and going "Wait, why is he doing this?".
Then the reveal explains that the group has fallen through the rabbit hole.
Oh, and I wonder how many will understand just who Pinkie's 'friends' are...
Aw fuckity fick fuck....
ah shit, she went bonkers again.
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Ooh, ooh, I understand!
Also, you messed up here:
Shouldn't that be own?
Well, I was wondering when Queen Insanety would appear, seems like she got ther just in time.
Yup, Best pony has completely fucking lost it.
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So...Pinkie's the mad hatter huh...joy
Oh damn. Oh hell. Oh crap. Oh fuck.
Pinkie has gone all "Alice in Wonderland." Brace the fourth wall, cause here comes a giant "Fuck You" to destroy it.
Still think that pinkie will lose.
If any one wants to debate this in a calm tone please reply.
2200168
Oh, she'll lose the fight against the characters.
But she will definitely win the fight against reality, because she's about to take a sledgehammer to it.
2200168
Hhhmmmmmm. It is without a doubt that our heros shall win but I am sure we can all agree that this is gonna be one hell o a fight eh? (And a long one) And one that will look the fourth wall in the eye and tell it to go fuck itself
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I find it best to put forth the idea that it is not wheter or not Twilight's group wil win but what the cost of victory will be.
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we are so totally screwed aren't we?
Ohhhhhhhh dear mother of Celestia...
Oh, Christ, it's the Mad Hatter with her merry band of hallucinations. This can't end well at -
Right, Pinkie Pie
Better watch and see before passing judgment.
Great update although I can see the friendship of the CMC being strained for a while given Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo's advanced aging and Applebloom still the kid amongst them.
Also I have to say you're developing Faith into quite the ladies man, even when he doesn't see it for himself.
Now Pinkie Pie has appeared, but is it really her ? Given her new abilities it could be a trick.
Still, please do keep up the good work on such a tale like this one as there's bound to be a reason for Pinkie pie's actions.
2199919
I know who they are! Her "only" "friends" in her mind.
This.... Is very bad....
Well then... this should be interesting. Also
shouldn't this be two male alicorns, and
They're making
Did I miss something in an earlier chapter, or were we just told that Twilight's pregnant.
Well.......this seems as good a time as ever to say it.
"Auferfuksakes can Ah no' jest git wan wee break tae se'el doon an' enjoy a spot o' tea or some fish'n'chips wi'ou' some 'alf crazed 'alf god tryin' tae kill me and mah mates?!"~Fallagan the Younger, Earth Pony.
Yup, working on another one shot. Was going to be a Highland stallion chilling with the rest of the resistance at the farm, but hey, this turn of events works too! Now I await the next chapter and find out what my next one shot chapter will be about.
I get the funny feeling that Pinkie's family is going to play a part in her 'redemption' (particularly Clyde)
I love Trixie's sarcasm right there at the end. All Pinkie needs right now is a slip of paper with 10/6 written on it stuffed into the brim of her hat.
bat man vs joker
now its time to go -
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Hold up...Twilight is pregnant, dood?
I must have missed everything and the kitchen sink, dood. I didn't really see any romance between Twilight and Faith until 2 or 3 chapters ago.
Mad hatter! Awesome reference, and so fitting.
Well, buck.
Ten bucks it will be Party of one all over again except this time the guests will be muted Twilight & Co.
Oh, and can (the real) Doubt already die?
But I don't want to go out among the mad people!
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Everyone.
Is going.
To Smile
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I have to agreed, nice reference theme for Pinkie! This is going to be delightfully crazy!
C&Cs:
“And did you remember to check to see if we locked the ammo bay?’
> That single quote at the end was supposed to be a double.
“We never had this problem when we stated in our dimension.”
> Replaced ‘stated’ with ‘stayed’.
“I forget than none of ya’ll have a little one that is always wanting to grow up too fast.”
> Replaced ‘than’ with 'that'. Then, delete ‘is’, at least according to Word.
Hi Queen Pinkie, why don't we sit down for tea and talk this out like civilized beings before you start stretching reality past its breaking point? Oh, who am I kidding, with Delusion in your head we're gonna die.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Pinkie, let's just get this over with, shall we? You have, hmm, 5 alicorns, 3 abstracts and some strong mortals against 1 insane alicorn with her dumb abstract. If the home team has ANY problem at all with wiping the floor with Pinkie, I call bullshit.
Now that we have that out of the way, I do have to wonder... Do Faith and Honesty know about the birds and the bees?
All together now. We all going to die!
2199919
I will admit it did seem rather off odd, and to be growing increasingly off topic with the whole Faith and Honesty being lusted after. Nicely done. I'm guessing that Pinkie has managed to work out how to warp her surroundings, or at least to ensure certain things happen?
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Come on everypony, smile smile smile. Fill my insanety with laughter, laughter.
Come on everypony, smile smile smile. From this happy foes of miiiiine!
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Give Pinkie some credit. Against popular misconception, she is not a featherbrain pony, so if she has decided to confront Team Faith by herself she may have a plan (something in the line of Discord´s "games"). There must be a reason
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I do believe we have, that's gonna get fun, Alicorn Mood shifts i.imgur.com/UQUPg.png
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OK, so not only did we get evil Pinkie, who I'm sure will be a mix between the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Joker, but we also get a pregnant Twilight.
2201273 then let us not forget the fact that those 2-3 of those alicorns asre gonna try and break her free and likly 1 or 2 of the abracts as well will try to help break her free, then again thats going on the guess that pinkie isnt aware of the control. (more than likly she accepted it freely (only Laughter would be the fooled one in my suspections) lets also not forget that Pinkie and Laughter have them ost powerful passive abilties (pinkies strange abilty of future predection and small time reality warp) and mystery abilties of the Abstract within(or outside whos to say) her boosting her, where as the others mainly rely on themselfs and teamwork to achive victory.
Sure they have numbers but which number is better 1 or 6, Faith said the same thing and was right.
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Twilight is not pregnant. Luna was saying that if Faith had come to her (Luna) like he had come to Twilight, Nightmare would have jumped him.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!
The tea party was my favorite part of Alice in Wonderland. The music was awesome, the animators went crazy with the insane amount of ways they poured their tea. There was so much craziness that they could've exploited and they did.
SO DO NOT DISAPPOINT ME NEXT CHAPTER, DEFENDER.
Oh, and I'm getting the feeling Honesty is going to die. Maybe not soon, but eventually; he seems like one of those characters that's... expendable.
I have equipped my shitstorm suit. I am now ready.
To quote HotDiggdyDemon "Well we're fucked!"
RUUUUUUUN!!!!!! IT'S GOJI- uhhh... PINKIE PIEEEEE!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
If Discord exists in this story universe, he's got to be laughing his flank off right now...!
Not sure what even three Alicorns of Virtue can do against Alicorn Pinkamena over there... 
There's only one of Pinky ( plus the Abstract of Laughter).
And she's goin up against about 7 alicorns, a purple Godzilla, and the new abstract of Loyalty.
Is this really such a good idea on Laughter's part?
Not that i'm complaining.
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In a physical fight? No
But a mental battle....