Princess Applejack

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Here is full archive of the stories in condensed, easy-to-read form with all chatter in-between removed.
Check out the pastebin here:
http://pastebin.com/u/PrincessApplejack

Curious what happened last time?
Check out the previous thread here:https:/desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/28180968
You are completely new and have no idea what is going on? There is a wikia with an overview of all characters, a complete timeline, previous thread recaps and explanation of the various concepts used in these stories!
Check out the wiki here:http://princess-aj.wikia.com/wiki/Princess_Applejack_Wiki

Confused about when a character first showed up or who they are? Want to know when an arc started?
Check out character notes and details here :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PsMAwLcIdC3IYxezAV9Ko4neEguNvc3eQqQqiTCxdDs/edit#gid=2119378650

Check out the 'Princess Applejack: Re-Cut Edition' here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cv3kqExr_vOM0JkUh4dqnvVKxJ5Z-P1KHwE8Z7aG0k/edit?usp=sharing
And finally, while most of the thread is very much clop free, we have a pastebin in case you're feeling a little more naughty with your writing, find it here. http://pastebin.com/u/PrincessAJAfterDark please upload any like it to a pastebin so they can be added out of thread.
And above all else, enjoy your stay at /paj/!

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First for Pinkie!

>>28243155
Oh, Pinkie, you don't have to lie...

Everyone knows it was Chrysalis again, FUCKING BUGHORSE

>>28243155
Eh. You.

Yeah, you. You with the pink pony.

Lemme tell ya something real quick.

You won't beat the sexy hooves next time.

Hey /pa/ls. I want to discuss and review current events in our storyline with you. Anyone up for it?

>>28243213
Uh, sure? What do you mean?

>>28243233
What this dude said.

>>28243213
>>28243233
I'm a little worried, but curious.

Like trying a fruit I don't recognize, I have to know.

>>28243203
YOU CAN DO IT!

>>28243233
>>28243241
Gonna guess it means the Flash thing or Chitty thing

>>28243241
>>28243233
I am just going to pick up some stuff I read people mention in the last few threads:

1. Well, what is the big, overarching plot we are aiming for in the distance? Not just what Chitania is doing, or Chrysalis wanting to build her own land or even the crime empire or the whole Lavan deal

The red thread connecting all this together. Where is it leading to? Is there even anything tying them all togethet?

2. How are doing in our Comedy/Drama balance? Y'all happy with the amount of laughs and tears?

3. Late Night Pinkie Pie and it's distance to most of the thinhs related to main Princess Applejack story events. I am sad to say I stopped reading those because the characters are so distant from the ones in the main stories. Maybe it's just me...


4. How heavy handed is the change in Equestria in canon and ours? Main canon has thr Mane 6 do fun stuff like build carts for filly races. /pa/ has rocket launcher, sky castles and business empires. Oh dear!

5. Romance. To be crass, are we ever going to a dress that these ponies really need to get laid, even if it happens of screen?


That's just some small bits I jotted down. I am sure you all have your own points of interest you want to discuss?

>>28243308
That too. What's happening to Flash? Who was that? Is it a good thing Twilight isn't involved or does it make things worse?

On the Chitty front... oh God. Shining Armor is going to kill somepony... I can just see it coming.

>>28243309
>1. Well, what is the big, overarching plot we are aiming for in the distance?

The vague but universal "Fixing Equestria" is the said goal, but really it's about AJ's journey to becoming a great princess, as one who is on the sidelines watching others she sent into battle, one who has to weigh her friends health against the world, how much control she's supposed to have on them and so on. The goal of the series for the characters is "Fix everything wrong with Equestria" and how that ties in to their personal lives. The red thread tying all the antagonists and AJ together is the conflicting views on what that MEANS.

What "Fixing Equestria' means to AJ, Celestia, Shining, Rarity, Twilight, Chrysalis, to even Sunset and Pennydrop or Chitania is the central point that brings all of them together and advances their plot, all of them are sure THEY are fixing Equestria, and the conflicts that arise are born of that ideal.

>2. How are doing in our Comedy/Drama balance? Y'all happy with the amount of laughs and tears?
I'd say we've got the fomula down pat, serious arc, funny arc, middle arc that's serious and funny, and so on.

>3. Late Night Pinkie Pie and it's distance to most of the thinhs related to main Princess Applejack story events. I am sad to say I stopped reading those because the characters are so distant from the ones in the main stories. Maybe it's just me...

I'll just say I feel different, because LNPP is different enough that it feels like it's own universe and adventures, which it is, and I enjoy the break from the storyline sometimes.

4. How heavy handed is the change in Equestria in canon and ours? Main canon has thr Mane 6 do fun stuff like build carts for filly races. /pa/ has rocket launcher, sky castles and business empires. Oh dear!

Very heavy, due to the theme of the show being friendship and ours being advancing Equestria.

>Romance.

Who, specifically?

>>28243309
>>28243309
I say Kill Lavan, Fuck Comedy, Marry Cadence

...wait, that's not what this is?

...can we still kill Lavan? He sucks.

>>28243309
>Well, what is the big, overarching plot we are aiming for in the distance?

I guess all the characters getting a happy ending, for me.

> How are doing in our Comedy/Drama balance?

I worry we're getting a little too drama shy, and am really happy the storyline got back on track with Chitty reemerging after being dormant. That said, it did make it more of a shock and legit took me off guard, so I dunno.

>Late Night Pinkie Pie

It is it's own thing, if it's not your cup o tea I get it, but I love the fuck out of Fireside and PPC.

> Main canon has thr Mane 6 do fun stuff like build carts for filly races.

We do silly stuff too? Like... a lot. The change is different, sure, but at the end of the day it's still mostly guards bickering over who's PT is cooler/Rarity giving Moondancer a terrible makeover/Spike choosing a big wheel like a car.

>
5. Romance. To be crass, are we ever going to a dress that these ponies really need to get laid, even if it happens of screen?

Most of them don't have romantic ties and the CE crew does a lot with this, but we shifted focus to the main six for the last arc so it isn't as obvious.

>>28243370
>What "Fixing Equestria' means to AJ, Celestia, Shining, Rarity, Twilight, Chrysalis, to even Sunset and Pennydrop or Chitania is the central point that brings all of them together

Pretty much this.

All of the main antagonists always have their own views on how to 'fix' things. None of them ever want to do the stock standard "Take over the world!" plot, and PD even outright mocks the idea. Chitty is out for a higher goal of taking out gods specifically because they feel like this world is worse off to be under them, and Sunset is the same only with princesses instead. That they focus on repairing the land is a byproduct, not the intention, but they still wish to fix the world. The conflict with Chrysalis early on was that she was totally focused on fixing her bubble of the world, her lings, and had no intention of expanding to the outside world, and her conflicts with Applejack to make things better drove most of their interactions, much like how early Shiny's character development was being based around learning recognition isn't important, making the CE a better place was. Rarity thought she was helping a friend when Chitty got attacked, and that only happened because the Canties had been lead to believe taking her out would make their world better.

When the series is over Equestria is fixed.

>>28243370
On the romance deal, I have jotted down thst plenty folks express confusion whether Spike and Applejack should be an option or or later, and how Rarity ties into it. Often, she seems to be portrayed as the consolation prize.

Then there's ... ahem... Best pair, as people put it. Are we aiming for romance here, or is it just best friends?

Ladtly, Shining Armor and his harem of Changelings. Personally, between 1 guy and 4 mares, I have teouble seeing it working out without major heartbreak and some getting left in the dust.

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Pinkie Preview Prophecies

>Applejack is going to need more rope.
>Rarity thought this scarily through.
>Pinkie meets Saddial Jackson!
>Spike mistakes a fedora for a cowboy hat.
>Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash pick up a lucky bit.
>Applebloom keeps a souvenir.
>Suddenly Bears!
>Bondage fanservice!

>>28243471
>I have jotted down thst plenty folks express confusion whether Spike and Applejack should be an option or or later, and how Rarity ties into it.

If we want to make them an option we really need more interaction with them. At the very least, the guy who wants more AJ/Rarity said he's going to start planting seeds, that's good, but on the whole it's pretty lacking.

>Are we aiming for romance here, or is it just best friends?

I'm not sure, because they do fit perfectly either way. I assume in the event of a harem-end, she would be a part of it, as she has as much if not more development with Shiny than most of them do, and their interactions are always top notch and believable.

>Personally, between 1 guy and 4 mares,

You say that like it wasn't brought up and outright addressed from all of them that if it's just Shiny who they're focusing on, it's not going to work. 18 outright admitted she's as much in love with Cadence as Shiny, which got born from how much she did for her, Chrysalis got outright jealous and it seriously bothered for weeks that one of the others got to kiss Cadence and not her, and 42 had a whole fucking mini about how she's just as much in love with Cadence as Shiny, and couldn't handle the idea that Cadence would think she only cared about her because she was attracted to her.

More importantly, all the lings have had some serious development on that front, so I wouldn't be worried too much about anyone getting left out unless it was voluntary, like 42 currently feeling she wants things to remain stagnant between them so nothing changes.

>>28243309
>1. Well, what is the big, overarching plot we are aiming for in the distance? Not just what Chitania is doing, or Chrysalis wanting to build her own land or even the crime empire or the whole Lavan deal

I always envisioned the 'big overarching plot' was the culmination of AJ becoming a better princess and essentially 'fixing Equestria', which by itself is an impossible task so it lends itself into the 'never-ending story' category seeing as, especially with the real show still going, we have a very, very, very deep pond to fish from. Also what this anon >>28243370 said, the part about finding out what 'fixing Equestria' means to the other characters adds an additional layer of story and depth.

>2. How are doing in our Comedy/Drama balance? Y'all happy with the amount of laughs and tears?

Yup. At the moment, the balance is pretty good. But that's the weird thing, too. One moment we're too comedy, which others feel is shallow, and the next, we're too angst and people need a break. So presently, we're right on the line, to me at least.

>3. Late Night Pinkie Pie and it's distance to most of the thinhs related to main Princess Applejack story events. I am sad to say I stopped reading those because the characters are so distant from the ones in the main stories. Maybe it's just me..

I don't read it religiously, as in catch every post (and I completely skipped the Dreameater thing) but hey, it's there, enough people enjoy it, and it's a bonafide testament to the vastness of this story, that another can exist so comfortably right along side it, even if it is on the outskirts.

1/2

>>28243512


>4. How heavy handed is the change in Equestria in canon and ours? Main canon has thr Mane 6 do fun stuff like build carts for filly races. /pa/ has rocket launcher, sky castles and business empires. Oh dear!

It's. Completely. Different. But in a damn good way while still having the showy feel. Case in point, we are at most a PG-13 story, and I love that. It's a damn good break from everything else while still having it's fair share of legit comedy and drama and horror and everything else. We're not bound by 'kid' levels nor 'clop' levels, leaving us comfortably and flexibly in the middle.

>5. Romance. To be crass, are we ever going to a dress that these ponies really need to get laid, even if it happens of screen?

I honestly can't say. On the one hand, I want them to progress, whoever with whomever, but on the other hand if no one ever got together, I could live with countless bouts of innuendo. Although, now that I think about it, if we wanted to solve the 'too young to fuck/pedophile' subject that creeps up from time to time without igniting a drastic time-skip, we inhabit a universe where a time-lapser device could potentially exist and change who we need it to so they can legally do who we want them to, not quite so literally. It's pretty cheap, even if I believe we could make it not so.

2/2

>>28243471
>Are we aiming for romance here, or is it just best friends?

I always got the impression that it was them being friends but there's a real romance there they don't realize.

>More importantly, all the lings have had some serious development on that front
Seriously.
Fucking two out of three of them have fucking MINI ARCS and one of them has more major scenes with him than his wife.

>>28243471
>. Often, she seems to be portrayed as the consolation prize.

Rarity?

I kinda got the impression in the middle, when it was less the Captain Canterlot show and more about AJ, that we just kinda kept them together so that AJ got a LI at the end since it was her thread, or maybe threesome end just out of a way to end the lack of certainty, but that's kinda waned.

Really, though, they're the only two of the main six who have any sort of relationship to speak o though. And as to your other question-

>Best pair, as people put it. Are we aiming for romance here, or is it just best friends?

They're BEST PAIR.

LABELS ARE IRRELEVANT!

>>28243591
>They're BEST PAIR.
>LABELS ARE IRRELEVANT!

Truer words have not been spoke.

I could totally see them eloping just so they can bone a bit without it being weird though.

OOCO
>SA
"Celly"
'AJ'
~~~

>She wants it.

"She does noooot."

>Totally wants a piece of it, look at her face.

"Please, you flatter yourself."

>You see this perfection? She's drooling over it. Would hop all over it in a red second and take it down to the bottom.

"Pfft."

>You doubt me? You really think I'm lying?

"I think you're delusional."

>Oh really... Ohhh, Applejack?

'Yeah, Shining?'

>You going to stop staring and come get some or what?

'...Was Ah' really that obvious?'

"GASP!"

'Oh, phew. Guess not. Well, thank goodness, Ah've been figidtin' in mah' seat somethin' terrible.'

>Well then what are you waiting for?

'Heh, guess nothin'. Come on over, Ah'm waiting.'

>Fair warning, afterwards? Going straight to your hips.

'Ya' say that like Ah' want that.'

>And that's why you get first dibs. Now, say ahhh.

'Ahhhh-Ahmmmmhmm...'

>Like that, do you?

'Mmmhm.'

>Good, because Cadence hates that!

'Mmmph!? Mwah-wait, really!?'

>Yep.

'WHO DOESN'T LIKE APPLE PIE!?'

>Cadence.

'...yer' wife is dead to me.'

"It's not even the good apple pie!"

'YER ALL DEAD TO ME! Cept you, Shiny.'

>Damn. Straight.

'...But no, Ah'm not helpin' you convince Cadence to wear the Queen Overture costume.'

>I GAVE YOU PIE!

'And Sugarcube, Ah'd sooner give you MAH' pie then deal with tryin' to explain roleplay to her.'

>IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING!

"...Hey, guys? My guard just fell over with a heart attack."

'Well, Ah'm not sharin' mah pie with him.'

>>28243327
>What's happening to Flash? Who was that?
Getting repaired and Sunset probably.
>Shining Armor is going to kill somepony... I can just see it coming.
Yeahhhh...

>>28243327
It was Sunset, for the flash thing I mean.

>>28243719
>>28243724
Wait what. How is that her? Isn't she with Chitania, in the Empire?

>>28243751
Good question, no fucking way would she leave Chitty to handle this alone.

That said, I suppose we don't know when the Flash thing took place, or if it's a flashback...

We're still sending AJ back to Ponyville, right? We said we didn't want her mixed up in the CE thing.

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>>28243682
Yeeeeeeee

>>28243814
Correct-a-mundo!

>>28243814
Unless the terrible Trio manages to leech Cadance and Chitania starts wrecking shit where she stands like an idiot, I don't see why AJ shouldn't take a break. Beardmac, ho!

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>>28243309
3. Late Night Pinkie Pie and it's distance to most of the thinhs related to main Princess Applejack story events. I am sad to say I stopped reading those because the characters are so distant from the ones in the main stories. Maybe it's just me...

You mean not even my Fireside?

In all seriousness (ew seriousness), that's fine if you don't read my stuff. It was originally just supposed to be filler that wasn't just the word "bump", so the thread doesn't fall in the night. It's why I always start it off the same line, so people can skip it, but it's moved slightly beyond filler.

I used to relate more to the main story a lot when it was just purely a talk show, but I got bored and did what I felt like because I knew no one was going to stop a non-canon. I still like to leave enough room that there's a plausibility that it can be canon or at least certain parts of it.

As long as there's people who seem to enjoy it, I'd be happy to continue it, otherwise I find it reassuring that if everyone hates my stories or I just don't have the whimsy to continue, I have the option to drop it without affecting anyone. The distance from canon is my insurance of a clean exit if ever needed. The vagueness of it all being a dream adventure is another insurance of it being possibally still connected to canon.

2. How are doing in our Comedy/Drama balance? Y'all happy with the amount of laughs and tears?
Also needs more laughter than drama. Then again, I'll always say more laughter regardless. Gotta have my keks.

>>28243682
Well, since dude ain't here right now...

Ohhhh myyyyy~

But seriously, oh fucking my, that was great.

>>28243861
>Chitania starts wrecking shit where she stands like an idiot

...

NC
>Chitania
"42"
~~~

>YOU FOOL! YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME!? I'VE ABSORBED HER POWER, AND NOW I WILL DESTROY YOU WILL MY TITAN MIGHT!

FWOOSH!

CRACK!

THUMP!

"...forget that the ceiling is made of crystal?"

>Abulableuh

"Huh."

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>>28243887
Believe it or not, I used to really enjoyed reading the Late Night story stuff. Heck, I was one of the folks who propose Cousin Peach become full canon.

In my case, not reading it doesn't mean I don't like it.

Have a cheeky, older Applebloom to appease your wrath!

>>28243682
>'And Sugarcube, Ah'd sooner give you MAH' pie then deal with tryin' to explain roleplay to her.'

...Well it's an option.

>>28244071
It's weird, but because they're OOCO and not NC, Shining has had more interactions like that with AJ than anybody except Celestia.

>>28244071
A very tantalizing option indeed.

>>28244103
Ain't it funny?

>AJ
"Rarity"
~~~

"Darling, please stop staring at the wall. While I've never tested it to the limits myself, I'm fairly certain that we alicorn can't bore through stone with our sight."

A sigh slipped from orange lips, barely a response altogether when added to the ever so slight shift of her hoof her cheek rested on.

"Really now, you're being much too hard on yourself, some of us have made far worse mistakes that cost far more to repair, if it makes you feel any better. You simply had a bit of a rough patch with your little sister, it happens, and so long as you remember how much she means to you, you'll get through it, and everything will be okay."

Another, slower breath came free, and her already slumped body lowered just a bit further.

"Applejack, please just tell me you're okay?"

A gentle white hoof laid on her shoulder, and for the longest time Applejack was still.

Eventually, a wing curled around it, and a weight lifted from Rarity's chest.

>...Think Ah' need ta' go fess up.

"Come again?"

She shifted again, eyes trailing down to the floor, and one final sad sound making it out.

>Ah' done messed up with Applebloom, it's all Mah' fault, and Ah' need ta' go take the lumps Ah' deserve.... Rarity?

"Y-...yes darling?"

The desperation in her voice worried her, as did the look in Applejack's eyes when she finally turned her head up.

>Back behind the barn, fifteen steps, and straight down.

"What... what would I find there?"

>Iffin' Ah' go missing, just look there.

"Is it some sort of diary perhaps? A cherished icon?"

>No...

Any look of sadness went away. In it's place, total fear.

>It's where Granny done buried me after she killed mah' stupid ass.

"...come again?"

>AH'M DOOOOMMMED!

>>28244162
And thus, Granny Smith get arrested for regicide.

>>28244103
I'm pretty sure at this point, AJ/SA/Celly are to /pa/ what Twi is to the main show

>>28243471
>Ladtly, Shining Armor and his harem of Changelings. Personally, between 1 guy and 4 mares, I have teouble seeing it working out without major heartbreak and some getting left in the dust.

...Wait, but Harem End means NOBODY gets left behind, the heartbreak and being left out would happen if 18 or 42 or Chrysalis DIDN'T end up with them.

Fun thing about Harem End, everyone gets to join!

>Cantie
"Cantie 2"
~~

>...So about this Lightning Dust thing-

"Yes, I am also super sad that it's not just a musical assembly."

>Right!? What kind of monster is she!?

"I wanted to sing..."

>>28244381
>She's just going to done on.'

OH MY!

>>28244381

'Why do you keep bringing her back? She's just going to done on.'

God damn it. I meant Drone on.

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>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'DT'
[AJ]
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content does matter, but consider my wrath appeased!

"I'm the pretty one <3"

'I'm the grumpy one.'

>And I'm the crazy one! Due to my co-host's popularity (and because they both ate through my chocolate door) they're here to stay!

"'YAAAY!'"

>"'Now for our main guest...APPLEJACK!!!'"

[Howdy.]

'Why do you keep bringing her back? She's just going to drone on.'

>Our audience love it!

'What is wrong with our audience?'

"They have good taste to keep us here."

'...Fair enough.'

>Applejack, any comments on the upcoming election in Ponyville?

[Ah'd rather not show any support for anypony for now. Though there was this one time when mah cousin Peach was running fer' mayor at her hometown for fun and even made me her campaign manager. Her promise of Housing reform and making groping legal if you yell surprise was quite popular. However, in the last weeks, she kept falling down things. She fell off a 3rd story window meeting her opponent. She fell down a marehole while meeting another opponent. She also fell down a cliff when she was waiting for her latte. At the hospital, she said she got the hint and dropped out of the race. Later that day, her room dropped-]

>That's all the time we have now, but we'll see you all next time!

'Her entire room dropped?'

[The funny thing is that it fell-]
AJ wakes up.
[On top of her opponent's mother and...aw that was going to be the best part.]

>>28244431
>[On top of her opponent's mother and...aw that was going to be the best part.]

And that's why Mayor Mare only supports the Apples.

>>28243309
>5. Romance. To be crass, are we ever going to a dress that these ponies really need to get laid, even if it happens of screen?

Well, some of them do. But Twilight or Dash or FS don't have anyone to get laid with, AJ and Spike or AJ and Rarity is too underdeveloped to make sense, and that's about it.

I'm not gonna lie, thanks to the PL2 side arc, Shiny and Pinkie have way more chemistry and likelyhood to go behind the castle and sate his pink pony desire than any of the others.

I wouldn't be opposed to Shiny getting more intimate with 18, though. They've been dating a while now.

>>28244492
>Spoiler

Also wouldn't mind that, there's being uncertain and then there's just dragging it out.

>>28244187
I do kinda legit want to see how she's going to react.

Like, do you think she's really going to lose it?

>>28244689
Oh em gee, I wonder how Granny Smith is going to react to AB's adventure caused by AJ's neglect.

She's FUCKED.

>>28244706
I don't care about her. I wanna see BEARD MAC's reaction to it.

>>28244838
Oh god...

>>28243535
>Fucking two out of three of them have fucking MINI ARCS and one of them has more major scenes with him than his wife.

To be fair, Spike got a date mini-arc too.

Nothing major happened in it, but it was nice.

>>28244453
Does that mean when she dies, the others will be able to see her?

>>28243201
>Behind anon, Chitania chuckles and rubs her hooves together.

>>28245212
...Anybody else kinda want to see Changelings pranking each other like this?

>>28244285
I guess Spitfire would feel left out?

>>28245485
>LITERALLY EVERYONE BUT ME!?

"I'm not including Mane-Iac or Sombra..."

>...

"Made it worse?"

>...

"Made it worse, gotcha.

>>28245674
Poor Somby and Many... never to know the joys of dicking and being dicked.

>>28244706
Considering that she herself forgot all about her granddaughter, it probably won't be so bad.

>>28245970
>Many
For a moment there my sleepy mind was like whose Many!?

Night thread!

>>28245970
>Many
I don't know, mang.
If worst came to worst and somehow she did stop being a physical manifestation of a comic character and became a mare bound by rules of reality, Im sure Pointdexter would help her find herself in the situation.
PD awkwardly teaching Mane-iac how to potty.

>>28246370
... I swear we've had this discussion before... didn't someone mention holding hooves while they poop side by side joke?

>>28246457
If so, I had to miss it.

>>28246457
I vaguely remember this scenario, but I'm not sure it's from /pa/

Ok

How do I/We make AJ and Spike have fresh chemistry?

Because it's been.... I think a year since we started smashing the two together and it hasn't resulted in anything memorable.

>>28246495
Spike's still a kid/teen.
AJ is a neglectful workaholic.

They're just not ready for a serious relationship yet.

>>28246495
I will admit I slacked off on that category for other stories but now I'm free so I think I'm gonna get on thy on particular. I love those two, loved how they were in the beginning, even when they were just comfortably aware that they cared very deeply for one another without relationship ties, before they dissolved into what they are now.

There's obviously a spark there, the two of them are just too awkward at the moment to ignite in the right way. Time to iron that out, get the friendship back.

>>28246495
Meh. I'd rather not. Though that's because I don't approve of Applespike.

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>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'DT'
~~~~
>Welcome to Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content doesn't matter, back to our not normal sillies!

"I'm the pretty one <3"

'I'm the grumpy one.'

>And I'm the crazy one!

>"'Now for our main segment...LOVE LOVE HIGH!'"

Pinkie is wearing glasses and in a school boy uniform.
>Cadence-chan, have I told you how pretty you look?

Cadence is in a schoolgirl uniform.
"Oh Pinkie-senpai, you tell me everyday."

>You must be giving me amnesia. Have I told you how much I love you?

"Only everyday, Pinkie-senpai."

>Well it's true. You are the prettiest girl I fell in love with.

"Aw please, don't stop."

DT in a schoolgirl uniform walks by.
>...why hello.
Pinkie moves to DT.
>Who are you?

'I'm DT-Chan, the new transfer student and I'm getting to know other classmates.'

>I know that you're the prettiest girl in school. I'm Pinkie-senpai. We should get to know each other better. I can make this school very...familiar.

"...b-but Pinkie-san said I was the prettiest."
Cadence pulls out an ax.
"I only I can have Pinkie-senpai's love."

>>28246910
I freaking love this stupid aaU, I don't know why.

>>28246910
Well, someone just replayed Yandare...

>SA
“Twi”
‘???’
~~~

They were slower than normal as they walked down the hall. Something, and neither of them cared to dwell on what, made each step feel heavy for the brother and sister.

Though they had tried to keep the conversation light, the specter that had been following them could be ignored no longer, and it was to the princess of friendship that the task of breaking it fell.

“So she really just burst through the floor and caught you? Just like that?”

>There was screaming involved.

“How much screaming are we talking about?”

>You when you ate that chip wrong and it went up into your tooth level.

“Oh dear…”

>It’ll be fine, she’ll get over it. Not like this is the first time she’s almost seen me die.

“That does happen to you a lot, I notice.”

>Please, we’re only at number… well, the number isn’t that important, what’s important is that I’m here, I’m still alive, and I’ll be alive for the foreseeable future.

“You… you don’t have to put it like that.”

>Twili, I’m glad you’re looking out for me, but really. So I fell through the floor and almost died. Sure, I could have splattered against the rocks down below, that could have happened, or I could have gotten shot to death by that robot forever ago, or beaten to death and thrown into a volcano, or fallen on a flying island and smashed, or even just shriveled up. It could have happened, but the important thing to remember is…

He froze. She froze. Neither had anything to do with him lacking the words to finish his thought.

It had everything to do with the wide, innocent changeling eyes staring up at him, growing clouded, and the elder ponies at her side with matching gapes and rattled shakes.

‘What… have… you… done..’

A single act told answered that for him. A black lower lip wibbled, and he knew what he had done.

>...whoops.

>>28247799
Oh fuck.

>>28247799
WELL GOOD FUCKING JOB ASSHOLE!

>>28247799
And thus 2 does the exact same thing that Applejack just did.

...well not exactly, she just puts Shiny in a giant cage made of building blocks and feeds him Marchmalleys.

>>28247964
>Put Tha' empty bag in the basket.

"Two, let me out of this freaking hole-"

>Put it in the basket or no more Marchmalleys!

"Your mother is going to be so angry when she find me down here."

>... who do Ya think dug the hole? Mah plastic shovel ain't made for digging

>>28248144
On a positive side, when he eventually dies he would already be in the hole.

>>28248166
>Implying they will ever let him die

>29
"32"
~~~

>That is the long and short of it, mine kin. So tell me, doth thee know of any political maneuvers I might use to wretch victory from mine opponents ice grip? As one who has lived among the elite here as long as thou has, surely thou must have picked up some of the skills used by the more forked tongue of your fellows, a whisper here or there in a rumor spread to thee that gives insight not held? Speak, mine every advantage is paramount!

"Sure, here's what you do. Sex scandal where you have sex with multiple partners at once."

>...

"The funny thing is, I'm pretty sure you think I'm bullshitting you, or think I'm full of it, or it is yet another attempt to rile you up. But surprisingly, no. This is none of that. Because, without question, what I have just said to you is by far the most effective means of completely winning over the popular vote. I'm not joking, policies? Infrastructure repair? Capability? All of that is less important than knowing you're good in bed."

>...

"Or, barring that, imply that the Saddle Arabians are coming over to bomb their homes and you're the only one who can stop them."

>..

"Ponies are weird."

>>28248281
>The only way yer' gettin' out of that is iffin' ya' fly! Problem solved!

>SB
"SD"
'Spike'
~???~
~~~

>Then we came home!

The thousand mile, endless stare of the drake could never convey just what he felt towards what the bubbly, cheerful and painfully oblivious pony had chirped to him.

The tale of how the weird thing he had fought came to be found seemed like the ludicrous fever dream of one who had ingested far too much of far too many hazardous substances to even hope to name.

He would think the pony crazy or a liar, if she hadn't sounded so sincere and honest.

Also if he wasn't currently being punched in the face by a doll that looked just like Sweetie bell, which he held up by the fluffy part of it's neck.

"I WILL DESTROY YOU, AND BECOME A REAL FILLY!"

Soft, plush hooves continued to squeak harmlessly against him, doing nothing, and his stare continued.

>So, now that you know, you can never, ever tell anyone about this, and we have to hide Sweetie Doll!

'...Nnnnope.'

Finally, the hooves stopped, and Sweetie's jaw dropped.

>WHAT!?

'I said, nope. I'm not hiding any of this, at all. Think about it, what's the long term plan with her? Are you just going to stick her in a trunk forever?'

>It sounds pretty good when you say that, actually.

'It actually sounds like you trying to hide her caused a lot of problems.'

>Because she's evil!

'Says the pony who wants to lock her in a trunk for wanting to be a real filly?'

>...wow, when you put it like that, I sound like a jerk.

"HINT HINT!"

'No need to be rude.'

"SHE TRIED TO KILL ME!"

'So did you, like... a lot. In really mean ways.'

"Fair enough."

'But Sweetie, you can't just hide away your mistakes, and you can't hurt others to save yourself. Come on... is that what Rarity would do?'

The filly sadly looked away.

>I guess not.

'You're right, she wouldn't, so...'

>Sooo... what are we going to do?

The dragon shrugged, and without fanfare he dropped the doll loose, and turned away.

'I'm out, you can handle it from here, I' believe in you, and I've got stuff to do.'

1/2

>>28248680


>But what about Sweetie Doll!?

'Oh, right... Hey! Sweetie Doll! Go see Twilight, she might be able to figure something out.'

"Thanks!"

'And with that... my work is done.'

With a breath of fire, he summoned a hat that he quickly slipped onto his head, and tilted to the two mares behind him.

'It's time I rode off into the sunset.'

They swore they could hear the music of the old west sing out as he walked away.

>...So he does know that's a fedora, not a hat like Applejack's, right?

"He does remember that we're on a roof, ri-"

'SON OF A GODDaamnnnn-'

The synchronized wince could not have fit the matching pair more.

'OW! A rosebush!? Why do we have a... oh crap, did I summon this thing again!? This isn't mine! Hey, can you hear me up there, I swear this isn't mine! It just uh, crosses streams sometimes, that's all! It's not-it's not mine okay!?'

They couldn't see him, but they could feel his desperation.

~Oh hey, awesome! Free big wheel!~

From the other side of the castle, clear across where the dragon had fell, Spike somehow managed to hear the cheer.

'Wait, is that Applebloom!? Applebloom wait! That's mine!'

The little sister to the princess, conversely, didn't seem to be able to hear the drake.

~Ah'm keepin' you as a souvenir, ta'day has been awful!~

'Applebloom no! I still have twenty seven more payments on that thing! I just got it polished! APPLEBLOOM!'

The pair up high could just barely see the head of red as she wheeled away, a happy barking dog at her side as she rode off.

"So, uh, is it always like this?"

>Pretty much.

"...I'm reconsidering the trunk."

'APPPPLLLLEEEEBLOOOOOOMMMMM!'

>>28248684
It's been waayyyy too long since Spike made me laugh like that.

>>28248684
...So is Babs still unconcious on the ground or did she just say "Fuck this shit I'm out" and leave?

>>28248754
It's the great mix of competent but still imperfect and funny.

Feels like prime-Shiny.

>Applejack
"Rarity"
~???~
~~~

"Really, darling? You're going to leave amidst all this?"

>Look, it ain't personal, Ah' just gotta... go get mah' head on straight and fess up fer' slackin' with Applebloom. It'll be good, call it a diplomatic mission down ta' Ponyville ta' check on things iffin' ya' want.

"Oh, well, if you just call it a diplomatic mission, that'll clear up all problems! Really, Applekjack! You're going to look like you're running away. Is that what you want? Do you really need the break so much? Has life really been so hard? I ask you."

>Ya'll can come too iffin' ya' want.

"Oh, thank goodness, I'm already packed. When do we leave."

>Soon as Ah' find Applebloom.

ZOOM

~...hhhhhhHELP AH' CAN'T STOP WHO PUT A DANG MAGIC THINGY ON A BIG WHEEL THIS IS STUPPPPpiiiiiddddd..."

>...

"So now? Are we leaving now?"

>...

"Catch her first, gotcha."

>>28246910
SHINY!

YOUR WIFE IS GOING YANDARE FOR SOMEONE ELSE

...Someone NOT in the harem!

>>28249105
>Implying it won't just make it easier to slip Pinkie into said harem.

>>28249006
>She leaves just as shit is going down in Canterlot and the Empire

Perfect.

>>28249105
Yeah, but think about it this way.

Cadence in a schoolgirl outfit.

Worth it, or totally worth it?

>>28249634
That'll either make Shining want to eat two rounds of buckshot or make me want to eat two rounds of buckshot

>Construction worker
"CW2"
~~~

>And, patched! The hole in the floor is fixed!

"Oh, thank goodness."

>We've done a good thing today, my stallion. Think about it, we've single-hoofedly just ensured that nobody need fear a plummet to a painful end in this city. Us? We're heroes, is what we are. Sure, we'll never get a parade, we'll never get the float or stained glass window, but it's us, the normal folks, who make this world safe. Cleaning up messes isn't any fun, but it's necessary, and we get it done. And thanks to us... they're safe.

"Right."

>Now, let's go off, and get ourselves a nice drink. Let this be the thanks we never get directly from the princesses, the words of praise that need not be spoken, because in the end, we're-GAHHHHhhhhh..

"OH SHIT! Buddy wai-OH FUUUUUUUuuuu..."

.....

>There is a hole in the hallway.

"Two holes, actually!"

>Yeah, shit.

"...good fucking thing we're pegasi."

>RIGHT!?

"What kind of irresponsible assholes leaves two holes in the middle of the floor!?"

>>28249676
...Neither of those responses make any sense.

>>28249731
Who's the asshole now, Celly?

>>28249834
Everyone just needs to stop FUCKING PUTTING HOLES IN SHIT

>>28248857
Yeah, feels like when he was 'learning to fly'.

>>28249888
Nice trips, but they remind me I miss those shorts.

>Celestia
"Luna"
~~

>I have to admit, I'm impressed.

"Be silent."

>No, really, I didn't think this was even possible!

"Hold thine tongue sister, or I shall cleave it from thine head!"

>This is a feat that surely will go down in history, a momentous occasion for which songs shall be sang from now until the end of time! This shall inspire poets, bring others to their knees to weep in joy, and unite the world in a single, holy unison of song! You, sister, have done the impossible, and I can only bow my head in reverence. This is the day...

"Don't say it."

>This is finally the day...

"I'm warning you!"

>That someone... was worse at cooking than Cadence.

"THE NIGHT SHALL LAST FOREEEVVVVEERRRR!"

>What is that even supposed to be? A crab cake? How did you know you don't literally just jam crabs in there-

"DIIIIIIIIIIIEEE-"

>You want me to show you how to make it?

"...yes."

>Yay! Cooking sisters!

"..."

>Turn back from Nightmare Moon.

"Cakes first, then we shall see."

„Fizzle“
'???'
~~~

„Cozy place ya got here.“

Fizzle had to admit that while the hideout the strange mare had let them into wasn't the most stylish of places, it had all the little knick-knacks someone wanting to be gone for a while could need. Not that he took a lot of interest in that, given that the only reason he was looking over every single little machine in the kitchen corner was because-

RRRRRIP-SPLORCH!

Yeah. That. The sound of tearing tissue, breaking bones and whirring machines were almost as bad as watching the pony tear Flash Sentry apart to remake him anew. His imagination making everything sound much worse than it looked.

„You do this kinda thing often?“

A brief glance over to where she was working on the disfigured body on the operating table, blood, oil and other fluids dribbling drown into the drain below told him all he never wanted to know, prompting him to look away again hastily, instead focusing on trying to figure out how the food dispenser worked.

„I am not an expert on pony anatomy, but that just doesn't look right.“

All of the sudden, there was silence and he dared peek back, only to be greeted with the most intense, deadpan glare he had ever witnessed. There was no fury, no accusation, no annoyance in the look the mare was giving him and it still prompted him to flinch.

„Rrrrright, right. Gotcha, no talking while yer working.“

Without ever replying, ever even acknowledging him, the mare got back to work, the multiple machines hooked up to his companion emitting a steady cacophony of beeps, hisses and clicks he couldn't even begin to make sense of.

Half an hour later, she seemed to be done for the time being, leaving Flash's badly mangled form preserved in a strange, glowing field of magic that seemed to all but staunch the flow of blood … and suspend him in time.


1/4

>>28250326


The twice outcast dragon merely held out a mug of black coffee to her when she approached, the kind of which she had been pouring down her gullet in a seemingly constant stream since she began. He didn't get any acknowledgment or expression of gratitude from her either as she leaned heavily against the same counter he'd been busying himself with the whole time. He only to got a burnt marshmallow for his troubles with the machine.

“Is he gonna make it?”

The question broke the mare out of her trance, the far-away look in her eyes disappearing, replaced by her signature dark look. But this time she responded to him, whether to stop him from asking again or just to pass the time she needed between procedures.

'That's just the question, isn't it? The princess just about fucked up enough with her first experiments using technology she doesn't have any clue of that any repair job is a health hazard to him. Add to that whatever fuckup at Fawntaine thought it was a good idea to place even more alphaware in his body atop the already malfunctioning crap, and you've got someone who's gradually becoming less pony and more machine, thanks to encroaching necrosis of where flesh meets machine.'

“You make it sound like he's a walking pile of breaking parts and experiments gone wrong.”

'Because that's just what is. A whole slew of ponies looked at him and seem to have thought it can't get any worse for him, so they tried out new procedures, machines and techniques until it has all become one big pile of codependent clusterfuck.'

“But can you fix him?”

For a moment, the mare didn't say anything, passing the silence by sipping from the mug half in her hooves. Then, her intense look bore into him with the same intensity he asked the question just now.

'Why do YOU care?'

“What kinda question is that? 'course I care.”

“...and why?”


2/4

>>28250340


The dragon blinked, opened his maw to answer as brashly as she had asked... and then slowly closed it. He mulled that question over for a while, the mare patiently waiting, neither pressing him nor leaving.

'Because he's my buddy. Didn't care much for ponies before, nor do I now, But I get him. We've both been used by those we thought we were part of, over and over until we couldn't take it any more. We make due with what we have, try to take every edge, every advantage we can to get ahead, and we still keep messing up. It's come to the point that we made enemies with some rather powerful folks, and the space we can move in gets more and more narrow. At this point, we don't have much anybody else.'

It was the first time Fizzle had spent time to put his strange relationship to the half-pony, half-machine into words, so he was understandably pensive.

“Prffht. You make it sound like you are eloping lovers.”

Color rushed to Fizzle pale cheeks, prompting him to slam his claw to the counter.

'Screw you!'

“Tempting, but no. My tastes are exotic, but down go down the prey-predator alley.”

'Hrrrgggh... fuck. Fuckfuckfuck! !o what is that thing you wrote to him? You said you've been looking for him.'

“True. But it doesn't really concern you, does it? If you want to stay after I am done making him whole again, that's your choice. Just be warned, you're only going to make worse enemies until this is all over.”

He had nothing to reply to that, watching her swaying tail and hips as she sauntered away from him for a moment.


3/4

>>28250353


Should he really ally himself with yet another faction with unclear goals likely just wanting to use him for their own goals without regard for his well-being...?

All of the sudden, the mare turned around, grinning ferally at him.

'Hah! Knew it. You're into ponies after all! And here I thought you were just gay for dear Flash!'

“RRAARGH!”

Laughing at his impotent fury, she just ducked under the cup hurled after her and resumed her work while he glowered at her back. Moments later, a tune and a lightly sway founds its way into her limbs and a strangely fast-paced tune spilled from on her lips.

'What is it like when you pull back the curtain,
and realize wrong is right~?'

It was her very own song, and she couldn't wait to let the whole world hear it. Despite her entire focus being upon the stallion before her, the words just came to her without her needing to think about it.

'The sun is setting, dark is taking over,
A date with chaos and you're dressed to look nice~'

>>28250365
If this is another Screwloose/Discord?I'm so CURAAAAZYYYYY knock off I'm gonna rip my dick off in anger

>>28250397
I uh seriously doubt thats Screwloose, because at this point she wouldn't be even ten paces away from her Changeling boytoy

>>28250365
So, wait, IS this Sunset?

She didn't really send Chitty in there solo just to deal with Flash of everybody, right? The way she talked it sounded like this is the last step they need.

I'm... legit confused, but I was also confused about the Maud/18 rumble and that makes so much more sense now.

>>28250446
>She didn't really send Chitty in there solo just to deal with Flash of everybody, right?

I'mma say no, and just take a wild guess it's not or this is supposed to be taking place at a different time(and it gets revealed later), because the Chitty reveal happened first, then immediately afterwards the next part where he's being worked on happened. It's too specific a timeframe not to be intentional, so this is probably leading to something, since there is no way Chitty, who is so shit at disguises that Sunset has to make them for her like a stagemom dressing up her kid, would be sent in to infiltrate alone, and especially an area like that.

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>>28250511
Huh. Wow.

Now I am imagining Flash turning up at the Empire hustle that's about to happen, all cyborg'd up.

That would be a pretty awesome comeback for him and it seems to be a theme for the terrible trio

>>28250511
>It's too specific a timeframe not to be intentional,

That is a good point.

It was LITERALLY-
>Chitty reveal happens
>Next canon story is the story of how Flash was found and the backstory of it with a mysterious mare who sounds like Sunset

This is either setting something up, or it's the creepiest fucking story timing of all time.

>>28250594
>or it's the creepiest fucking story timing of all time.

The thread ghosts demand their tribute, /pa/l.

>>28250559
>Flash!? But how!?

"NANOMACHINES, SON!"

>>28250365
Nice to see that Fizzle is sticking up for Flash, but I'm very distrusting of this mysterious mare claiming that he was in a completely mangled state.

Twilight's a lot of things, but she's not sloppy. Anything she did would be clean cut, and since she's utterly certain she can make him normal, any of her add ons would have been completely reversible. Methinks someone might be taking advantage...

>>28251103
Waiwaiwaiwait! Holy fuck does that mean she might be ruining any chances for Twilight to ever return Flash to full pony and thus make amends?

>>28251152
I like to think that, even if he is now mangled beyond belief, she' will be driven by the Sunset incident and find a way to make him completely normal in spite of that.

Makes more sense story wise, right now she's sure that she can fix him easily, but if she finds it's way worse she won't be certain, and thus it'll be more triumphant when she finally makes it right.

>Chitania
"42"
~~~

>I'm curious, how did you know it was me?

The voice that came from between familiar lips was so different than the one she had known all her life. The deep, stronger baritone created a stark disconnect with the smirking face of her Queen, who's illusion remained even as she dropped all pretenses of acting in the slightest as if her identity matched who's face she wore like a mask.

The soldier, remained tense, but unmoving, a deep and steel solid frown on her lips matching the rigid body in a tight stance, standing ready for action no more than a few scant steps away from the massive Queen. Every cell of her body seemed to scream in an unspoken language she was mere seconds from lashing out with everything she had.

That she did not only amused the greater changeling more.

>Not feeling talkative?

Her smile grew more wicked as her hoof curled, illiciting an uncomfortable noise from the princess who's hoof she tightly held. The pony whimpered, but made no move to break away, or even struggle. Her eyes remained listless and hollow, unfocused on anything in particular as they rolled around in her head, never noticing anything no matter how close it was to her scrunched muzzle.

"I believe I've said all that needs said on the matter, didn't I? I'm normally not one for banter unless the battle is an enjoyable one."

That smile curled, her fangs now completely visible, as if proudly on display.

>Well, at least you're under no illusion this shall be in any way enjoyable for you.

"No battle to the death ever is."

A single eyebrow shot up, curious.

>I must say, after all this time talking with ponies who yammer on about everything, it's actually rather enjoyable to find a sensible one who knows to cut to the point, I almost consider it a gift.

"Then allow me to further give you tribute, release Princess Cadenza Mi Amore and leave this castle, or die."

>Ha!

1/6

>>28251551

She chuckled, her hoof raising up ever so slightly, and dragging the pink pony mere inches off the ground.

>I said you were sensible, but there is a reason I never claimed you smart.

"Neither have I. Put the pony down."

The changeling's eyes shot over to the mare, watching amused as her head rolled from side to side, illegible mumbles groaning from her lips. Briefly, her eyes flickered green, and the whimpering continued.

>You don't care to know why I'm here, or what I'm doing?

"I don't. Put the Princess down."

>You don't even care why I chose this form?

"No. Put. The. Pony. Down."

She could hold it in no longer, her sensible chuckle broken with a single booming cackle.

>Well! Since you feel so utterly sure, come on then. You want this pony?

She held the princess before her, dangling her tauntingly in front of the now far more stiff soldier.

>Come and take her.

"Very well."

In an instant, the world became green.

The flames that seemed to have been so carelessly flung to the side and forgotten erupted, letting loose wave after wave of blinding light in successive, painful pulses that sang in tune with earsplitting screeches. The princess was the only one to let out a noise, a pitiful cry of discomfort as she wiggled in the grasp that held on tight.

>Interesting.

The Queen rolled her head to the side, still unable to see but quite keenly able to feel as a hoof swung by her, the body that punched with it rolling soon after and colliding with the limb that held the princess tightly.

She felt the hit, the slight reverberation of the blow running down her chitin, but little more. That she felt it at all made her take notice, a keen sense aware that even that slight feeling in the crook of her hoof meant that this changeling was no stock soldier. The pressure point under her skin tingled, and she felt the near involuntary muscles start to twitch.

>A changeling who uses her physical power instead of magic... where have you been hiding?

2/6

>>28251557

When the light and sounds dimmed, when sensations returned to her, she saw the soldier nearly exactly where she had been, nearly that same spot exactly.

But, more importantly, that view was still obscured by the pony hanging limply in the air, her weak cries simmering into near inaudible sounds.

>But did you really think I didn't have the skill of body to stop an involuntary reflex? Surely one who trains their own body would see the flaw in this plan.

The solider scowled, but said nothing.

>Come now, you know far too much for you to make such a mistake. Or, did you think that we Queen's never needed to protect it, since your own pressure points are so different? Tell me, how did you find out about that? Most Queens hide it so well.

The scowl deepened, with a silence so deep not even a growl coming from her.

>You do realize that, because you've failed, I now have the ability to simply snap her neck before you can react, don't you? I could crush her right now, to the point no immortality could reconstruct.

If there was any panic to be had in the changeling, she hid it with an ability even the Queen herself had never witnessed before.

>Still not feeling talkative?

"What are you after?"

Her voice sounded strange, almost unnatural.

>Seems you're not so good at hiding your feelings after all.

"You've made your point, my previous preparations clearly will not be sufficient, instead I shall take the safer route, tell me what you are after. If you simply wanted the princess, you would have broken me and spirited away before anyone would notice. I do not know you personally, but I know of you, Queen Chitania, and you do not play in a manner such as this. Tell me, what do you want? If it will protect the Princess, I will help you obtain it."

3/6

>>28251564

Her face rarely moved, still holding into that scowling position, and her voice remained as strained as it had been before, something obviously building up with her words, though the Titan could not piece together what.

>Very clever, but what makes you think that after my little event, I'm not more prone to... enjoying life?

"Because you are after something much more."

A pleased hum rumbled in her throat, content with the changeling.

>That I am... what if I were to tell you that my intentions require this pony's unwilling cooperation?

"Then I would wonder why you're playing mind games, I'm well aware of your limitations in mind control. If you let her go, your control would fall away. You need direct contact with her addled mind for your lacking control to manage."

Another, far more interested hum bubbled up in her throat, her searching eyes rolling all over the hardened chitin of the smaller warrior.

>Who are you?

"It is unimportant. State what you seek, and I shall assist you in exchange for her."

Her tongue clicked, eyes darting off to the pony just for a second, before once more locking with the steely gaze before her.

>Interesting... very well, than if I said I was after the Crystal Heart, you would aide me?

The emptiness that followed, and the shame on her face, said it all.

>So then, you do care for her...

The soldier hissed, her eyes looking away for just a moment, a single instant.

>Very well then... you may do this for me, and it will very much aide me, and your pretty pink princess will survive. If...

She looked back just in time to see the Queen raised back on her hind legs, her free hoof cocked back and her full attention on the hanging, limp body before her.

>You drag her to a doctor before she dies!

"NO!"

Too late, and not even the soldiers reflexes could have crossed the gap, had she been able to move at all.

>No more tricks now!

Instead, she watched completely frozen as the Titan punched.

"Actually..."

4/6

>>28251578

With her hoof outstretched, completely finished in her bone-shattering motion, it was the Queen's turn to remain frozen, and turn her attention to the voice.

The voice that did not come from the soldier at the end of the hall.

The voice that came from the smiling, green eyed pony who had bent out of the way of her blow.

"I do have one trick left."

So many things happened at once, even the warrior's keen senses couldn't keep up. In perfect tandem, she saw the green flame cover the one in her grasp, revealing chitinous black form beneath seemingly pony skin. Down further, a simple illusion fell away, and behind it revealed a frozen, green eyed princess, who soon fell to the side like a puppet who's strings had been severed.

And finally, right before her eyes, she saw green fire surround every inch, and the world changed.

Right before her eyes, sparkling, shining crystal fell away and in it's place a frozen, empty wasteland remained instead.

>How...

She thought it at first another illusion, another trick, but when the familiar feeling of icy winds rolled over her face, when that nostalgic chill ran into her nose and tingled the back of her throat, she knew it was no such thing. She had been whisked away from her prey, and planted back outside of the city walls.

So shocked, her grip loosened a fraction of an inch, barely noticeable to any other.

Any other, save the one who had prayed for an opening such as this, and in a dance of green fire vanished from her grasp, reappearing further away, standing out in stark contrast against the white snow.

>Impossible... it's not possible... you're a drone, a drone cannot...

The changeling soldier kept the smile from her face, no matter how much it wished to break free.

"I used to think that of a lot of things... I'm still learning."

5/6

>>28251586

Fire consumed the Queen, casting off the disguise she had held for so long and revealing beneath previously spindly, smaller limbs thick and powerful limbs that rippled with a physical might unmatched.

Her hooves came together, a small shockwave rippling the snow that fell down all around them, and she roared.

Her hooves slammed down, and her rage was unleashed.

>Tell me who you are!

The chitinous head shook back and forth dismissively, and she assumed her fighting stance.

"As I said, it is not important. But, if you must know... I am changeling number Forty Two."

Magic filled the air, and the rage started to build in the taller Queen.

"And I fight for love."

>>28251601
Punchbug=bestbug.

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>>28251601
In the name of the moon, I shall punish you!

>>28251601
...42 is crazy smart here, but what I'm more worried about is Chitty acting like that. Like 42 said, she doesn't fuck around and she doesn't play with her food, she wrecks shit and moves on.

She didn't even try to hide it! She was just like "Yep, I'm fucking Chitania and now I'm standing in the middle of a hallway, chatting."

She didn't try to drain Cadence, and she didn't try to kill her either. So what's her game?

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>>28251652
FOOL! ONLY BLUE IS BEST BUG!

>>28251805
Still a cute pic, never lost it's bite.

>>28251756
She propably was stalling. Chitania in that spot, acting the way she did, makes most sense if she was just a distraction.

>>28251837
>Chitania is just the distraction.

...that's fucking brilliant.

>88
"Lavan"

"Nnnngh!"

>Oh shit there's a crazy skeleton guy with a magic smart book running around this city!

"Gahhhh..."

>We gotta tell someone about this!

"Aaaagh..."

>We gotta get like the Princesses or the Queen or that guy 32's buddies with or-

Pop!

"Ah, much better."

>Ok, I admit, I was not paying attention to you and your problems and that was insensitive. I apologize.

"I forgive you."

>Now...THE FFFFFUCK DID YOU DO TO YOUR EYE, DUDE!?

"I removed it!"

>Why!?

"Hydia poked me, you know this, you were there!"

>Dude, you don't just poke out your eye, eyes are a precious resource! I should know!

"But it had Hydia's magic in it."

>The hell's that matter?

"Well now it's a little spider monster."

>WHAT!?

'Screeeee!'

Ka-Skitter!

>...

"...We should catch it before it spooks someone."

>So many questions, so many many maaaaany questions.

"I will answer as we chase, being informative, this pleases me."

>>28251894
>Turns into a spider

Can't you just... turn it back?

>>28251959
Probably, he's gotta catch it first.

>>28251894
NC
~Arana~
~~~~

~BROTHEERRER!~

'Sreeeee!'

~Well, no need to be racist...~

>>28251601
I don't know why, but I am so utterly pumped for this fight, even though I know 42 stands no motherfucking chance in hell.

>>28252341
That's the fun of it. How long is she going to last? Will she even get some good blows in? What could she possibly do, and how much is it really going to matter?

It's Batman VS Darksied here.

>>28251103
Well, Fawntaine(Not PD) were the ones who put the shit in his head(That's how they were able to control him), not Twi.

>>28252725
And he put the chainsaw in himself in an Evil Dead reference.

>>28252725
>>28252846
And PD upgraded him a lot afterwards...

Shit, how much did Twilight even DO?

>>28253015
>Shit, how much did Twilight even DO?
She gave him bionic limbs and eyes.

>>28252341
This is gonna sound weird, but I like it more than if one of the mains fought her.

If AJ got into a fistfight with her, she's win. Because we can't have Shiny win but AJ lose, or we can't have AJ lose in a direct battle because she's the MC. With 42, there's some risk she'll get her ass beat blue and comatose. Not killed, of course, but there's still the threat of just how brutal this beating is going to be.

>>28251601
>Uses what seems like a surprise attack to hide her fireflight power
>Switches place with Cadence and then immediately tries to get information about what Chitty is after the moment Caddy is out of danger
>When that doesn't exactly work, she gets Chitty clear of the whole city just in case of Titan shit.

42 would have been a scary competent Queen.

>>28253523
She wouldn't be anymore competent, but she's far too uncharismatic to be a ruler.

Night thread

>Celestia
"???"
'???'
-???-

>Well that was...draining, hopefully the lesson sinks in this time. Until then, Chocolate Volcano Cake, take me awaayyy...

"..."

>...

"...hallo Silessia Princess."

>Hello Vekir. Why-pray tell-are you peeking up behind my cake?

"It is a big cake, Vekir needed to get on my hindlegs to peek over it."

>Welp, that half's a lost cause then.

"Crap! Vekir don't run so face, I don't wanna lose you agaaaaaaiii-ever! Ever is what I meant because I never ever lost you the first time."

>Mr. Watchdog, as diligent as promised I see.

'Yep! Totally, on her like ugly on a manti-CRAP!'

WHAM!

-Which way did she go THIS time!?-

>...aren't you-?

-Hang on lady, I'm searching for small dim and dinky.-

"Vekir is right here, catbird prince!"

-...so you are, so you are...and the lady I just brushed off is the Princess who could destroy me with a single deathray from the horn.-

>Not going to, but mostly because the castle staff has already had far too many messes to clean up.

"Silessia Princess, give forgiveness to Vekir's friends!"

>I just did though...

"Vekir has returned at last from her long journey around the world!"

>Wait was it all that long? I'm...I'm actually unsure how long ago it was you departed.

-Hey don't look at me, you're one half of day/night cycle here.-

>Touche.

"But Silessia Princess, Vekir has succeeded at last! The book of signages, as commanded! It only awaits yours to be complete!"

>Goodness, you managed to go all around the world in quite a bit of record time.

"Actually Vekir got them all at a party."

-A party where NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.-

'Certainly NOT me losing track of her while she went on a crazy trip with three other fillies, a non-Watch dog, and some kinda doll creature.'

>Oh no, Dolls being alive? Preposterous.

'Yes!'

"And now Sillessia Princess, it is time at last! Time for you to...to...uhm...uhhhhh..."

>Something wrong?

1/3

>>28254160
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

-Equestria to Vekky, produce the book.-

"...Vekir may have...misplaced it."

'WHAT!?'

>Loud.

'Ohhhh no, you gotta be KIDDING ME!'

"Dog of Watches?"

'After ALL THAT, EVERYTHING we went through! The boring griffon politics, the crazy fire monster, you cozying up to that weirdo businessmare, you are now telling me that you LOST the ONE THING that we were doing this for!?'

"Dog of Watches..."

-Dude...-

'DON'T INTERRUPT ME! NO NO NO, I GOT ONE THING TO SAY TO YOU ABOUT THAT!'

>Choose your next words wisely, dog.

'AND THOSE WORDS ARE...'

Fweep!

'Gotcha covered.'

>...

"..."

-...You had it?-

'Well duh, how'd ya think I knew something was up at theeeee...never! Never was anything up or down or shaken all around, nope! I just had this in here for safekeeping after she got all the signatures and definitely didn't find it left on an endtable sans Morlock during a party.'

>...

'...isshebuyingit?'

-You'regoldenbro.-

'But yes, I popped it into this little storage bit purple princess put in my arm. Which is cool because now I can use it for snacks. Here ya go, Vekky.'

"...Eeeeeeee!"

Thunk!

'Oof!'

"YOU ARE THE BEST GUARDIAN OF BODIES VEKIR HAS EVER KNOWN, DOG OF WATCHES! THE MORLOCKS WILL SING SONGS OF YOUR GLORY IN YEARS TO COME, THIS I SWEAR!"

'Hey, don't get all mushy about it, just fork it over so we can get this over with.'

"Yes! Of course! Sillessia Princess!"

>Hm? You caught me between bites.

"Vekir presents to you, at long last, the book of signs and signaturies with which for you to finally sign!"

>Then I'll just take a peek to know everything's here.

Yoink.

>...mhm...mhm...wow even NORTH Shireland, diligent of you...mhmmmm..yes....excellent.

"So Vekir has succeeded?"

>Not yet.

2/3

>>28254165
"'-WHAT?!-'"

>You forgot one final nation.

"WHO!? WHO HAS VEKIR FORGOTTEN!?"

>The Crystal Empire.

'...ohhh...right.'

"..."

'Vekky, you ok?'

"...*Fweeeeeeeeeeeeeee*"

-Uhm....is the armor supposed to be whistling like a tea kettle?-

"ShrugglefrumgrimpdongathingthangleBRAGHFLAGHGRAAAAH!"

-Wow, these some Morlock curse words?-

>No she's just very...very mad.

'Soooo...'

>I'll still destroy you if anything bad happens to her.

'Was gonna ask if I could get a slice of that but I think that's a good enough answer. So I will take my enraged tea kettle and be on my way.'

"FRIBBLESNIBBLEFRAGHBRAGHGAAAAaaaaaagh..."

-...-

>...

-My mom still a-?-

>Yes.

-Alright, later!-

>By the way, Prince Armor is in the-

Whoosh

>-castle. Oh well, it shouldn't take them that long to figure it out. Back to cake!

3/3

>>28254168
Over!

... well, almost.

>>28254160
>"Crap
Oops, missed a spot. It happens to the best of us

>>28254168
Reunited and it feels so good.

>>28253753
Clearly, she needs to plan to evil cackle and then look creepy

>>28255151
It is essential to the package

>>28254168
Fuco you that is an adorable mental image.
.

>Derpy
"CC"
~~~

>Cloudchaser? I got your posters for your campaign, but uh...

"But what?'

>...How does "Eat right, or I'll punch you" make sense?

"Oh, you stupid, stupid walleyed tiny horse, don't you know anything about politics?"

>I thought I did but the more time I spend with you, the more I wonder.

"It's like this. Politicians have to pretend that we care about the petty squabbles of the normal pony, which includes health. We have to act like we want them to be healthy in order to win their trust. We're looking out for them, after all, and we want them to be healthy, so obviously we have their best interests in mind. And of course, we're an authority figure they can point to in order to force their kids to cooperate. It's not their fault, even the mayor thinks they need to eat right! So I'm a candidate who is looking out for you, who you can shift blame onto for the worst parts in raising a child, and one who also knows how to cook. That last one is the most important. I'm a candidate that has it all!"

>...Does this mean you have policies regarding food safety or distribution?

"For fucks sake, nobody gives a shit about those what's wrong with you?"

>...I am not a political mare...

>>28255764
Vekir losing her shit?

Yeah, that's gold. I just imagine what looks like a wind up toy going beserk with limbs flailing everywhere.

>SA
"Twilight"
'Velvelt'
~Nightlight~
~~~

>OKAY! CHILD HAS RUN OFF AND IS VERY UPSET! OPTIONS!

"Go back in time and punch yourself in the face!"

'Claim you're secretly immortal and then pretend like nothing could possibly kill you!'

>Explain her the odds of suddenly dying and hope she doesn't understand numbers enough to make sense of it!

"Tell her that there's a farm where you can run around waiting for you!"

>Magic! Use the magic! I don't know how but use it!

'Eat the film reel that was leading up to this moment! The whole film reel, no matter how little sense it makes or what the projectionist says!'

~Try to have an adult talk with her?~

>...Oh, yeah, that last one makes the most sense. Why didn't we do that one?

"..."

'...'

>What?

>>28256269
Her worldview is shattered, because despite having seen death and destruction well before this, learning that the ones she loves will fall to the same fate as her old hive, she deluded herself into believing he would not die.

GOOD JOB SHINY

>>28256290
Well, to be fair, it's just like... the one guy of the ones she loves. Everyone else is gonna be fuckold long before it's a problem, if ever.

>Rarity
"AJ"
~~~~

>Darling? Can I ask a question?

"...Ah' suddenly feel like doin' backflips."

>It's nothing terrible, but I am rather curious about something you've done...

"Ohhhh no."

>It's just... well-

"NO! Ah' don't want this! Ah' want none of this! This ain't how it's supposed to be! CELLY! CELESTIA COME HERE! Ah' need you to take this one for me! Ah'm not ready for it to be me up here instead of you! You answer the question! YA'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION INSTEAD!"

>...

"..."

>Quite finished?

"Ah' am if you are."

>.... ahem, why does your dog have a sword?

"Oh... OH! Ohhhhhh..."

>...

"That there is actually a really good question..."

>You don't know?

"Does it look like Ah' speak dog!?"

>I... uh... what?

"Dang it Rar, get sensible here."

>...It's my own fault for asking.

>>28256354
>Questioning anything

The fuck Rar.

>77
"Cheerliee"
~???~
~~~~

>I'm worried.

"You should be."

>I mean, I know he's rather trustworthy all things considered, but I'm still worried.

"I just said you should."

>Am I being too paranoid? I fear that I am, and I am letting my higher judgement be clouded.

"Nope, you should absolutely be worried about all of this, it's bad."

>I just feel sometimes that my best interests and his best interests don't mesh.

"You're not even listening to me, are you?"

>But still, is it a result of my nature, or is there something more to this?

"I've been cheating on you with Time Turner behind your back."

>Is there some intrinsic, primal thing inside of all changelings that make them believe this, even when all evidence is to the contrary?

"We're running away together."

>Maybe I am, as a changeling, simply prone to believing things which have no meaning, rhyme or reason. Am I, a being who deceives, prone biologically to see deception in all things?

"I want a divorce."

>Perhaps... the darkness is not in others, by myself... and my not-wife who thinks I don't know what divorce means.

"You said you guys never got married."

>That doesn't mean I-

~GRRUHHHGHGG!~

>HOLY FUCK BEARS!

"We knew about that-wait, bearS? Plural?"

~GURRGHH!~

"OH SHIT!"

>>28256290
She was going to learn someday, unless Shiny got wings.

It's even worse if she does manage to ascend somehow...

>>28256642
Woo, we Golden Spyglass now

>>28256290
NC
>Two
"SA"
~~~

>There... now the darkness in mah' soul can show on mah' face.

"Er, Sweeite?"

>DON"TCHA TRY AND CHANGE ME! Ah'm a bein' of darkness, despair and woe! Ain't nothin' ever gonna make me smile again! NOTHING! Not even... MARCHMALLEYS! DUN DUN DUNNNN!

"Two?"

>Ya' gonna wail in despair that Ah'm broken forever and now everyone can see it?

"More, uh... more to do with the makeup."

>IT'S AN ETCHIN' IN MAH SOUL! MADE WITH THE BLACKEST MARKER AND CRAYON AH' CAN FIND!

"And what does that etching say, exactly? It's hard to read."

>It says... um...

"...'

>...The darkness was in me all along.

"The darkness besides the part that has white fluffy marchmallesy on it, you mean."

>Hey, Ah' said they weren't gonna make me smile...

*Munch muncn*

>Dinh shay Ah' wash gonnah shtop eatin' 'em.

"You're undercutting your own point.'

>FEAR MEH! DARRRKKKNEESSHHHHh...

*munch munch*

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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'DT'
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content does matter, but you can't resist us!

"I'm the pretty one <3"

'I'm the grumpy one.'

>And I'm the crazy one!

>"'Now for our main segment...LOVE LOVE HIGH!'"

Cadence walks besides DT.
"I can't help but notice that you've been hanging around with Pinkie-senpai lately. Do you have a crush on him?"

'M...maybe a little. Pinkie-senpai has been so kind to me. Do you think it could ever work out between us?'

"Hahaha, not if I can help it."

"What do you mean? You don't approve?"

Cadence smiles and speaks sweetly.
"Nope. You're not worthy of even being in the same school as him you disgusting pig. Pinkie-senpai's love will always belongs to me.
She stops smiling and raises an ax. Her voice noticeably lower.
"Only I can be the prettiest in senpai's eyes."

'H-hey, that's not funny. Somepony can get hur-'
Cadence plants her ax into DT's neck, severing her spine. Cadence gets some blood on her as she grins maniacally.

"Now senpai will only love me.....hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

>C-Cadence-chan! What have you done!?

"Pinkie-senpai?!"

>>28256980
Boy, that escalated quickly

>>28257141
Cadence's pent up rage couldn't wait any longer, she needed to kill that filly.

OOCO
>SA
“Celestia”
‘AJ’
~~~

>Ferdinand.

“Pfft, what!?”

>I like it.

‘No buckin’ way, yer’ messin’ with us.’

>I like it!

“What does it even mean?”

>I don’t know, it might not mean anything, but it sounds cool.

‘Story of yer’ life, ain’t it?’

>Well, what would you pick?

‘Ah’ like Applebuck.’

>Wow, when someone calls you predictable you thank them for the compliment, don’t you?

‘Ah’ also like Applecore! So neh! See? Ain’t got nothin’ to do with buckin’ at all.’

>Wow, did not need wings to get that one right over your head, did I?

‘Well, what about you, Celly? What would you pick?’

“Meh, probably something basic like Solaris or Solar Wind or Luminous Shield.”

>Isn’t that last one-

“I know what it is, and I do not care, it sounds cool. They can’t trademark a name.”

‘Think they can, actually.’

>Ehhh, it’s all hypothetical anyway.

“Really, what are the odds of any of us actually having a son?”

>…

“…”

‘…ya’ll feel like getting some ice cream right about now?’

“I’ll call my carriage.”

>I’ll buy.

‘Ah’ll just… just sit here a bit.’

>>28257425
You can help each other there....

>Jetset
“???”
‘???’
~???~
~~~

This memory, it… wasn’t quite like the others, a fact quickly obvious to Honeyheart as she struggled to keep up with the rapidly changing scenery.

There was a slight throbbing pain on the side of her head, just pecking away at her concentration, but she focused, squinting even.

One scene showed the younger Jetset simply staring at his shades like they had done him a personal wrong. He was scowling, and continued to do so even after picking them up and jamming them into place. Then he vanished.

And with him went the scene, blacking out, then flaring up again to reveal what looked like the innards of a glistening laboratory. Of what kind, Honeyheart hadn’t a clue—there were too many whirring machines and bubbling beakers to make sense of anything—but Jetset seemed to know exactly where he was given the way he threw his shades onto the nearest table and pulled up a chair.

She watched him sit, reach for a book, and begin to read.

Unsurprisingly, Jetset was a fast reader, quickly flipping pages, finishing the rather large tome in a little over eight hours.

Still, he continued to sit there, until he screamed and tossed the book clear across the room, sending it sailing through a number of glass instruments.

>I don’t get that! None of that shit made any damn sense! I’m not stupid—I know I’m not, but… it’s like I read all of that shit and nothing stuck. How the hell is that even possible?

He was frustrated. For the next hour he sat there, pulling on his hair in a silent rage, until the sound of approaching hooves met both their ears.

Jetset cursed under his breath and blinked into nothingness.

As the scene shifted accordingly, Honeyheart was all too grateful. Even if she couldn’t be seen, she didn’t really want to see look on the face of whoever owned that lab, come now to see their beakers shattered.

A moment later, Jetset was back in his room, rubbing at his temples.

1/?

>>28257822

>Okay… okay, don’t get pissed, that was just a first pass, those are always rough. Just… do it again, tomorrow you’ll catch something.
Honeyheart hoped he would, whatever it was.

The next day came and Honeyheart was dragged along to another lab, a different one than last time, and possibly in a different land given the architecture, only to do the same thing. He searched for some books, gathering about three, and set to work sifting through them all.

By the end of that eleven hour reading session, Jetset jotted down a quick note and vanished, not less than one minute before the supposed owners waltzed in.

This time, the scene didn’t even skip to Jetset going home; it opened up back in the same lab.

Only two months later, judging by the calendar.

Jetset sat at a longer table, more than a dozen books piled up around him. He was sweating, tapping a pencil against the desk before making another note in what Honeyheart realized was now a logbook, one overflowing with personally crafted charts and diagrams.

>Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK-

Something metal cracked off the back of his head and Honeyheart winced, following the trajectory back to a mature-looking gryphon dressed in a pristine lab coat.

“Language, Mr. Spritz, for the umpteenth time. Just because you’re part of our student exchange program doesn’t give you carte blanche to lose control of your mouth. We’ve had this talk before and I don’t take kindly to repeated lectures.”

Once the shock died away at seeing a gryphon, it took Honeyheart a few seconds to figure out who the hell “Mr. Spritz” was, only to roll her eyes at her own daftness when she finally noticed that Jetset was no longer dressed like how he usually was. His hair was parted professionally, he glared at the mare over a tiny pair of spectacles, and he was wearing the same kind of coa-

Duh.

2/?

>>28257838

Spritz was his cover. He was a spy after all, doing spy things was his talent. And obviously, his need of this lab in particular called for another identity.

>Son of a… I’m… I’m sorry- this is just really kicking my ass.

“Plot, Mr. Spritz. Honestly, what are you even trying to do? You’ve been tinkering with those glasses for over a month now, what is your goal?”

>My goal is turn these stupid shades into-

As if being swept up in a hurricane, Honeyheart was suddenly snatched into another scene.

A scene that took place a whole year later.

That’s what she gleaned based on the current date, and she almost grew nauseous having lurched past so much in a blink.

>FUCK!

But some things apparently never changed, she figured with relief, turning to see Jetset, outfitted now in the cloak he would wear from then on, back in his room and suckling on his hoof. He was bleeding, having punctured his hoof with whatever that tool was he’d just dropped.

In fact, there was numerous tools around him, and even more books.

>A-again.

He was resolute, giving his wounded hoof a shake before grabbing a different tool and bending down over his shades. Sparks lit up the air, Honeyheart jumped.

Again, the scene blacked out without warning, opening up ten months later.

If not for a different tool in his clutch, Honeyheart would swear she had never left.

Still in that exact same position, Jetset continued to work, occasionally pausing whenever he nicked himself or accidentally set fire to a nearby book, which caused him to teleport out and back in with a fire extinguisher.

It didn’t take Honeyheart long to figure out what was happening, to figure out what she was seeing.

3/?

>>28257855

This was Jetset’s journey, during the moments he turned a weakness into one of his greatest strengths. Day after day, month after month, sneaking into countless labs and pouring over books thicker than Mrs Cake’s backside, doing all of that so he could make himself the agent his ‘Queen’ needed him to be.

All this time, she merely assumed the Princess had given him the shades as she wore them now, already technologically advanced.

But having to make them that way on his own….

>Scale… I can’t forget to add scaling…

He gave his drooping head a hard shake. Moonlight flittered into the room yet Jetset continued to tweak and shape his shades.

>I’m going to do this… I have to… My Queen calls, I have to answer. I can’t be slow, I can’t be late, I can’t be-

He teleported mid-sentence, reappearing in the same exact spot with a sandwich in his mouth, which he tore into viciously.

>-weak, I have to be able to mobilize at a moment’s notice. And I wi- NNGH!

Red liquid spilled onto the floor and Jetset cradled his hoof. Almost instinctively, Honeyheart made for him, but she just as quickly remembered that this was nothing more than a memory. So she stood off to the side, anxiously watching as Jetset winced, shifting the now bloodied tool to his good hoof and continuing to work.

>The dropout said this wouldn’t be easy… but I… I’m the only one who can.

The screen faded to black just as something watery built up in Jetset’s strained eyes. It faded, and didn’t come back like how Honeyheart expected.

It took considerably longer, things got distorted, she was actually starting to blink the darkness away-

~Oh thank the goddess of diamonds, she’s finally awake!~

True enough, she was, awake and rubbing the side of her absolutely pounding head.

~That was pretty neat of you, I thought only us diamond dogs liked to play dead sometimes.~

4/?

>>28257871

She ignored him, it was an easy thing to do, and glanced up the tree she was slumped over. There was a dried patch of blood on the bark, probably where she’d bashed her head when pushed.

~Well, it’s great you’re not dead, like, really great! That woulda been a pain in the ass, lookin’ for another guide, you know?~

‘…That wasn’t very nice, Zanta.’

The diamond dog’s ears flopped, surprise lighting his face like he couldn’t believe she had uttered his name.

~I… don’t care?~

It would have been so easy for Jetset to have just given up perfecting his shades. One month into it, even at half a year, he could have quit and walked away, done something else with his time. But he didn’t. He forged on, coming back after each failure regardless of the frustration or the pain….

‘Well, you should.’

It was a cycle Honeyheart was well-versed with.

~Oh? And why’s that, Hearts o’ Honey? I could snap you in twain and use you like a boomerang, little pony. Actually, that’s pretty damn funny when I see it in my head….~

And he really did close his eyes to get a better picture, that scruffy tail beginning to wag when he chuckled.

‘You should care because it’s not nice to push others. I know a lotta ‘bout bein’ pushed, and thrown, and hit, and kicked… and I also know that… once you’ve been pushed to the brink, you eventually come out swingin’.

~That right? Well, much as your rambling is funny and all, ‘cause it is, really top-notch comedy, I think we should keep it movin’-~

‘I’m not going anywhere.’

If Honeyheart hadn’t heard her own voice just then she would have sworn someone else had spoke.

~Excuse me? You… what?~

‘I said, that I’m not going anywhere. And neither are you.’

5/?

>>28257893

Honeyheart had to admit. This was probably the bravest moment of her entire life, even counting trying to be an assistant nurse on that floating rock known as Partyland. This here was the pinnacle. And it only grew when she started to waltz towards him, each step causing that hue of red surrounding Zanta to throb, almost as if pleading for her to bolt the opposite way.

~So. You really want to die that badly?~

‘To be honest, the way my life was going, I had a good seventy-nine percent chance of that happening anyway, whether by your paws or some other way.’

She dropped back onto her haunches in front of him, a good foot or so shorter causing her to greatly incline her head to catch his eye.

~Not very popular, eh? I can see why, you do have this smell about you, have I mentioned that? If I haven’t, then wow, silly me. You stink.~

To his oft-repeated insult, Honeyheart lifted a hoof, let it linger in the air for a moment, then prodded Zanta right in the chest. Nothing more than a nudge.

‘You’re obviously not very used to givin’ compliments, which is okay. I’m not really used to gettin’ ‘em, actually. If I smell good, that’s all ya’ gotta say.’

~Compliments aren’t really a thing with my kind. They tend to come out all kinds of fucked up.~

‘I can see that.’

~Can you see me crackin’ your skull like a watermelon if you don’t get movin’ retroactive to this here conversation? ‘Cause that, that’s not a compliment comin’ out wrong, that there’s fact.~

A twinge of pain stemming from her forehead caused Honeyheart to cringe as she nodded.

‘I… I can see that, too. You diamond dogs really are as crass as the rumors say….’

~Hey, when ya mostly live in caves or beneath the ground, adaptability is a must. At least until we decide to overthrow you ponies.~

It was a pain to do but Honeyheart couldn’t stop herself from chuckling at that.

‘It would not surprise me if that were a legitimate thing.’

6/?

>>28257919

~You guys got a few more years, don’t worry. Actually, they do, but you might not ‘cause, honestly, I can’t tell you how close I am to nibbling on your throat in the worst way.~

The word ‘DANGER’ was literally flying across both lens now, nearly engulfing her vision. If she lived through this, she would have to tell Jetset to fix that feature posthaste. Sure it was helpful in pointing out the obvious but it was also really annoying.

‘Before you do, I, uh… I think I oughta warn you that I’m an up-and-coming princess.’

~Yup. I’m sure you are. Last time I checked, the utmost of your kinds royalty all convene in one very easily targeted location. Canter lot.~

‘…Hence up-and-coming. I even have my own knight!’

~Whoa, not a guard, but a knight-~

‘A knight who I can pretty much guarantee will kill you in less than a month’s time after you’ve killed me.’

Again, Honeyheart was surprised. Not by what she had said, as she had long since given her mouth over to whatever bravado seemed to be guiding her now, but by the amount of self-control Zanta exhibited when he stopped the paw poised for her throat.

What was surely going to be a fatal slash turned into nothing more than a tap, like the one she’d given him.

~Kill me? …Wow. Ha, wow! So there’s actually ponies out there with that kinda backbone, huh?~

‘You don’t know the half of it….’

7/?

>>28257933

~That’s great! ‘Cause I’ll tell ya, me and mine were kinda of the impression that you ponies were a bunch of lily-livered pacifists and whatnot. I mean, first your main princess gets downed by a bug and then she turns right around and lets the bug stay! With her! After all the bug did!~

‘It’s… you do know that since then she’s made ame- that bug’s name is Chrysalis, by the way- that she’s made amends, and that even one of the littler ones saved the people of the Crystal Empire, right?’

~You can’t make amends for orchestratin’ an invasion with the intent to overthrow, conquer, and enslave. And even if you could, you shouldn’t be able to. Those’re some decapitation-tier offenses right there. But, hey, you ponies, right? Pacifistic at heart, able and willing to forgive your enemies even if they’d just slept with your mother.~

He tapped her again, except harder.

~Moving back to this knight of yours, he sounds entertaining. Where is he?~

That… was a damn good question. Where exactly was Jetset? After suffering that konk to the head, her memory was left more than a little blurry….

‘Heeeee’s… prepping! Yup, prepping for my return, he is, ‘cause he’s a knight and, uh, that’s what knights do. Prep for their princess.’

~Soon-to-be princess.~

‘…Right.’

~Prepping where?~

‘Canterlot.’

~Ah, that’s before the Crystal Empire, right? Good, so we’ll stop there first, I can kill this knight of yours, then we can be on our merry way.~

Even bypassing the staggering fact that Jetset had the Princess of Equestria’s own protection, there was absolutely no conceivable way that Honeyheart could envision Jetset losing to this creature, even without his shades.

She tilted her throbbing head, the signs of a smirk beginning to show.

‘Riiiiight, ‘kay. Well, we’re not moving until you tell me what’s in the Crystal Empire.’

8/?

>>28257950

~Fair enough. My little brother went missing about a year and a half ago. He was last seen somewhere around there, and since we diamond dogs like glittery things, it makes sense.~

‘Wait, wait, wait, back up. Your little brother goes missing almost two years ago and you only just NOW start to look for him?’

~Yup.~

‘WHY?’

~’Cause he’s my little brother?~

‘No- what? No, not that, I mean, why wait so long? Why didn’t you start lookin’ the moment you noticed he was gone?!’

Zanta blinked like Honeyheart had lapsed into a different language.

~Are you kiddin’? My kind are notorious for wandering off on our own. When I was younger I took a wrong turn and went missing for three years. Found my way back, too. A year and a half is nothing.~

She just couldn’t keep from looking simultaneously horrified and astonished.

‘I… I… just… what the hell, Zanta?’

~But my bro’s still just a pup, still young and stupid, ya know? Barely even at speaking age. A few months missing, okay, a whole year, maybe he’s just draggin’ back a really big diamond- one that I’d instantly steal- but over fifteen months? Yeah, time to start lookin’.~

Shrugging, Zanta nodded like he honestly believed what he said made all kinds of sense. It only made Honeyheart’s head pulse harder, enough to cause her to reach up for a soothing rub.

What she felt caused her stomach to clench and heart to race.

That cloth, that fabric….

‘Z-Zanta… wh….’

Her eyes glanced about the immediate area, wholly aware that she was missing something. Something vital.

‘Wait a minute, where is it?’

Curiously, Zanta looked left, then right, then back at the fretting mare.

~Wheeeere’s what?~

‘M-my bits, my money- Zanta, where’s my money?’

9/10

>>28257964

She snatched off the bloodstained makeshift headwrap and held it up, her chest starting to heave.

‘This is my bag! The bag with… no. NO! Nonononono- it had my money! What… what did you do? Why is this bag EMPTY?! WHERE ARE MY BITS ZANTA?!’

She was absolutely screaming, frantically flipping the now ripped and useless bag as though the sought bits might suddenly pour out.

Zanta burped into his paw; Honeyheart looked up so fast that her neck cracked.

~What, them bits in the bag? Oh, lemme tell ya, you ponies make your money from the most delicious-~

‘AAAAAAH!’

With everything she possessed, she swung, and blacked out.

There was a gut-wrenching crack followed by a searing pain that coursed from her hoof all the way up to her withers.

She was blinking rapidly, trying to see through the tears fast welling up and spilling down her face.

Across from her and holding a paw to his profusely bleeding nose, Zanta stared down at Honeyheart with eerily wide eyes.

~So. Duh’ pwincess can th’ow a punch.~

10/10

>>28257970
It's fucking on!

>>28257970
That... ended kinda weirdly. I mean, not badly, but it's not really a cliffhanger either because it stopped right before we can even begin to fathom where this will go next. It's just a not-ending

>>28257970
Thus begins the second worst /pa/ beat down.

>>28257314
Lots of projection there.

>>28258107
What was the first?

>>28256790
I think you mean Golden Compass (Amber Spyglass was the third book).

And yeah, Lyra Shimmer is trying to kill god, so there's that too.

>>28257970
Brave, but stupid.

I like her!

>>28258127
...Chitty vs 42?

>>28257970
I uhhh

Forgot

Everything

And everyone

That had to do with this....sub plot? Is it a subplot?

Halp

>>28258191
Oh riiiight, I forgot and it felt baity to just say 'those books the Catholics hated a bunch'

>>28258276
It's funny, because those books really helped me become a better Catholic and affirm my faith, I feel, even while I was taking the messages of the book at face value. But all the other Catholics I know seem to hate it for whatever reason.

>>28258238
42 has a better chance against her opponent than Double H at the moment.

They're both gonna lose, but still.

>Pennydrop
“Spoiled Rich”
‘SS’
~~

>Are you sure you must go so quickly?

The older mare, no matter how much makeup she slathered on to hide that fact, waved off any concerns, shuffling onto the airship ramp with an elegant flair.

“Oh, you know how it is. My little sweetie pie’s deed is done, but the march of fame never ends! We’re off to begin anew and to help bolster our reputation, which of course will only help your marketing team ever further. They should be thanking us.

A sly eyebrow cocked up, but Pennydrop hid it well.

>Oh yes, so much help.

“Of course, this will give you more time to make an even better armor for her, won’t it? Clearly, there were some flaws. Not blaming you, of course, but certain responsible individuals need to be better on their game, whoever they are.”

Behind her, the filly following snorted derisively.

‘Oh yeah, wouldn’t want the death machine you’re strapping your daughter into to be anything less than the very best, right?”

“See? Even she gets it.”

Silver Spoon had to bite her tongue quite hard to prevent retorting to that.

“Really, I think Filthy is being silly, what good is some backwoods Podunk town anyway? But he’s my Filthy Rich, and I have to indulge him at least on occasion.”

‘Cue him needing to get the ice chipper afterwards.’

“It won’t take long. Really, what hope do any of those nobodies have against us? We’re Riches, after all.”

‘…Wait, was your name originally just Spoiled-‘

“Ta taa, my friend! I’ll be back shortly, and we can talk further… business.”

They both swore they heard a hiss roll off with that last one.

>Yes… I look forward to it. See you again, Spoiled.

With a last cheerful wave from the mare, and a scowling glare from the filly, the plank rose up, and took the pair from sight.

>After all… I’m not done with you yet.

Just in time to miss the businessmare’s smile.

~You’re acting creepy again.~

>SHUT THE FUCK UP, GWEN!

>>28258273
In a nutshell, Honeyheart, Jetset's nurse mare friend, summoned him during a confrontation with a groper, then wanted him to give her a ride to Canterlot. Halfway into it, she comes to the realization that she doesn't deserve Jetset, that everything in her life has thus far been earned and she's going to 'earn' his protection by getting to Canterlot on her own accord.

She doesn't tell Jetset this but Jetset and his semi-omniscient ass deduces she's going to do something and thus leaves her his shades. It's quickly discovered that those shades are in a technological league all their own, downright on TWIENCE levels.

Through a series of flashbacks, Honey discovers that Jetset actually built those shades from the ground-up, all the while traveling with the diamond dog Zanta who basically threatens the fuck out of her to lead him to the Crystal Empire to help find his younger brother.

Annnnd, right now, Honey just decked Zanta in the shit. So, yeah. I missed some stuff I'm sure but yeah.

>Sweetie Belle
“Sweetie Doll”
~~

>…

“…”

>…

“…Sooooo…”

>…sooooo…

“Hrmmm…”

>…hrm….

“Is Babs okay?”

>Yeah, probably.

“Probably?”

>We don’t talk a ton.

“I… that’s not…”

>…

“So are you finally going to ask how I exist?”

>Why would I do that?

>….I fucking quit.

“Language! You’re a filly, probably! Oh, wait, no you’re not, that’s the whole issue. Carry on!”

>I… fucking.. quit…

>Cantie
“Cantie2”
~~~

“So we’re just going to go back to normal now.”

>Yep.

“We’re just going to pretend like that whole robot fight didn’t happen?”

>Yep.

“We’re just going to… move on, move past it, like nothing matters. Just reset like this whole thing didn’t mean anything, like we could just forget it all went down, and then just act like everything is normal. Never even mentioning it later.”

>It seems like it.

“This feels bad. Like, we’re just resetting after a major event, that we’re just sliding down when we really need to be pushing forwards.”

>It’s just how it is.

“Nothing is going to change it?... Nothing?”

WHAM!

“MY NOSE!”

>Oh hey, Hive Gazzette is here, they don’t normally do two issues in a day.

“IT HURTS!”

>Hrm… oh, oh my.

“What!?”

>…You don’t happen to be carrying a monkeys paw with you by any chance, do you?

“……….WHAT!?”

>Huh… guess we’ll find out later, for now… we need to go get ready to vote.

“…..yay”

>>28258881
Rarity for wort princess 2016!

>>28258358
>42 has a better chance against her opponent than Double H at the moment.

The fuck makes you say that?

One good, lucky brick and nobody is gonna wanna Zanta. Seriously, he could trip and hit his head, she could kick him in the dick, she's got options.

What the FUCK is 42 going to do against someone who shrugs off nukes like they're her ex-girlfriend and she's got a new fly honey on her side?

>>28259361
Considering she just played Chitty like a fiddle, she's got better chances simply because she knows what she's doing

LAST THREAD RECAP, BREATHER EDITION!
>AJ might have trouble paying back the damages.
>Luna made poor choices buying crystals.
>Spoiled Rich is disappointed.
>DT and Daw read a letter from Pommel, and realize they can forge his signature.
>Twilight suddenly realizes she left Moondancer and Rarity behind.
>Rarity is pretty sure she has the right gun.
>After they meet up again, Moondancer and Twi reconcile.
>Actarius tries to teach multiplication, it goes poorly.
>Twinklejinx and the book discovers the joy of milkshakes.
>Less joyful is when they themselves are discovered by Lavan and TJ is revealed! Shortly after the being inside the books name is revealed to be Hydia, she resorts to stabbing Lavan in the eye so they can run.
>The staff have odd uses for the hole in the floor.
>Celestia takes a minute to collect herself after realizing the battle is over, and decides to take the scenic route so Shiny can fly with her.
>Blueblood's methods of pinning down PJ are in question.
>Twilight and Rarity call out AJ on her behavior, but that gets a little hard for the latter when she learns Sweetie Belle has a cutie mark too, and she missed it.
>Thankfully, AJ ties her up before she can run off and hurt herself.
>What MM whispered to 29 is revealed! It seems that the deal she made with Chrysalis so long ago was... she would help 29 get elected as mayor next re-election. He's reluctant, but agrees.
>When they tell Trixie and Zecora, they don't respond as intended. Instead of joining him, the pair decide that if MM isn't running again, than the seat is up for grabs! Both of them join in, and the race is on!
>Meanwhile, Luna learns she missed yet another event, and is beyond angry.
>18 and Pinkie have way too much fun imagine reactions to Cadence being dead.
>Twilights old friends learn moving from Canterlot didn't work.
>Changelings learn that ballpit=happiness, but pranks=what?
1/4

>>28259738
>AJ, and Twilight find out that Fluttershy has a little brother, and Twi knows what it's like to be taken off guard.
>CC also joins the race for mayor.
>The construction workers ride to the challenge!
>Zephyr tried to run, but Fluttershy was faster. And now, he has to deal with her yelling at him.
>And also picking up Dash's dry cleaning, because that's important.
>Applejack locks herself out of her room, and hasn't even been in there since before the vacation. Thankfully, she didn't leave Winona in there.
>She did have a gold fish, though...
>With no other options, she starts trying to burn through the wall, but doesn't make it very far. Because during it, the roof opens up, and Celestia arrives. She is not happy.
>After learning what transpired, Celestia gives an absolutely blunt and brutal verbal beatdown to Applejack and Twilight, and even rebukes Rarity into silence when she tries to intervene. Only when she's finished does she admit she's not going to punish them, for no other reason than if she has to, they don't deserve to be princesses. After that, she takes off.
>Left behind, Shining tries to defend her and say Celestia is just a little frazzled he almost fell to his death.
>That does not help.
>A little on edge, Applejack immediately tries to get back into her room, but pushes too far and her magic wipes out her entire room, and then some.
>But her fish, which is shockingly alive, is okay!
>With no more room, it's time for her and Rarity to become ROOMIES!
>Zecora uses the ghostkids for her mayoral race!
>Trixie tries the same, but it turns out Snips and Snails aren't dead.
>Luna arrives at the "battle" and goes into full roaring mode!
>Only, nobody is there, except for a very terrified construction worker. She's pretty much reduced to trying to sing him to sleep.
>Idris and Cheese finally arrive!... at the Gryphon Kingdom. Cheese was not happy.
>They sure as fuck weren't going back to Canterlot.
2/4

>>28259750
>32 is about to lose his mind with JJ and Acty's accidental innuendo and them not understanding his innuendo and asks the sky for help. Shockingly, someone legit answers, and 29 arrives.
>Celestia waits for Luna to arrive, and her banter is lost when she realizes Luna is still carrying the sleeping pony.
>They both need cake and history is weird.
>Twilight needs drinks, but SHiny will only give hugs.
>Rarity has an awesome room because of unpaid spiderling labor.
>When bantering, Maud suddenly acts very strange and chucks 18 out the room following a dialog tangent that makes no sense. 18 responds in kind, with lasers.
>The battle between Babs and the Doll reaches it's peak, literally, when they and Sweetie Bell climb to the top of a roof!
>And then Babs messes up and falls down. She's probably okay.
>But SB is cornered, and the doll starts threatening her. Who will save her?
>Spike to the rescue on his big wheel!
>Which immediately falls, but nevermind, because the battle is on! With him distracted for a second, the doll strikes with a flurry of punches!
>Which do nothing. Because she's a doll. A doll-doll, not a thing that looks like a doll.
>This suddenly feels unfair to Spike.
>DT offers to upgrade Daws' sword.
>Fancy and Fluer answer a call to the elite to gather, and it seems Lightning Dust has something she wants to share.
>Back at the Empire, Cadence ignores the fact she's surrounded in darkness, mostly because she's drunk, and tries to hug Chrysalis.
>Instead, the Queen mocks her, pointing out how vulnerable she is, but Cadence replies she's unafraid, because it's Chrysalis.
>When said queen says that anyone could take advantage of her, Cadence confidently shoots back she's not worried now, because Chrysalis would protect her.
>When the changeling points out her intrinsic nature, Cadence admits She used to be afraid of her, because she thought her a monster, but she's not afraid of monsters anymore.
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>>28259760
>When the princess reaches out, the Queen grabs her hoof painfully, and admits that a part of her would rather not do this. But she needs power, and she's going to take it.
>Or she would, if sudden green flames didn't appear. When she demands an answer, she's shocked to see 42 at the other end of the hallway, and said punchbug says in no uncertain terms that she knew there was a possibility someday she would have to fight her, someday she would have to be the one to stop her, and she was ready for it.
>She is prepared, and she gives one final ultimatum.
>~If you do not release her and step away from her right now, I will kill you... Queen Chitania.~
>The Titan smiles.

Shit I am late. Sorry, life is life you know.

So if I missed something in my lateness, it's because of them, whoever they are. Blame them, those monsters.

>>28258475
>Gwen just calls her out whenever

I love that pair.

>>28259770
As always, appreciated.

>>28258117
LNPP anon loves DT.

>>28256905
Hhhnggggh!

>>28257964
Wait, Shining never got the little bugger back home?

Unless this one is different from who Two found.

>>28260715
He might have tried, but the guy just wouldn't leave.

>>28260939
>Are you related to him? Good! Take him away already! He won't leave no matter what we do, and I keep throwing him out into the snow and he keeps coming back. I put him on the train and somehow he ended up back in my garden the next day! Get rid of him I think he's eating my freaking Castle!

Night, thread

>>28261421
Night, Princess.

>>28259770
Something something Flash Sentry, Fizzle and mystery mare? I am extremely unsure of the details...

>>28261811
But you get morning instead.

>>28259361
42 has the smarts, she has the plan, and she has that drive to prove yourself and save the one she loves. Don't count her out of the fight is over

>>28262487
Power of love baby!

>>28261853
Oh shit, that's embaressing.

>Fizzle watches on as Flash is repaired. When the mysterious mare asks him if he would rather the princess fixed him instead, she's pleased by Flash's violent reaction.

>>28256905
I am Blue... I am Blue... Youe'd be too... if every plan that you had... done fell through... THESE FLIPPING HOLES!?!?!?!!?

>Rarity
"Applejack"
'AB'
~???~
~~~

>Now, Applejack, we learned from this, remember? We learned what happens when you get too clingy?

"Ah' know."

>You say that, but I just want to really feel you understand what happens when you grab hold too tightly and won't let go.

"Kinda different circumstances here."

>I just want you to be careful, you don't want to send Applebloom away again now that you're in the same area.

"We wouldn't be iffin' she had a say in it."

>There, exactly there, that's what you need to worry about! You've got her yet again!

"Ah' think she'll let it go this time."

>Oh darling... so naive.

"Look, can Ah' just-"

'CAN YA JUST SHUT YER' BUCKIN' TRAP AND PULL ME BACK IN ALREADY!?'

"Ah'm talking here!"

'AND AH'M DANGLIN' OFF THE SIDE OF THIS FREAKIN' UNSAFE CITY!'

"Yer' the one who drove off it!"

'HOW WAS AH' SUPPOSED TA' KNOW BIG WHEEL BEAT PROTECTIVE WALL!?'

"Well, ya' shouldn't have driven at it anyway-"

'PULL ME IN!'

>Really, darling! So irresponsible!

"..."

>What?

"...Vengeance."

>What the devil does that mean... oh my.

~Now before you say anything, EVERYTHING SHE SAYS IS A LIE!~

>....

"..."

'...Hi, Sweetie Belle.'

~Hi Applebloom!... Can I do the ride next?~

>"NO!"

'PULL ME IN!"

>>28263193
Well, crap.

Spike's gonna flip his shit.

>Zecora
"Lyra"
~~

"Alright, I'm curious, what are your platforms?"

>It's simple dear pony, you really can't mistake! I'm here to ensure a reasonable amount of wealth they take. For too long, the taxes have been far too high. All so they can go to the city that tries to reach the sky! It's time we took back what makes our city grow. And to do this, you need to elect someone in the know. I've seen how they operate and how they decide their taxation. Shockingly, they spend too much on their relaxation! It's not something I will accept, and my protection is as strong as my will. That's why you, lucky pony, get to join in and make me mayor of Ponyville!

"..."

>...Hmmm?

"...I kinda want to vote for you just because you can rhyme good."

>But, all of my proposals, my wit...

"..."

>...Oh whatever, fine, I'll take it.

"Rhyme some more!"

>Roses are red, violets are blue. Most ponies are stupid, this is true.

"Hee hee!"

>>28263503
>"Hee hee!"

Is... is Lyra related to Actarius?

>Chitania
"42"
~~

It began as most battles across time had.

With a flash.

>You..

The solider before her vanished from sight, and it was only the sudden heat in the chilling world she found herself in that she could detect the assault before it could land.

>Are starting...

She easily blocked it and retaliated, sending her away with merely a flicker. It happened again with the strike that came soon after as well when it appeared from her other side. The white of snow was bathed in flash after flash of green light, flickering in and out like a dying firefly that was swiftly reborn. Not a single blow landed, no matter how quickly her foe attacked or from whatever angle, and it did little more than make the frustration in the Titan grow.

>To PISS ME OFF!

With a feral roar, her hooves slammed to the ground. Snow and wind burst out in every direction, a shockwave so powerful it left the ground beneath the Titan a few inches shorter.

In a flicker, the soldier vanished, hiding behind an outcropping of the snow to weather the wave. What remained when the rolling attack had passed was little more than a shred, barely held together by a grip of magic. It was the only point still standing, nothing was left beside it but a flat plain of nothing.

Finding the changeling afterwards was not difficult.

>Got you.

A single massive hoof swung, little more than the most basic of effort put forwards, but still devastating enough to leave a cleave in the plain around them, the mark left behind easily mistaken for the remains of a mace wielded by a dragon.

Behind it, there was nothing.

>Wait...

Not even the telltale flash of green that should have shown her whisked away.

>Where did you...

The answer came not from the land around her that she searched, but the exact point she had been so focused on not a second ago.

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>>28263852

A silent grunt and a rustling of snow was her only warning before a black shape erupted from the ground, the white frost rolling off her as her body became a blur. With a glowing green hoof infused with as much power as she could spare, the solider focused everything she had on a single point.

A single point in the immaculate, untouched neck.

"...Damn."

Her hopes of a quick victory faded when the Queen turned her regal gaze back down to her, and the hoof holding uselessly against the changelings neck, not so much as a scratch on the armor that clung to it.

What had seemed mere decoration had other uses, it seemed.

>How did you know.

It was not a question, but a demand that preceded the wave of her powerful hoof, one that dug nearly through to the earth below the near impenetrable layer of snow. The green flames that remained after the smaller changeling's fireflight were dispelled almost as quickly as she herself was taken away.

The changeling had hidden herself away again, and the offense added burning ire to the Queen's searching gaze.

>How did you find out where they're located?

Almost casually, she fired a green beam of magic into the ivory mound, completely decimating a rolling hill of snow without any effort and a far brighter light than should have bee. In the scattered, there was a much deeper tench left behind through what had been it's center.

>Surely that moron of a niece of mine isn't so stupid she would actually tell you, would she?

The hissing winds were all that answered her, their constant calls unable to drown out her angered words.

>Surely, she never would allow a solider, a female of all things, to know of her weaknesses. So that leaves either two possibilities. One, she told them to you so that you could do her dirty work, to end a Queen who she herself did not want to risk facing. Or two...

2/6

>>28263861

She struck again, a smile crossing her face when she spotted a green flicker in the parting snow just before it's collapse.

>You found it out on your own, one way or another, and have hidden it away jealously. All so that one day, you could... take her place.

Another casual swing of her might, another vanishing light just in time. Slowly, the changeling was running out of room to hide.

>Is that it, little drone? The power, the in with the Princess, the fireflight, are you planning one day to rule that hive? Do you wish to one day be the Queen you thought she could never be? Do you want to ascend, little changeling? Do you want to kill a Queen?

One final, devastating spin, and the games had ended. The half standing mounds that had remained were swiftly destroyed, and with it, the changeling had nowhere to hide when she returned.

>I'm sorry to disappoint, but... it won't work.

The solider remained in a fighting stance, but made no move to vanish again. Tense muscles were ready to spring at a single moment, but she waited as the Queen's gaze turned on her.

>For you see, I'm not sure what you've heard or what you've gathered, but simply killing a Queen isn't enough. No, your actions, should you take them, would be pointless. There's so much more to being a Queen than simply being able to kill one another, really. Though I admit...

She stamped down, for no other reason than to nearly knock the changeling off her hooves with the power that rolled off alone.

>It's certainly a big part of it. But no, your slaying of my niece would do nothing, and you would remain as you are and ever shall be, a drone. Sorry to spoil your plans.

A wicked, amused smiled showed off her barred teeth when the changeling so much smaller tensed up.

>But much like your chances against me... it wasn't meant to be.

3/6

>>28263869

A dark chuckle escape her lips, her hoof tapping her chin.

>I'll have to remember to mock her for this one. Really, I understand desperate times call for desperate measures, Thirteen's father is proof of that, but letting in a female like yourself? Why would she accept one so obviously treacherous?

The smile did not fade, but lost some of it's bite. The Titan swore she saw the little annoyance about to smirk at her.

>Nothing to say?

That wicked smile faltered, when the smaller ling began to smirk.

"Just this... NOW!"

From the remains left behind by her every unthinking swipe, from the depths scattered around the broken snow, a dozen white pony shapes burst forth from the ground, bounding into the air at unnatural heights and descending upon her with spears barred and aimed squarely for the massive target.

>You fucking think these toy's will bother me!? You-

Her hoof had lashed out with enough power to shatter bones, break skulls, end whoever had been foolish enough to attack her with something so primitive. It could have easily shattered bodies made of steel.

Or, in this case, snow.

The attack managed scatter the moving snowponies into a white flurry, their fake bodies gone in the blink of an eye, all that was left behind were tiny, glowing orbs of pure emerald.

Ones with tiny, red blinking lights in the middle.

>...are a piece of-

At this point in her life, the Titan was so used to massive blasts going off in her face she wondered if there would be a time she couldn't get up in the morning without detonating a rocket into her nose, and if she would one day be able to tell by taste what materials were used in each explosive.

It was with that in mind she briefly wondered if she should thank the changeling for a change of pace.

>GRAAAGGHHHH!

4/6

>>28263877

That thought swiftly died beneath the blinding strobe lights and screeching wail of some unholy sound emitted from the tiny devices. Her ears, and her head, experienced a pain that made even her let loose her confident facade and give in to anger, and she was all too willing to show the changeling exactly what that anger was.

She could not see the changeling, but she knew of her last position, and that was all she needed when she turned to face her.

She didn't see her mistake coming until it was too late.

>YOU PIECE OF SHIT!

She closed her eye, the one the changeling dropping to the bottom of her favorite list had struck with all her might.

Involuntarily, she returned the favor. She could not hit her directly with a blow as she was, but she did not need to.

She was a Queen.

The solider cried out in pain as a wave of magic exploded in every direction, searing green flame burning her and frying the chitin on her skin as it shoved her with enough force to take her breath away. The lightmaking, noise emitting devices collapsed and burned away beneath her power, the raw and uncontrolled magic she let loose without form or poise, only the need to destroy.

In the silence that followed, her sight returned to her, the ringing in her ears died down, and the cool breeze soothed the ache of the eye she slowly opened up once again. White and clear, it remained as healthy as it had ever been, and not so much as a mark to indicate it had been hit at all.

The same could not be said for the machines that had been used against her.

A snarl curled her lips, the all encompassing rage that had built inside of her dimming away just enough to allow her incomprehensible roar to dwindle to a grumbling growl. She searched the snow that surrounded her, flat and white on all sides with little if anything to see all around.

Nothing, including no sign of the cursed changeling who had brought her such ire.

>Show yourself.

5/7fuckingwordcount

>>28263886

The changeling had vanished, gone from her sight again.

>Show yourself!

She swung again and again, her hooves doing just as much damage as any of her magic ever could, if not more. With her fury heated beyond what the snow could reduce, she found no other outlet to use it against than the endless waves of nothing all around her, and unleash it she did.

>SHOW YOURSELF!

Again and again and again, until there was nothing left.

Nothing, period.

>...Hrm, maybe I overdid it with the magic and killed her.

She could see no remains, no body, no nothing.

>Well, that's regrettable so soon. Suppose we all make mistakes.

"Yes, we do."

She felt the wash of warmth before she saw or heard the new arrival. The tingle of magic in the air that spoke of another entering into the world buzzing along her chitin.

The titan turned slowly as she regarded the changeling, making sure to show off every inch of the stern frown on her face, so that the other could know exactly how displeased she was.

>Going for the eyes was regrettable, I thought you better than those weak and pathetic ponies. What a pity, the little I was impressed is already... what is that?

The silent changeling remained as she had always been, silent.

But the sad smile that crossed her face when she held up not one, but three odd devices with straps connecting to strange glowing, metal boxes said more than any speech ever could.

>Answer me, drone.

"...I can't beat you like this, I can't even hurt you. You're too strong for me, as I am."

Nothing today, not being revealed, not the attack, not even infiltrating an entire kingdom, had worried her more than the near unseen shake on the warrior's strong, chitinous hoof as it lay on the switch along the device's side.

"So I have to..."

6/7

>>28263896

In all her years, in all her long long life, she had only seen the eyes that looked into her soul one other time in her entire existence.

The eyes that burned with determination, with acceptance, with resolve and regret in equal form, the ones that gazed into her were the same.

She had seen them on that fateful day, within the depths of the burning volcano.

"I hope they'll forgive me... when I'm gone."

The switch went up.

As most battles did, the true fight began with a flash.

>>28263902
PUNCHBUG NOOOOOO

>>28263902
>Punchbug going super sayin to fight Chitty

Fucking HYPE

>>28263852
Goddamn teleport spam

>>28263986
Chitty gives no fuck bout no broken ass spam, she'll fuck you up by thinking at you.

>>28263902
>"I hope they'll forgive me... when I'm gone."

Eighteen? Chrysalis? Take notes.

That's how you be best waifubug.

>>28263902
...okay, NOW her odds are better than HH's.

>>28264005
She does seem to mostly be playing with her while putting on a hell of a show.

I'm guessing that above theory is accurate and this is just a distraction, and she's trying to tell the CE "HEY! LOOK OVER HERE! I'M FUCKING FIGHTING!"