The 'What if' Spell
Twilight grinned as she hovered over her work. The main room of the library had been cleared of all books and furniture. She needed it to be if she wanted there to be enough room for her latest spell. That and she didn’t want anything to get damaged if something went wrong.
On the floor were hundreds of black markings. Shapes like crescent moons, suns, hearts, and many others spiraled around a purple crystal that was levitating in the middle. The crystal itself seemed to pulse with powerful magic that the new alicorn had placed within. Soon it would be ready to unleash a spell that could change the face of magic as the world knew it. That, or blow up the library.
“Twi, ya in there?” came a loud southern voice from outside.
“You can come in,” said Twilight. A moment later Applejack and the rest of her friends entered the library to see their purple friend flying about her work with a checklist. Twilight looked at them and grinned even larger. “You all saved me a lot of time. I was just about to get you.”
“Darling,” began Rarity as she looked at what Twilight had been working on for the last several days. “We have been worried sick about you. Ever since you became a princess you have been, well, not yourself.”
“Yeah,” grumbled Rainbow Dash as she pointed an accusing hoof at Twilight. “You were supposed to meet me for a flying lesson yesterday but completely blew me off. You need to practice in order to build up your stamina so you can fly longer than a few minutes!”
“And you missed the party I threw for you,” said Pinkie Pie with a slight frown. “A lot of ponies showed up but not the pony the party was for. And if the pony the party was made for doesn’t show up then the ponies that did show up don’t feel much like partying.”
“I’m really sorry girls,” said Twilight as she landed in front of them. “It’s just that I’ve been thinking about that spell that changed your cutie marks.” There was a sudden ‘meep’ sound that came from Fluttershy who backed up against the wall and began to cover her cutie mark.
“Y-You’re not going to try that spell again, are you?” she asked softly.
“I definitely don’t wanna go back to makin dresses.” muttered Applejack.
Twilight sighed. “No, that’s not what’s going on this time. See what I’ve been doing is making a spell that will let ponies view a ‘what if’ scenario. Like, for example, what if there was another element of harmony? Think of all the things that would be changed because of that one little difference. Or, how about, what if the Grand Galloping Gala hadn’t been a complete disaster?”
“Or, what if I was made a Wonderbolt when I was a filly?” asked Rainbow Dash loudly, causing all the girls to stare at her for a moment. “What? I did my first Sonic Rainboom as a filly, and I say that should have made me a Wonderbolt!”
“So this spell can show you any possible outcome?” asked Rarity who suddenly became very interested. “Why with this spell I’ll be able to avoid possible fashion disasters!”
“Ah, it kind of doesn’t work like that,” said Twilight as she looked a little embarrassed. “Right now it only works on past experiences, not possible future outcomes. Also, you have make a specific request.”
“So what are you planning on asking it?” asked Pinkie Pie.
“Well I thought a lot about it,” began Twilight as she took a breath. “Like, what if Princess Cadence was never my foalsitter? Think about it! It was because she was foalsitting me that she met Shiny. If they never met then they won’t have gotten married! Would that also mean that there wouldn’t have been a Changling invasion?” Twilight looked down at the ground for a moment. “Or what if Rainbow Dash had never done a Sonic Rainboom? It was because of it that we all got our cutie marks and I became Princess Celestia’s student. But if that never happened, would we still be who we are right now? I’m a little afraid to ask that one.”
Rarity walked over to Twilight and placed a hoof on her friends shoulder. Twilight looked up to see Rarity’s conforting face smiling at her. The young alicorn couldn’t help but do the same.
“So tell us darling, what did you decide on. I’m simply dying to know!”
“Well, I decided to ask what if Princess Luna hadn’t been ignored a thousand years ago.” said Twilight.
“Say what now?” asked Applejack.
“Well think about it,” said Twilight. “Nightmare Moon was created due to Luna’s loneliness and her jealousy towards Celestia. Because of this, when she returned after her banishment we became the bearers of the Elements of Harmony.”
“We know all of this,” said Rainbow Dash as she began to hover in the air. “Get to the point!”
“Ok,” said Twilight as she took a deep breath. “What if there were ponies back a thousand years ago the noticed Luna’s night sky. Then she wouldn’t have become jealous and become Nightmare Moon. If she didn’t become Nightmare Moon than she would never have been banished resulting in there being no need for use to become the bearers of the Elements. I might have never have befriended you all. However, at the same time, Equestria might be a better place with both sisters ruling it for a thousand years. At the very least Princess Celestia would be happy. I know that she wonders what it would have been like as well.”
“Ah can understand that,” said Applejack. “Bein’ away from family is tough. Can’t even imagine what the princess went through with her sister bein' gone fer a thousand years.”
“Yeah, I’m sure she’ll be happy if she never would have had to banish Luna to the moon!” said Pinkie as she began to bounce up and down.
“So would you all like to join me?” asked Twilight. They all nodded, including Fluttershy. Twilight smiled happily at them as she expanded her wings to their full, and glorious extent. She called for Spike and a moment later he came downstairs wearing hoofball gear. Which caused all of the girls to look at him strangely.
“What?” he asked. “I’d like to be prepared.”
“So how’s this going to work?” asked Rainbow.
“Well, if everything goes as planned, once I start the spell we’ll be able to watch everything that happens like we are ghosts,” explained Twilight. “I set the spell to take us to the day before the Summer Sun Festival and should end within a couple of days. There is also a temporal distortion spell that will cause time there to move at a faster place. So we could be there for a week or so and only a couple of hours will have passed here.”
“What if there’s a problem?” asked Fluttershy.
“That’s why Spike will be remaining outside of the spell seal,” answered Twilight. “If it looks like something is going wrong then he will contact the princess and ask for her assistance.” Spike gave Fluttershy a thumbs up causing the scared pony to smile lightly.
Once everything was all said and done, the six mares stepped onto the black markings. When they were ready, Twilight began to charge her horn with magic and then blasted the crystal with her magic. As soon as this was done the crystal began to glow brighter and brighter as everypony began to shield their eyes. Then it simply stopped.
Twilight’s ears flattened in confusion. Unless she had missed something, this should have worked. Perhaps she had made a mistake in the magical formula, or she had started up the spell prematurely. As she was thinking about all the possible ways she could have messed this spell up, the purple crystal began to glow with life once more. Without warning it shot out several lavander mana tentacles that attached themselves to the foreheads of each pony. The girls screamed as the world around them began to spin rapidly. Faster and faster it moved until everything melted away leaving only blackness when unconsciousness overtook them all
-x-
Twilight rolled in her bed as she heard a knocking at her door. Opening an eye she glanced at the clock near her bed to see that it was a little past six in the morning. Still very tired, Twilight closed her eye and hoped whomever was at the door would just go away. No such luck as the knocking continued, only louder this time around. There was also a hit of urgency that caused Twilight to let out a sigh as she pushed aside her silver sheets aside and got out of bed.
Despite how early it was, the light from outside shinned into her room. The walls were made of a seamless white metallic substance. The room itself was rounded and smooth. Bookshelves filled her room as well as the rest of her two story home. Heck, even her kitchen had at least two bookshelves in there. Hearing more knocking, Twilight walked down the spiral staircase to the main floor. She quickly made her way to the door and opened it.
Standing in front of Twilight was a Pegasus mare. She wore black metal boots which went up to her knees that were trimmed with gold. Her body was protected by similar armor which held up a sheathed long sword on her side. Her head, however, was uncovered allowing Twilight to see a grey face staring back at her with slightly disturbing eyes.
“Morning Twilight.” said Derpy Hooves, the princess’s royal messenger pony.
“Hey Derpy,” said Twilight with a yawn. “What’s up?”
“Nothing much. Just a message from the princess.” Twilight stared at her friend for several long, uncomfortable moments waiting. Yet, Derpy just stood there looking at her with one eye while the other looked upwards.
“And?” asked Twilight after awhile.
“And what?”
Twilight facehoofed. “What’s the message?”
“Oh right! The princess wants you to head over to the castle as soon as you can.” Twilight smiled before walking back into her home and coming back a moment later with a muffin. She handed it to Derpy who ate it on the spot while Twilight locked up her home.
The purple unicorn walked down the street, glad that she lived in an area close to a platform station. As she did she passed several homes, each one looking just like her own. The homes looked almost like giant oval eggs. At the top of each one, as a ring that looked like they were floating near the top. Those rings were really solar collectors, turning light into energy to heat the pony’s homes. The rings seemed to hum with energy as they magically transferred the solar energy they collected into the owners home.
A short time later, Twilight approached the platform station. It was a simple, square building that had several large tubes coming in and out of it. Walking into it, she was met by an earth guard pony and a unicorn technician pony. Twilight knew them both very well. The guard pony was known as Bronze Shield while the unicorn was called Boarding Time. Behind them was a single tube that held an opening.
“Morning Twilight,” said Bronze with a small smile. “Off to the capital?”
Twilight laughed. “Where else do I go?”
“True,” laughed Bronze as he checked Twilight to make sure she wasn’t hiding anything. This seemed pointless since she was naked, however, one could never be too sure.
Once she had passed the inspection, Twilight walked over and stood on a long, flat piece of metal. Boarding Time’s horn lit up as he moved both it and Twilight into the tubes opening. As soon as she was inside, the platform began to float of its own as Boarding set her destination on a small device that he kept with him. When that was done the platform began to shot down the tube. Even though she was moving at amazing speeds, Twilight didn’t feel like she was moving at all. In fact the only way she knew that she was moving as because of the change of scenery through the tubes.
Eventually she left residential area as well as the rest of her Dome. Within minutes the only thing she saw around her was a barren wasteland, full of white rocks and craters. She knew that the princess had be best ponies working to fix this problem, however it was going by slowly. Personally she hoped that she would live long enough to see the day when ponies no longer had to live in Domes. That their world would be able to support life on it’s own. Some ponies said that it was just a pipe dream, but Twilight didn’t care. It was still a good dream.
A few moments later, Twilight saw Dome Zero just up ahead. It was easy to tell it was Dome Zero because it of the castle. From above, Twilight knew that the outer walls took on the shape of a five pointed star. At the end of each point was a tower, and the top of each one looked a lot like a droplet of water. The rest of the building towered above the outer walls, looking like a rectangular building with a clock tower in its center. It was strong and well defended in case it were ever to be attacked. Not like that would ever happen.
The Lunar Republic was well protected from enemy invasions since it was on the moon.
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Ooh! Can we do 'what if Twilight was 500ft tall' next?
Lol, this is pretty interesting so far. Can't wait to see how this'll continue
Yay a Lunar Republic!
What if the butterflies that caught Fluttershy when she fell from Cloudsdale weren`t there?
I can just imagine the words 'GOOD NEWS, EVERYPONY!" shouted in Farnsworth's voice.
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you should make this called the what if story and have a bunch of these and this would be like luna not banished part 1
I think you meant "homes" instead of home, "was" instead of as, and "hover" instead of over.
The word "met" might work better then meted.
Otherwise I look forward to the next chapter.
So is this the the timeline's Twilight? in part 2
Okay. So a few things.
One, good story. I will continue.
Two, This escalated quickly.
Three, Pre-Reader/Editor. You need one.
2148009 We would need a mop so that we could sell it to Felix and their lasagna.
Mmmmmh, Fluttershy lasagna... *drools*
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Sorry I couldn't resist.
Interesting that Luna was apparently pro-technology.
This is an interesting story also, and I really wasn't expecting the NLR to be involved.
are there any bananas?
this needs a tv tropes page.
2575387 Maybe Celestia launched the whole fucking world's population with that cannon.
Well it doesn't seem like things worked out.
I was very lost. What the hell is going on???
This is a clopfic, isn't it?
Also, this really needs someone to fix the spelling errors. I could do that, if you like.
2575387 We have all the bananas
support life on it’s own
its
You could revise that to "When she was done, the platform shot down the tube."
"be" should be "the"
Not a bad story so far, i think i'll keep reading and pointing out any nitpicks I see.
Well then.....Imma look closer at this later.......
Us
Hint
Can't wait to see what is going on.
Also: I am confuse
Only thing I'm disappointed in with this fic is there weren't intermittent points where the girls comment on what they've seen. Unless they're unable to until the entire "movie" is over.
I completely agree with Rainbow Dash. I mean, if she showed that much promise as a filly, than just imagine how much better she could be if she had received proper training as a filly!
Isn't Applejack's parents dead? And, since they are dead, wouldn't she be the only one there that actually could understand exactly what Princess Celestia had gone through?
Called it!
what if spell is now canon
7987349 I don't know if you realized this, but this chapter is from 2013, before it was confirmed that they were dead.
To be clear, I have yet to read any chapters beyond this one. I want to state some theories I got regarding how this may continue and see if I got any of them right.
1. It's clear Twilight and the rest of the Mane 6 (plus Spike) got dragged into a temporary pocket dimension that exhibits their stated What If scenario. However, it is also clear that they are either unaware of what is happening, or locked within the minds of their counterparts as nothing more than observers, since Twilight did not exhibit a surprise that she was on the moon. My theory is that latter, and I think it will have interesting repercussions upon their removal from the spell. For one, Rarity may have new inspiration for fashion, but may also find she can cast spells her counterpart could as well.
2. Celestia and Luna are in the midst of a civil war. That is the only reason I can think of that would explain Luna's Lunar Republic being on the Moon. Either that, or she's turning the damned thing into a city-ship for space exploration.
3. Most Pegasi are firmly within what I can only assume is the Solar Empire, as their very nature demands weather, which is, from what I can tell, an impossibility on the Moon at the time. Some probably moved to the Moon, like Derpy and possibly Fluttershy, whereas some may have been converted to Thestrals.
4. On that note, I'm predicting Thestrals are actually a thing. It just wouldn't be right for their to be a Lunar Republic and no Thestrals.
On to the next chapter! Let's see what I got right.
So the reason for the ponies being on the moon, is I am guessing that Celestia probably ended up becoming Evil, and thus ruined the planet. Though maybe it's something else entirely. Either way I am VERY interested in this and you certainly have my attention!
In terms of Luna being pro-tech, why not? THIS Luna was not gone for 1,000 years, so none of it is new. She's no longer a Mare coming from a time before plumbing, into a world where there's a toilet in every home.
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That would be the Lunaverse.
Trixie ends up Luna's student & The Element of Magic. Twilight brings an Ursa Minor in to town in Boast Busted & a lot of other stories
Finally, a NLR story!
You have my attention...
that right fucking their is the best line in this chapter. already fucking love this as soon as I read NLR in the description I KNEW it be a great story
*Sits back in seat*... go on.
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or that
or celestia and luna / nightmare moon
are at war