• Published 18th Dec 2012
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When The World Bets Against You - Tie RoamingHooves



Twilight Sparkle is trapped in the body of a human who in turn, has taken her own and disappeared with it. Nopony believes her: not her brother, friends, nor mentor. She is being interrogated and asked a single question: Where is Twilight Sparkle?

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Final Pieces Put In Place

The sun goddess was amused. Had Shining Armour hit his head on a rock a few too many times? The princess smirked and leisurely trotted over to Twilight’s unconscious form. She was stirring a bit as if she were having a dream. She smirked because she knew she could conveniently use her sister’s dream scrying spell to disprove the captain's preposterous claim.

The sun goddess’s horn lit up in a golden aura before she motioned her head at Twilight with an amused smirk.

“So this isn’t Twilight Sparkle?” she asked in a snide manner. Shining Armour only continued his distant glare prompting the alicorn to grunt in annoyance. “We’ll see if your words hold any merit... Even from you, this is a little far fetched.”

Her horn’s glow flared once and the smug expression she was wearing fell instantly into one of shock and disbelief. Celestia would have believed that this was Twilight Sparkle if she’d dreamed anything... anything but this...

Humanity was a closely guarded secret that few ponies even knew a whisper of. There were few times when Princess Celestia cursed magic. This time though, it was her own use of it that she cursed specifically. This couldn’t possibly be Twili-

No. Just no.

Twilight must have found some kind of scroll or something during one of her trips into the Canterlot Archives. That completely explains th-

Her thoughts halted at the next two thoughts. One: Even if Twilight had found a scroll or book on them, it couldn’t have possibly held enough info to cause a dream this vivid. The sun goddess made sure to have the information scattered to make sure they were truly forgotten. Two: The emotions being given off by this dream were misplaced...

Being in somepony else’s dreamscape puts you into the whims of the dreamers emotions. As such, the emotions to be caused by said dream. In Twilight, it would have provoked first curiosity, then shock, then horror, and finally pity. The emotions here were those of regret, extreme guilt, sympathy, and dread. The chaos in the human settlement stopped and the multiplied as something streaked across the sky and exploded when it hit the ground producing a shock wave that consumed every living thing... It was the end of the world... or at least the human world... in dream form but probably not literally.

How could Twilight dream of this...

As much as the alicorn thought this, her logical side asked why she kept trying to convince her self against the obvious. Suddenly, memories flashed before her. She quickly flashed her horn once more to probe the feeling of Twilight’s magical aura. This was a sure fire way to tell whether or not this was Twilight. Magic is directly stemmed from the soul and there is no mistaking the presence of somepony’s soul from somepony else’s.

Suddenly Celestia felt a cold chill run up her spine. She felt something she didn’t expect but found herself dreading. It was the unmistakable feeling of humanity... As much as she wished it were...

...this is not Twilight Sparkle.

However... It is her body. That much is certain.

Suddenly all thoughts halted as one more entered her mind...

With the current evidence... the human in Canterlot could very well be Twilight Sparkle as she says she is. The princess started to silently shed tears as the next though went through her mind.

And if it is Twilight, she’s been on the receiving end of countless methods of torture in trying to find out something she’s apparently been telling Shining since day one. All because of the possible human before her.

Her anger flared and her face wore a snarl in freeze frame. It was at this time that she noticed that the bodysnatcher was awake and afraid...

...Just as she should be.


In a desert and in Equestria, two large portals open up. Beings from beyond this realm start to come out with mighty machines of war and peace. They prepare to fight in order to save the place they call home. If that is to fail, they will take land to make home in order to shelter their old, sick, and young alike in order to make sure their species lives on. At one portal, a small village is in the distance across the plain of sand dunes and rock. On the other side of the other, lies a large forest clearing overlooking a mountain with a city that seemed to hang of its side. Ponykind continues to live their day unaware of the threat that lies in wait for an order to attack. This order is one both sides will wish is not given.

Author's Note:

Not sure how well this chapter is written. I'm still all kinds of discombobulated. Let me know if you have problems with it cause I'm not sure of my grammar or story writing as of now.

Question: Can you feel the suspense? Let meh know.


Working out a mindfuck,

--RoamingHooves--