Chapter 5: Research
“Are we there yet?” Pinkie giggled.
“No” Applejack groaned for the tenth time.
“Are we there yet?”
“No”
“Are we there y-”
“Pinkie!” Rarity interrupted, “I happen to know for a fact that you are only asking that question to annoy Applejack, and in the process you are also succeeding in annoying everypony else in the train car.” She gestured further into the car, revealing numerous ponies giving annoyed looks at Pinkie.
Pinkie just giggled “Wow, I’m even better at this game than I thought. Are we there yet?”
Applejack grabbed Pinkie’s shoulders and shook her in desperation “Pinkie, for the love of Equestria, stop! We are not there yet!”
“We’re here!” Twilight called from a nearby window. Applejack lowered her hat over her face and groaned loudly in both frustration and relief.
After the doors of the train opened, Applejack quickly stood up “Let’s just get out of here.”
Pinkie giggled and bounced past her, “Okie dokie lokie.” She bounced out the door and turned to face the train.
The others exited the train, with Twilight in the lead, “Okay, I’ll go talk to Celestia, you girls head for the archives. I’ll meet you there after I finish speaking with Celestia.”
“Very well Twilight,” Rarity nodded, “we’ll be sure to get a head start on the research by the time you get there.”
Twilight smiled “Thanks, Rarity, I knew I could count on you girls.”
“Well then,” Applejack added, “since we’ve got the plan figured out, let’s get going.” She started walking to the archives, with Rarity and Fluttershy by her side. Twilight spread her wings and flew toward the top of the castle.
Pinkie Pie bounced happily next to Applejack and asked “Are we there yet?”
“AHHHHHHHHH!” Applejack yelled, causing everypony within several blocks to jump.
The doors to Celestia’s throne room slowly opened as Twilight stepped up to them. She walked through the doors and made her way across the room to Celestia, who greeted her with a smile, “Hello Twilight, it’s so good to see you.”
Twilight gave a small smile, “It’s good to see you too, Celestia.” She lowered her head sadly, “I just wish we were meeting under better circumstances.”
Celestia stood up and walked toward Twilight, “From what Spike told me in the letter last night, you need information from the royal archives, correct?”
“Yes Celestia,” Twilight nodded, “my friends are on their way there right now.”
“Why aren’t you there with them, Twilight?” Celestia inquired.
Twilight looked up and explained “Because I needed to tell you why we need the information in the archive. You see, yesterday I was helping Rainbow Dash perform a stunt, using my magic to give her a boost, and she just… vanished.”
Celestia raised an eyebrow, a concerned look on her face, “Vanished? You mean she teleported?”
“I don’t know,” Twilight frowned, “I was only using a spell to make her fly faster; I wasn’t even thinking of a teleportation spell. I don’t know what happened, whether she teleported somewhere, got vaporized, was abducted by aliens, or WHAT!” with each speculation, her speech became more frantic, and by the time she finished speaking she was hyperventilating.
“Twilight!” Celestia placed a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder to calm her down, “You need to relax and think straight if you’re ever to find out what happened. I will be more than happy to help you search the archives and consult with you on your findings, but if we want to make any progress I need you not to worry so much. You and I both know Rainbow Dash, she’s strong, confident, and resilient; I’m sure whatever happened to her she’s okay.”
Twilight took a few moments to catch her breath, and smiled warmly at Celestia, “You’re right. If we’re going to save Rainbow Dash, we’re going to need to believe in ourselves. Funny,” she gave a small chuckle, “that’s exactly what Spike was telling me last night.”
Celestia smiled, “It sounds to me like Spike knows really knows what he’s talking about.” She placed a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder, “Now, I believe we have some research to do, don’t we?”
Twilight looked up and nodded, “Yeah, time to go help the others search.”
“Very well then,” Celestia replied as she began to walk to the door. She walked out and waited for Twilight to leave after her, then used her magic to close the door.
By the time Twilight and Celestia arrived at the archive, the entire place looked like it had been hit by a twister. A fluffy pink twister, to be exact. “Nope, not here,” Pinkie threw another book over her shoulder and immediately reached for another.
“Ow,” Fluttershy rubbed the back of her head after getting hit by yet another flying book. “Um, Pinkie,” she turned around to face the pink pony, “do you think you could please be more careful? You’ve already hit me with three books, Applejack with four, and Rarity with three.”
“Ow!” Rarity whined from the next aisle over.
“Oh, make that four,” Fluttershy squeaked. Pinkie continued to grab books, skim them over, and throw them over her shoulder until she was raised in the air by an aura of magenta magic.
“Hi Twilight!” Pinkie giggled as she was levitated over to Twilight.
“Pinkie,” Twilight started, “we’re supposed to be looking for clues that can get Rainbow back, not destroying the library.”
“I know that, silly,” Pinkie smiled innocently, “that’s why I’m looking through the books so super duper quickly.”
“I appreciate your eagerness to help,” Twilight replied, “but you’re leaving books all over the place and possibly giving our friends brain damage.”
Pinkie blinked and turned her head slowly, only now taking in the full extent of the damage she had cause, “Oopsie,” she laughed. “Don’t worry, Twilight, I’ll be more careful and put the books back on the shelves this time.”
Twilight gave a content smile and released Pinkie from her magical grip, “Good, now let’s both do our best to find something that can help.”
Pinkie saluted, “You’ve got it, Twilight.” She happily bounced off to another wing of the library, the librarian shivering in terror at the thought of having to completely reshelf another wing.
Celestia watched Pinkie in confusion, “My, she sure is enthusiastic about finding Rainbow Dash.”
Twilight nodded, “She and Dash have plans for April Foals Day, so she wants to get Dash home in time.”
Celestia laughed a bit, “An interesting motivation, but I suppose we shouldn’t complain as long as it works.”
“I guess so,” Twilight responded as she started trotting into one of the currently vacant wings of the library. She took a seat and grabbed a dozen books in her magic, stacking them next to her. As she opened the first book, she quietly mused “I still wish she had better self control, though.”
Celestia’s eyes widened when she heard this, and she promptly turned to face Twilight, “What did you just say, Twilight?”
“Huh?” Twilight looked up from the book. “Oh, nothing important. I was just saying I wish Pinkie had better self control.”
“Twilight,” Celestia slowly replied, “I think you just solved the mystery.”
“What?” Twilight dropped the book, stood up, and ran up to Celestia. “How is that the solution to the mystery?”
Celestia rubbed her chin in thought, then inquired “Twilight, when you used your spell on Rainbow Dash, what were you trying to do?”
“Well,” Twilight answered, “I was trying to make Rainbow fly faster.”
Celestia nodded, “And why exactly were you trying to make Rainbow fly faster?”
Twilight thought for a moment, before it hit her, “Because I wanted to help Dash reach her goal.”
Celestia smiled knowingly, “You didn’t cast a spell meant to make Rainbow Dash fly faster; you cast a spell meant to help Rainbow Dash accomplish the feat she was attempting.”
Twilight gasped, “Breaking a new barrier of speed.”
“That’s right, Twilight,” Celestia continued, “as you know, Rainbow Dash has already broken the sound barrier, and it is impossible to break the light barrier. What your spell did was give her a new barrier to break, one which was more difficult than sound, but not impossible like light. All we need now is to learn just what that barrier was, and what the result was of her breaking it.”
“I understand, Celestia,” Twilight nodded as she trotted out of the isle. “Girls,” she called, “we’ve found the answer.”
“Not exactly, Twilight,” Celestia interrupted, placing a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. “You’ve only figured out the answer to the first part of the question. We know the cause now, but we still need to know the full extent of the effect.”
“Twilight,” Applejack trotted up to the princesses, followed by Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, “ya say ya found the answer?”
“Sort of,” Twilight answered, “we’ve figured out what happened. You see, when I cast my spell on Rainbow Dash, it caused her to break through a new barrier of speed, somewhere between sound and light.”
“The Space Barrier,” Pinkie added.
“Yes, Pinkie,” Twilight nodded, “the Space Barri- WHAT?!?” She turned to Pinkie with wide eyes, “You knew?!?”
Pinkie giggled, “Of course I did, silly? Don’t you remember?” She reached her hooves behind a bookshelf and pulled out a white screen, then held up a remote. She clicked the button on the remote and a projection appeared on the screen.
Twilight raised an eyebrow “Um, Pinkie, I’m really sorry about your blender, but there’s an emergency. Rainbow Dash vanished into thin air this morning and I have no idea why! I used a spell to make her fly faster, but when she was using it she just vanished!”
Pinkie blinked, paused for a moment in contemplation, and suddenly gasped “I knew it!”
Twilight’s mouth dropped “Y-you did?!? But how?!?”
“It was my Pinkie sense, silly,” Pinkie giggled, “when my ears flop, my tail twitches, my left hind hoof skips and I hiccup, it means somepony just got sent to another dimension.”
The projector stopped. Twilight turned to look at the back wall, then whispered to Celestia “I didn’t know there was a screen and projector in here.”
“There weren’t,” Celestia whispered, equally confused.
“See, Twilight?” Pinkie asked as she pushed the screen away, “My Pinkie sense was right again.”
Twilight facehooved, “Pinkie, if you knew what happened to Rainbow Dash, why were you digging through the archives like a madmare?”
“I was looking for a cook book,” Pinkie smiled, “but all I found were boring physics books like ‘Astrophysics for Morons’ and ‘Theory of the Space Barrier.’”
“The space barrier?” Twilight asked, her mouth agape. “That’s exactly what we need, why didn’t you tell me you found it?”
“You didn’t ask, silly” Pinkie giggled.
“I-but-I” Twilight started twitching uncontrollably, but then stopped abruptly and collapsed, completely out cold.
“Um, Pinkie,” Applejack started, “how about you go grab that book you mentioned while we carry Twilight back to the train station?”
“There won’t be any need for that,” Celestia spoke up, “you’re free to stay in the castle as long as it takes for Twilight to get Rainbow Dash back.”
“Really?” Rarity beamed, “We get to stay at the castle?” She began joyfully hopping in place.
“Yeah, yeah, it’s real excitin’, Rarity,” Applejack rolled her eyes, “how about some help with Twilight?” There was no response. Applejack looked over to Rarity, who had apparently fainted from excitement, “Oh for Pete’s sake!” She turned to Fluttershy, “’Shy, looks like you’ll need to carry her while ah carry Twilight.”
“Oh,” Fluttershy reached down and picked up Rarity, struggling a bit with her weight, “okay.”
Applejack leaned down and picked Twilight up, draping her over her back, “Let’s go, Pinkie.”
Pinkie hopped up to her, holding the physics book, along with about a dozen cook books, “Look what I found. They were under C.”
Applejack deadpanned, but decided to learn from Twilight’s mistake, “Nice job Pinkie, now let’s get on out of here.”
“Okie dokie lokie” Pinkie hopped in place, somehow not dropping the books.
About twenty minutes later, the group finally made it all the way up to the tower where they were going to be staying. Both Applejack and Fluttershy were gasping for breath as they set Twilight and Rarity on the floor. Celestia entered the room after them, followed by Pinkie Pie. As Pinkie set down the books and started jumping on one of the beds, Celestia walked over to Applejack and Fluttershy, “You know, you didn’t need to carry them all the way up here. If you wanted I could have used my magic.”
Applejack and Fluttershy’s jaws dropped, and Applejack stuttered, “Wh-why didn’t you tell us before?”
Celestia smiled and answered “You didn’t ask.”
Both Applejack and Fluttershy, stared at each other dumfounded, and then passed out. Celestia turned to Pinkie Pie, “I believe I’m starting to enjoy this humor of yours.”
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Damn. No Pokémon. Sad that I want to see Pokémon more than the ponies...
this story went from 25 to 200 likes in a day!
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Well, as I said earlier, every third chapter takes place back in Equestria, so the next 2 will be in Unova.
And that's how Trollestia was born!
Also, great pace! Two in a day is awesome!
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Yeah, it's only been here for 2 days, and already it has far more likes, favorites, and comments than my other fic that I've had for over a year. It even has over twice as many views, despite being far younger.
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I was going to ask about that, actually. How am I doing with the characterization of the various characters? That goes for the ponies and the humans as well.
I'm probably not going to read this, I'm just going to say: Rainbow Dash breaking the dimensional barrier? As viable an excuse as Twilight f*cking up her teleportation spell AGAIN. It's unbelievable I don't see that more often.
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Well, seeing as I have not been into Pokemon anime for a looong while, I cannot help here. Ponies though... Hmm...
You could try and incorporate Twi's new calming method. You know, breathing and all that from the show. Would be nice for Celestia to go: "Twilight? Deep breaths." instead of: "I need you to calm down!" Or, rather start with deep breaths and after Twi calms down continue her speech. Just a detail but adds some more ties with the show.
Your Pinkie. Well, I know some might like it, but I believe she is way too random here. I know she is prone to do that, but Dash is missing and what not. Plus, I generally do not see Pinkie doing something to severely annoy other ponies. I know she does it in show sometimes but it seems OOC to me. Making ponies angry is not a way to make them smile, after all. Then again, people seem to like her being so random it hurts everything, common sense and imagination included.
Got nothing to say about RD, though. Cocky, full of herself, but still a good friend who wouldn't leave you hanging. Just the way we know her. Though I can't say "we like her". I know I don't. This much. I mean, I don't dislike her but the way she is portrayed sometimes makes me wonder how in the world does she have any friends. She wouldn't be mine with this kind of "I am better and we know it" attitude. She might be better but it is still not a reason to brag. Mind you, I am talking about show RD. Did not notice it this much here. And sorry if I seem chaotic. It's late...
Oh, and how my comment spawned the question about personalities?
2303285 Indeed...
I love this fanfic so much!
Didn't you ponies learn?
LISTEN TO PINKIE! 
And........Celestia trolls again haahaahaaa
Trollestia!!!!!
Eveypony for themselves!!!!!!
Strange. My story was the pokemon got sucked in a black portal in a grassy hill, meeting a pony.
where the fuck is brock? i want brock, not some green haired idiot! i don't care about what anyone says, brock is better! i'm bored.
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I haven't been using enough images in my posts lately.
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BAM! Link to where that happens.
I didn't write that story. Not like anyone needs to know that.
Astrophysics for Morons, nice fairly odd parents reference
2304193What about Fairly Odd Parents? Cosmo's an idiot. Just had to say that out loud.
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BINGO! That right there is where I got the idea for this. My anger at seeing my favorite pony face the indignity of being caught by someone who isn't even a major character is what drove me to write this.
That is why Pinkie is my favorite pony right behind Derpy. She makes me smile.
It may or may not be coincidence, but the ad at the bottom of the screen for me at the time of writing this is for a Pokemon download to play it on the computer.
It was a coincidence. I find that to be a little creepy.
The comedy!
It's brilliant!
I enjoyed reading this chapter... if only I didn't want to see Rainbow catch a pokemon.
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Relevant.
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So this whole story is just a giant "fuck you" to the other author?
Trollololololoolololololololeeeeessssstttttiiiiaaaaaa!!!!!
I think Celestia is training Pinkie Pie to be the next Princess of Equestria
Argh, Pinkie is just infuriating in this story.
It's official, Pinkie Pie scares me.
I am enjoying the work so far, but I found it... slightly jarring that Pinkie Pie would continue to annoy or harm her friends like we have seen in the chapter. Her main motivation is to make her friends smile, and while she isn't opposed to playing jokes on them, that is only if she thinks they can take it. Once they have specifically asked Pinkie to stop doing something because it is annoying or painful, I think she would stop in a hurry.
Yes Pinkie might like having fun, but never at a friend's expense.
Celestia's not quite trolling yet, but she's on a roll!
Astrophysics for Morons? mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:FANMADE_Luna_I_see_what_you_did_there.jpg
response for the author's note:
AND I ENJOYED READING IT!
No, just no
I like that pic
yay, trollesia
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2317872 pinkie pie princess of TROLLS
This chapter has bad characterizations of Pinkie, Rarity and Celestia.
Rarity is childishly excited at staying in the castle despite this being far from her first time. Celestia is a troll, and talks like she's unfamiliar with the concept of 'fun' despite being thousands of years old. And Pinkie is a moron/troll.
I would actually go so far as to say this is the worst characterization of Pinkie I've ever seen in a fic.
Also, fainting isn't really something that happens unless A. there's something physically wrong with you, like you're wearing a girdle or just had blood drawn or B. you are emotionally overwhelmed to the degree that your ability to function is interrupted, like you just saw a loved one die in front of you.
I get that fainting is a trope in fiction, but you just had 4 people faint in the span of a few minutes for silly reasons. That strains suspension of disbelief something fierce.
pinkie, you have made trollestia. thanks.
Heheheheehehe HAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!
For this chapter alone, I'm faving!
Pinkie is being a bit much but, I'll put it down to wanting Rainbow back.
Can somepony PLEASE explain how these equestrians order their libraries?! It does not make any sense!
*Yet another comment about Trollestia*