28) Subtle message.
Shining Armor's Perspective
I cuddle with the mare at my side. “Rarity, you awake?”
She shuffles and slowly turns to face me. “I am now. What's the matter Shining?”
“I just woke up from a dream I had. We were together.” I kiss her on the size of her muzzle. “And, well, we had foals together.”
Rarity chuckles, “Oh god, all I can say about that is my parents would kill me.”
I laugh nervously. “Ha, yeah, that would really be something.”
She shakes her head. “Hey Mom, hey Dad. Sorry your son was gone for while. He's back now, only he's a horse. A female one. Oh, and he gave birth to two foals, so congratulations, you're grandparents now!”
I shake my head in amusement. “Your parents sound like wonderful people, I'd love to meet them sometime.”
Rarity gives me a sideways glance. “As a human or as a pony?”
“Gonna have to be as a pony.” I grin. “How else will I be able to ask your father for his daughter's hoof in marriage?”
She gives my a playful shove. “Oh, don't you dare!”
“Hey, I might have to do it if we're stuck like this forever,” I say and then kiss Rarity on the muzzle.
She blushes but doesn't argue, and we cuddle knowing that we’re safe in each other’s arms and—
Our peace is shattered as the door flies open with a BLAM.
I squint over at the open door. Honestly now, who is crass enough to barge into our room at this hour? I’m not even really concerned by this intruder, just annoyed. I know I’m not in any serious danger, or else my special talent would have sensed it.
A cyan pegasus lands at the foot of the bed. “Shining! Get up! This is huge!”
Of course. Of course it’s Dash. I grit my teeth gently. “Rainbow, I’m sorta with my girl.” I gesture at Rarity cuddling my side, her legs wrapped around mine.
Rarity smirks. "There are better ways of asking to join us in bed, Dash. This is a bit bold, even for you."
I join her annoyance. “Yeah, who do you think—” I stop to blink as my brain replays the last half of Rarity’s dialogue.
My pause gives Dash a moment to speak. “Wait, really? Wow, I’m going to have to--ah, no, come on Dash, focus here!” She turns to me and clears her throat. “Shining, a thing happened. I need your help to plan something. Something big.”
I lean forward a bit. “What do you mean ‘something happened’? It’s 5am and we’re safe and isolated on this farm. What, did Timmy fall down the well or something?”
The pegasus rolls her eyes. “Let’s just say I confirmed a certain aspect of Season Three, Episode Six.”
“Season Three... Sleepless in Ponyville?” I rack my brain for episode details. “What, there’s a headless horse outside?”
Dash facehoofs. “Who does the headless horse turn out to really be in that scene?”
I tilt my head. “Princess Luna? But that’s because she can dream walk and... ” My eyes snap open. “You’re not serious.”
Dash nods slowly. “Come on, get your pants on, I got news to share.”
I kiss Rarity on the cheek before leaping out of the bed and making for the door. “I’ll make some coffee, let’s get talking.”
The pegasus looks at the pile of pony garments on the floor, then back up at me. “Uh, aren’t you going to put on your boxers or whatever? You said you weren’t comfortable going around ‘naked’ like that.”
I glance at my nude flanks. “Eh, whatever. Big Mac seems to get along fine without clothes, and I feel pretty well covered with just fur.” I look over at Rarity and blush slightly. “Sorry, milady, but I don’t think I need to wear those comfy shorts you made me.”
Rarity waves a hoof at me. “No worries, I figured it was bound to happen. Now you two go and talk about Luna. I’ll get a few more hours of sleep and catch up with you two later.”
I nod. “We’ll get breakfast going.”
I start to trot into the hallway but Rarity’s voice stops me. “Oh, and Shining?” I look back at my mare and see her smile. “Behave.”
Dash turns to follow me out the door. “Don’t worry Rarity, I’ll take good care of him.”
~~~~~~~
Rainbow Dash's Perspective
“We have to do something!” I pound my cyan hoof on the table.
Shining grimaces. “I don’t know, Dash, that sounds really, really risky. I mean, I’m ecstatic to hear Luna’s alive and well here on Earth, but that plan of hers? I just don’t know.”
“What plan, of who?” Fluttershy asks as she trots into the kitchen.
I sigh. I had just finished explaining this all to Shining. I look up at the unicorn and he nods, summarizing the story for me. “Dash here was contacted by Luna in her dream. Luna’s here on Earth, and asked Dash to do something to make herself known. She said there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of other ponies out there, and we need to do something to get their attention.”
I pour some more coffee from the pot. “Luna said that knowing that the Mane Six are here on Earth will make a lot of the other ponies feel better, feel safer, whatever.”
Fluttershy trots towards the table slowly. “But why not Luna? Why doesn’t she do something? She’s a better symbol than we are.”
Shining nods slowly. “Luna is not only a better symbol than us, but she’d have an easier time making a global announcement. She could go to the UN as 'a diplomat of Ponykind'. I mean, she’s technically a Princess, so she should be the face of our public image.”
I shake my head. “It’s not that simple. First off, Luna’s not just sitting there twiddling her thumbs. Err, hooves, whatever. She’s got her own problems and conflicts right now. Secondly, it’s not as easy as just going to the UN and giving a speech. There are other forces at work here, and from what I gather, the people in power are already aware of the pony thing. They’re intentionally keeping news of us suppressed for some reason.”
Fluttershy sits on her haunches. “What? Why?”
I shrugged. “Not sure. We’re not getting the full picture, here. Not even Luna fully understands everything going on right now.”
Shining looks at me. “How does she expect you to make yourself known? Does she expect us to go to the local TV station and do an interview on camera?”
I bite my lip. “Not quite. Luna said that’s been tried before these past few days. She’s heard whispers of ponies going on the news in Australia and Germany too. But every time a pony tries, it doesn’t work for some reason. It gets censored somewhere, and the news doesn’t spread. Same thing with the Internet, every time a blog or video of ponies is made, it get’s quickly blanketed and doesn’t spread like you would expect it to.”
“Is it...” Fluttershy’s voice waivers. “Is it Discord? Is he stopping it?”
I sigh. “I don’t think so. I think it’s just humankind fearing what they don’t know. Or maybe its the individual governments clamping down on the reports. It might not even be malicious. They just might not want people panicking over fear of the unknown.” I pause and scratch my chin with a hoof. “Sort of like if aliens landed in Kansas. The government would probably try their best to keep it quiet, not for the sake of being evil, but because knowledge of advanced aliens coming to Earth would incite panic and riots across the world.”
Shining nods. “Not to mention the military applications. If aliens landed, or if they met a powerful unicorn, the government’s first thought would probably be keeping it secret and seeing if they could militarize it.”
I scratched my cheek. “Pretty much, yeah. Which is yet another reason why we need to make the knowledge of ponies public. We need to spread the news to every pony that they’re not alone, and that they shouldn’t hide.”
Shining raises an eyebrow. “Um, so, stupid question How does Luna expect you to inform the world about ponies... when news of ponies is always stopped before it can spread?”
I chuckled. “Oh, I have an idea.”
Fluttershy cocked her head. “And what would that be?”
I pace around the table. “You know how news of ponies is always stopped before it can spread to other ponies?”
“Yes.” Shining nods, not quite catching on.
I smile. “It’s simple. We create a global news event that isn’t ponies, and let that news spread to every pony on Earth. I mean, since it’s not ponies, the news won’t be stymied.”
Fluttershy blinks a few times. “I, um, I think I missed a step. How will this tell the ponies of the world that the Mane Six are here, if the news isn’t about ponies?”
I flex my wings. “I think I have just the thing.”
Shining’s eyes go wide. “Oh hell, no.”
~~~~~~~
Twilight Sparkle's Perspective
I smack my lips lazily and open the door to my room with a puff of purple magic. God, I hate mornings. Well, I suppose that’s why my name is Twilight; I’m literally named after the very opposite time of day.
I yawn and make my way towards the kitchen. Thank God for coffee, that’s all I can say. Although, I wonder if I’m supposed to say ‘thank Celestia’ instead of ‘thank God’. I mean, I know Celestia is the Goddess of my kind, but is she really a true god? Like, did she create the world in our mythos? I don’t think she did, which means she didn’t create coffee, so why should I say ‘thank Celestia for coffee? Seems pretty silly if she didn’t—
“Dash, that’s insane!” The voice of a stallion yells from the kitchen. “You can’t do it over a city! People will see you!”
“That’s the exact point of all of this!” A raspy feminine voice rebuts.
I yawn again and head for the voices. I really don’t have a choice. They’re in the same room as the coffee maker.
Fluttershy is heard through the door. “Can’t we do something subtle first? And if that doesn’t work, take it up a notch?”
Dash replies, “I don’t know if that’s a good idea. If all we do is get the attention of the local authorities, but not the global press, then the only effect we have is making it harder for us to do the next, larger stunt. We have to hit them with the large one right away, it’s the—”
Her voice stops as I open the kitchen door and trot in. My brother gives me a shy look.
“Oh, hey Twilight. Sorry about last night...” He trails off.
I lock eyes on the coffee maker and head over there after lazily waving a hoof at my brother. “Mmhmm, yeah, sure. Coffee first.”
Fluttershy looks at me, worry evident on her face. “Oh, Twilight, you have to stop her! Rainbow Dash is going to go make herself known to the general public!”
My eyes go wide. “Oh, come on. You’ve got to be kidding me!”
Fluttershy nods. “That’s what I said, but Dash wants to—”
I pick up the coffee pot with my magic and wave it around before repeating myself. “You’ve got to be kidding me! Who took the last of the coffee and didn’t start a new pot?” I glare as I look at their faces, trying to find the culprit. “I mean, come on! House rules, people!”
Shining gives me a blank stare and Dash smirks slightly. “Yeah, that is pretty unbelievable. I feel your pain, Twi.”
I threw up my hooves. “Thank you! At least someone here understands. But that still leaves to question who’s to blame here.”
Fluttershy raises a hoof. “Umm, Twilight, I think we have bigger concerns at the moment. Dash is planning to—”
I glare daggers at the quiet pegasus. “AH HA! It was you, wasn’t it?!”
She squeaks. “Well, yes actually, and I’m sorry. I was going to make a new pot but then I heard about Dash’s—”
“Gah! No excuses! This is serious business!” I shake my head at her and turn back around to start making new pot. “House rules are there for a reason! It only takes a minute to put in the grounds and start a new pot. But if you don’t do it, the next person who wants coffee has to sit here and wait for a good five minutes while the coffee drips through!” I shake my head as I use my magic to fill the filter with grounds and flick the ‘on’ button.
Shining ignores my tirade and turned back to Rainbow. “I don’t know about this. I know Luna said she wants you do something to catch the attention of the world, but there has to be a better way.”
Dash shakes her head. “This is important. This is bigger than us. Luna said there are hundreds, thousands of ponies out there that are waiting for something like this. Thousands of ponies, Shining! We have to help them!”
Shining rubs his temples. “How? Even if we get their attention, then what? Do you honestly think this farm could house a few thousand ponies over the winter? This isn’t our fight!”
The coffee maker starts to bubble and the life giving fluid starts to slowly drip into the pot. Finally, Jesus Christ. I was about to say, these farmers really need to invest in some new appliances. I already miss my coffee machine back in Vancouver. Pop a single serve capsule in there, push one button, boom. Coffee made in twenty seconds with no clean up. Hmm, come to think of it, that’s a good motivation to master long range teleportation. I could port back to Vancouver, get my real coffee maker, then port back here. Tempting offer, that’s for sure.
Dash yells over my thoughts. “This is our fight! We’re the Mane Six! You’re the captain of the guard! We were the protectors of all the other ponies back in Equestria! We can’t ignore those duties, we have to do everything we can to help out the scattered, lost, and scared ponies out there.”
Fluttershy bites her lip. “But what if something happens? What if you get caught?”
Dash raised her chin. “It’s a risk I’m willing to take. It’s a risk I’m always willing to take. Twenty-five years ago, we failed at our task to save everyone. I’m not going to do that again. This is our destiny, our very purpose in life!”
She slams her hoof on the ground in determination. “We are going to help ponies. We are going to help them in their hour of greatest need! It what’s we have to do.”
The coffee maker beeps to signify the pot is full, and I waste no time in pouring a cup. “Ah ha, finally!”
The three ponies turn to stare at me as I’m oblivious to them and fill my mug. Fluttershy stammers and turns back to Dash. “Well, if you feel so strongly about it, we’ll support you.”
Shining nods slowly. “As crazy as it sounds, I suppose you’re right. And besides, this is at the request of Princess Luna. The crown falls to her with Celestia not here.” He straightens his back and does a salute to no one in particular. “I’ll fulfill my oath and serve her, and her wishes, whatever they may be. If she wants you to make a signal like this, I’ll do everything I can to help.”
Dash smiles. “Thanks, guys. I know what I have to do now. I just hope I can manage it.”
Shining gives her a small hug. “Of course you can. You have it in you.”
Fluttershy joins in the hug. “We believe in you, Dashie! Make us proud!”
I stir my coffee with two sugars and smile softly. “Hey Dash...”
All three of them look over at me, and Rainbow swallows nervously. “Yeah?”
I give her a sharp salute and a nod. “Godspeed.”
~~~~~~~
Time: 0925
Peterson Air Base, USNORTHCOM
“Sir, new unidentified aircraft detected in grid 3A, designating Zulu-Three-Zulu.”
The officer on deck steps over to his monitor. “That’s impossible soldier, that’s in the heart of the country. How could it have gotten there without being seen?”
“I don’t know sir, one moment there was nothing but civilian air traffic, then suddenly radar detects this object at 60,000 feet.”
The officer stares at the monitor. This has to be a glitch, it doesn’t make any sense. How could an enemy missile or jet just appear in the middle of Iowa? “Does NOAA report any weather balloons in the area?”
Another serviceman checks a chart. “That’s a negative sir, and radar would filter out slow moving objects anyway.”
“A meteor?” The officer already knew the answer, but was looking for something, anything that could explain this unknown craft. Whatever it was, it wasn’t one of theirs.
“Negative on the meteor sir, NASA would have reported it higher in the atmosphere, and it’s too slow to be a meteor. This is cruising at just under 200 miles an hour.”
The officer on the deck picks up his phone. “General, we need you in the war room, we have a situation.”
The radar man peers at the numbers on his screen. “Unknown target is headed west and— SIR TARGET IS ACCELERATING.”
“In what vector?”
~~~~~~~
I start my dive. I was absurdly high and moving faster that I ever have before, but I needed to go faster. Much, much faster. Let’s just hope I can pull this off before something tries to shoot me down, God knows someone probably found me on radar at this point. Oh well, this will all be over before they can do anything. Hopefully...
~~~~~~~
Time: 0926
Peterson Air Base, USNORTHCOM
The General arrives in the room. “Major, give me the SIT-REP.”
The Major hands control over to his commanding officer. “Unidentified enemy target, appears to have entered the atmosphere in zone 3A, is currently accelerating and heading on a north west vector. NOAA and NASA are not reporting any atmospheric disturbance.”
An alarm sounds across the room and the serviceman yells the numbers on his monitor. “Sir target is now headed straight down. It’s still accelerating sir.”
The general’s face turns white. An object entering their airspace in the middle of the country and accelerates towards the ground? “That’s not a jet...”
The major stammers. “What? No, how come we didn’t detect the launch? This has to be a glitch!”
Another officer bellows across the room. “USSTRATCOM has just reported track of presumed enemy ICBM in grid 3A, they are checking for confirmation from us and asking where it came from.”
The General feels his face sweat. He’s been training for this day his whole career but never wanted it to happen. This can’t be happening, who would order a First Strike against the US when the States were at maximal readiness? He racks his brain for scenarios that could explain this as something other than a preemptive attack. “What’s the vector for the incoming object? Does it have a target?” He prays it doesn’t have a solid target. If it’s a computer glitch or a falling satellite or something, then it shouldn’t have a target. Maybe this object is just going to crash in field somewhere. That that would explain this whole thing as an accident.
~~~~~~~
The air screams past my face. I accelerate and feel the air’s slipstream harshly brush over my skin. I squint to make sure I’m still on course. I have to make sure this gets seen. I have to do this over a place with people and cameras.
I smile as I see the metropolis down below me. Des Moines, Iowa, the largest city within five hundred miles and home to over a million people.
I flick my wings and aim for the city’s center.
~~~~~~~
Time: 0929
Peterson Air Base, USNORTHCOM
The room is in utter chaos. Dozens of alarms are blaring and phones are ringing. The General yells into the red phone. “No sir! It’s not one of ours and we never got a track on it! Yes sir, we’re doing everything we can to prepare for it across the board!”
Officers begin yelling across the room, “All our stealth bombers are taking off and being ordered to scatter. All nuclear submarines are immediately leaving port and diving down to defensive depths”
“President is boarding National Emergency Airborne Command Post.”
“THIRTY SECONDS TO IMPACT.”
“Target still accelerating, speed is at 335 meters per second and rising!”
“NORAD has sealed all blast doors. Command and control officers should head to their designated bunkers immediately. This is not a drill, people!”
“Prepare for secondary impacts!”
“WE ARE NOW AT DEFCON ONE.”
“Civil defense nuclear sirens are being activated at all major cities.”
~~~~~~~
I can practically feel my fur ripping off my face, but I continue the dive. I push myself faster and faster. I know I need to hit this quick. I’m only a few thousand feet over the city now. I probably should have started out higher.
Then, I feel it. Something in the air pressing against both my front hooves. I press myself even faster, and I feel a pressure engulf my front legs and make its way down my body. It feels like I’m trying to squeeze my way through a giant sheet of plastic wrap.
The city below is so close. It takes up my entire peripheral vision, but I know I can’t pull back. The wall of pressure closes around my entire body and pushes against me like an elastic wall. I grit my teeth and push through the resistance. Tears whip off my face and my body feels like it’s on fire.
“Come on... come on... I know Dash can do this, she has it in her. Rainbow Dash has done this before...”
I grin wide. “I’ve done this before.”
~~~~~~~
Time: 0930
Peterson Air Base, USNORTHCOM
Every eye in the room stares at the main screen as the object hits the center of the city, then disappears.
The officer stares at the screen. “Detonation?”
A technician nods. “IR satellites are showing a massive explosion of some kind.”
“May God have mercy on their souls.”
~~~~~~~
There is an utterly deafening blast. It instantly gets cut off from me as I shoot forward at speeds I can’t even comprehend. I immediatly bank east and weave between downtown high rises as I make my way out of the city. Two seconds later and I’ve flown out of downtown. Ten seconds later and I’m completely clear of the entire city. I stay at the height of the treeline to avoid radar, and all I can do is smile as pure endorphins and euphoria flood my veins. The ground is nothing but a blur of greens and browns, and I see entire rivers and hills appear then disappear behind me in seconds.
~~~~~~~
Peterson Air Base, USNORTHCOM
“Sir we have confirmed air detonation, but...” The serviceman trials off.
The General looks up from his call with the Pentagon. “But what? Talk to me soldier.”
The serviceman triple checks his report and reads it to his commander. “There is no reported damage. We still have contact with Des Moines Station. It didn’t even knock out their electricity, sir.”
“But there was an explosion?”
The serviceman stares at the video feed showing a spectacular, full spectrum rainbow filled sky. “I... I think you better see this for yourself sir.”
~~~~~~~
I see a much, much wider river appear before me and I sail over it a few seconds later. Wait, was that the Mississippi? There’s no way I could be there already. I’ve only been flying for two minutes! I ease myself into u-turn and turn back around, only now seeing the vivid rainbow trail that was probably stretching the full two-hundred miles back to Des Moines.
I flare my wings and break my speed sharply. Part of me is sad I’m going to lose my rainbow trail and ludicrous speed, but I can’t go back to the farm with that. It’d be like a robber leaving a trail of red paint back to his apartment. I want ponies around the world to know Rainbow Dash is on Earth, but they’ll have to find the farm’s exact location some other way.
I come down low as I cross the river and make for the Farm. It’s less than fifty miles from here. Hopefully by the time I get there this will be on the news.
~~~~~~~
Shining Armor's Perspective
Fluttershy lifts her head. “Shining, do you hear that?”
I lift my head at the distant rumbling. “Fluttershy, I feel that.” I don’t just feel the faint vibrations either, my horn itself feels all tingly for some reason. I’d feel more mystified about it, but I’m pretty sure I know exactly what this is.
“Is that what I think it is?” Fluttershy asks as we both hop off our chairs and trot towards the front door. “Oh, I hope this works, I hope it’s visible.”
I open the front door and step out to face west. “Yeah, hopefully it’s big enough that—”
“Oh my...” Fluttershy joins me in starting incredulously at the sky. The entire western horizon is erupting in a full spectrum of magical glow. It’s nothing short of breathtaking.
My sister appears besides me, sipping from her coffee mug. “Well, she did it. I knew she would.”
I nod slowly. “We got the world’s attention. Now the question is what we’re going to do with it.”
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So... is Twilight still mesmerized by coffee or has she finally woken up to the other current events of the morning? I'm confused.
Edit: Oh, okay.
3381934
She was lucid for the entire thing
In the morning she didn't feel like dealing with their crap, but she was listening to every single word they said. That's why she wished Dash good luck at the end and was happy to see her suceed when she did.
Holy shit. How are you so awesome.
One minor thing. Twilight just means light from the sun when it's below the horizon. It can occur before dawn or after dusk.
Yay!
Great chapter... As always totaly worth the wait XD
3381948
Oh, wow, I honestly had no idea, but it appears you're right. Hmm, now I need to think how to redo that sentence.
Thanks for the info though
COUNCER THE WORLD!
3381959
Yeah, it's not common knowledge though, so you don't really have to change it. I'm just nitpicking.
Oh my god, that. Is. AWESOME!
I wonder if Shining and Rarity's relations in the uncensored version will come to fruition by the end.
Australia!!!! I'm tempted to write a side story like this, but I already have 3 stories I'm writing...
Hrm... There's a section in the uncensored version that's reading as if RD walks in on Rarity & Rarity.
It certainly looks like the brakes have been released and the plot train is moving at full speed!
Gents, it was nice knowing you.
Worth the wait
3381938
Ah, the wonders of a simultaneously mono/multi-tasking groggy coffee brewer. Very much a useful talent, to say the least.
I actually expected the Rainboom to cause at least some damage. Meh, giant polychrome trail is defiantly going to get every pony's attention. Can't wait till next chapter
Am I the only one who hopes Discord will get his ass handed to him by humanity?
Aww shit man, i don't know if the fimfiction version is any diffirent then the uncensored version but damn.
The uncensored version really got me hyped up.
I half excpected everyone to cry out and cheer after the sonic rainboom.
And now i am hyped as fuck for the next chapter.
Great job man, great fucking job.
I like how twilight is pulling an Ozpin
Words cannot describe the awesomeness of this chapter, all hail Princess Luna! Also,
hand, that is all.
HOLY CHEESE!
Totally worth the wait
I think that might be the most subtle message ever.
*Read the first sentence of this chapter.*
*Go to the uncensored version as I usually do.*
*read the first sentence of that.*
Such a jarring, hilarious difference.
'
wakes up,looks outside see's rain boom, gets coffee, takes drink, spit take, 
"hot damn they must be having one fucked up day over there man."
I'm surprised this has so many likes. I couldn't get past the first chapter due to all the grammar errors and rushed, extremely tell-y characterisation.
Jumping into a later chapter, the grammar has at least improved, but is still not great. Author, I'd advise having it proofread (or at least proofread it a little more thoroughly), and possibly correcting the earlier chapters. It feels very rushed, and while I had heard good things about this story, I was kind of disappointed from my first impressions.
As always, best pegasus demonstrates why she is.
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Not sure how thinking only of coffee is pulling an Ozpin.
I assume this is a RWBY reference, if this is the case , then her behavior is more that of Dr. B. Oobleck (Ep12 - Teacher) in with the coffee addiction. and even then, only that aspect.
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Yeah, subtle as a flying mallet.
But then, it wouldn't be Rainbow Dash if it wasn't.
Great chapter as always, Twisted. Well worth the wait.
I was thinking of this song during the rainboom sequence..
In the words of Fluttershy: "SHE DID IT! SHE DID IT!!"
Somebody, no, somepony fired the Friendship Canon on 'murica, that's what happened!
3382269 So, why doesn't she go to plaid when she does this shit?
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Because plaid is NOT cool.
Dash is all about cool.
So yeah, Rainbows!
3382461 You know... it REALLY sux that there is no youtube clip of Scotty saying, "You cannae change the laws of physics!"
Cause that would have been the PERFECT reply
On the whole scene with the gov. freaking out:
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
"Des Moines Station"
Dat Anthropology reference
3382182 Yes XD
00:48
Wow, a small mention of my side story already
Foreignity has its perks.
Awesome chapter, just one small thing that really bugged me:
The time would be 0929. It's right in the ones after that, but for a moment I honestly thought an hour had suddenly passed.
Kinda threw me off-course for a moment
One more time: The highest state of DEFCON is not one. It is five. Every work of fiction seems to ignore this.Screw this I was wrong it's one.
3382446
It does sound like Shining wants to have his cake & eat it too doesn't he? But it does seem to be the case for all of them to a degree. They like the awesome parts of who they were/are but reject the less palletable.
I suspect this is because they're still operating with their largely human mindsets. That shot Twilight took at Shining about her being a slacker as they growing up seems at odds with Shiny being dedicated enough to get into the royal guards in his first life.
How are they going to reconcile the 2 sets of upbringing & personality development? Dash seems well on the way, but Ponies like Shining are probably going to have a harder time of it.
I don't care that this chapter was shorter than usual, it was bloody awesome!
a third of the people on the world: AWESOMESAUCE!!!!!!!!! other third: FUCK YEA !!! RAINBOW POWA OF FRIENDSHIP!!! last third: *tries to comprehend situation* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
3382446
I think it's more a case of taking that oath upon themselves without it being valid... So to speak.
A promise to themselves, an oath sworn to themselves and their friends.
oh my...god...
The second i got an inkling of what they were planning i screeched with excitement...
and you know what? I don't care!
Because e this chapter totally did it justice!!!
you are awesome
I'm honestly not surprised that none of the other Ponies on Earth have been able to shake things up in any major way, for you see they all suffer from a major affliction, a curse if you will, that blights their lives & ensures that they cannot get anything done without the assistance of the Mane 6.
For you see they are all...
BACKGROUND PONIES!
Discord causing trouble? Mane 6.
Changelings invading? Mane 6.
Dragon snoozing on a mountaintop?...Town/Royal guards?...pfft, of course not. Mane 6.
Somepony can't open a carton of milk? You guessed it. Mane 6.
But there is hope! These poor unfortunates whose only destiny seems to be to appear in the background or in crowd scenes (sometimes multiple times) can have new purpose thanks to dedicated story writers. Even the most obscure Pony can have characterization, backstory & their own adventures, so we at BPR (Background Pony Revolution) urge you to direct your browsers to Fimfiction.net, seek out the best stories about Background Ponies (or write one of your own!) & always remember our motto:
"Hey! What about us?"
Des Moines population is more like a little more than 200,000 people (Metropolitan area is about 600,000). Of course, then again, this is supposed to be the future. the metro could be that big by then...
Putting that aside, this was an awesome chapter. Can't wait to see more.
Aww shit. This story is just getting better and better.
Sonic Rainboom?
Eeyup.
The Chapter as seen from space...
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Yeah, I cheered like Fluttershy. Admit it, you did too.