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The Leap: Rainbow Dash Presents Version

Nov 17th, 2016
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  1. Original story written by LoreLove: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/348717/the-leap
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  3. Major props to him for letting me make a parody of it
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  5. >There’s no better place to watch a sunset than a hill
  6. >It’s the perfect spot to watch the brilliant star inch below the horizon and into the distance
  7. >And on one particular hill sat one particular tree, that was one of the oldest trees in all of Equestria
  8. >Legends say that it was older than Celestia herself, but you know what they say about legends, you have to take ‘em with a grain of salt
  9. >The tree itself was kind’ve a tourist trap, but the only people who wanted to go there were fascinated by its age, and didn’t really want to do any sightseeing
  10. >They just came to admire the tree for a bit, and then left without doing much else
  11. >Anyway, this isn’t really a story about the tree, but of the pony who sat underneath it
  12. >But unlike most of the ponies who came to this hill, she wasn’t interested in watching the sunset or studying the tree
  13. >No, Twilight Sparkle mostly ignored the wondrous streaks that filled the sky, and instead focused on her books
  14. >Y’see, she had recently undertaken a new pupil, like Celestia did for her, to teach the mare about the magic of friendship - or whatever
  15. >Her student’s name was Starlight Glimmer, and she was incredible at using magic
  16. >Like, Twilight was too, but not in the way Starlight was
  17. >Starlight was really good at combining multiple different types of spells into one, and then using them effectively, while Twilight was just really good at memorizing and casting a lot of different magic
  18. >Like one time, she combined a mind control spell and a desire spell, and then cast it on me and some of my friends so she could speed up her friendship lesson for the day, but then everything kind’ve fell apart when everyone doing everything they were supposed to do kind’ve overwhelmed her
  19. >She apologized though, and that made everything better
  20. >Anyway, for some reason, Starlight’s talent made Twilight really jealous and bitter, so she had started to outright shun everyone around her and resort to coming to the hill every day for some quiet study time
  21. >And that’s where she was now, resting comfortably against the tree all alone
  22. >Well, that is until Rainbow Dash, the most awesome pony in all of Equestria, crashed down right beside her
  23. >”Hey Dash,” she commented, not looking up from her book
  24. >”Hi Twilight!” Dash enthusiastically said back. “What’chya you up to?”
  25. >With a sigh, Twilight placed her book down, and looked over at the careless pegasus
  26. >”Dash, I’m kind’ve in the middle of something right now. Is this important?”
  27. >”Well I just wanted to know how you were doing…”
  28. >”I’m fine! Happy? Can you leave me alone now?”
  29. >With her magic, Twilight aggressively grabbed her literature off the ground, and held it out to continue reading
  30. >”...Twilight are you still jealous over Starlight Glimmer?”
  31. >”For the last time, Dash, I am not jealous!” she huffed
  32. >”Okay okay, you’re not jealous… although if you’re feeling a little down, there’s this-”
  33. >”Whatever it is, I don’t care. Now go. Away.”
  34. >And with that, she busied herself once again with her book, leaving Rainbow Dash feeling sad and dejected
  35. >”Alright… well if you need me, I suppose you know where to find me.”
  36. >Without so much of a grunt of acknowledgement, Twilight tried to immerse herself in the guide once again
  37. >And she almost succeeded, before Starlight Glimmer suddenly appeared in front of them
  38. >”Hello Twilight!” she greeted happily
  39. >”Oh for the love of… can I please just get some God da- oh. It’s you Starlight. Um… what do you need?”
  40. >”Oh nothing really. I just wanted to stop by and see if you were on your way back to Ponyvile. We have that picnic tonight with the other gals, remember?”
  41. >”Oh that’s tonight? Nah, I don’t think I’m going. Too much to do.”
  42. >”Not going? But they’ve been planning this for weeks…”
  43. >”Yeah well things come up, okay? Now if you don’t mind, I’m trying to study here, and-”
  44. >”Twilight you’ve been up here for hours on end each day ‘studying’. It’s starting to get worrying.”
  45. >”While I appreciate the concern, I really don’t-”
  46. >”Y’know there’s a lot more to life than busywork,” Glimmer interrupted to the great annoyance of her teacher. “You need to learn to appreciate the little things in life, like the company of other ponies. It really clears your head.”
  47. >”Starlight-” Twilight began through gritted teeth
  48. >”Here, I know what’ll cheer you up! A good old-fashioned magic display!”
  49. >Starlight then fired a brilliant beam of light into the sky, filling it with vibrant colors and bathing the entire area in warm waves
  50. >”Oh my gosh!” Rainbow Dash proclaimed excitedly, staring up into the sky
  51. >Each color began to slowly spin within the pole itself whilst slowly traveling up the beam in a calculated manner
  52. >Twilight had settled across the land, allowing the gorgeous beam to be seen for miles around
  53. >The wave of light extended far beyond the surrounding plain, making the environment glow with brilliant reds, blues, greens, and purples for several miles
  54. >Twilight tried to resist the allure of the light, but her efforts proved to be in vain
  55. >Slowly, she shifted her gaze towards the sky, was was struck with awe at the glory before her
  56. >Well, until it came crashing down with seething jealousy
  57. >”Can’t you two just leave! Me! Alone?!” she cried, as a bright light began illuminating from her own horn
  58. >She flung her body weight towards the ground, causing a powerful wave of magic to ripple across the area
  59. >With a small “pft”, the two ponies before her disappeared without a trace
  60. >Whilst Twilight didn’t immediately notice their absence, she did notice a sudden silence encompass the area
  61. >A wave of relief washed over her, as she slowly looked around to see if anypony was still there
  62. >To her pleasant surprise, no one was
  63. >She glanced upwards and found that that twilight still lingered precariously in the sky
  64. >The field around her returned to a sleepy peacefulness, as a light breeze slowly drifted across it
  65. >Twilight took a moment to let the stillness enveloped her, before turning back to her book
  66. >For what seemed like hours she sat there, studying, marking down notes, reading and re-reading entire pages, until she felt she couldn’t read any longer
  67. >Put her book down beside her, and once again peered into the sky
  68. >To her surprise it was still twilight out
  69. >”Jeez, how long have I been out here?” she pondered aloud. “I didn’t even feel the sun rising or setting.”
  70. >With a grunt, she rose to her hooves, and placed the book inside her saddlebag
  71. >She thought about just walking back to her house, but that was pretty far away, and she wanted to hit the hay as soon as possible
  72. >So with another light “pft”, she teleported back to her tree castle and started climbing its stairs
  73. >”I’m going to bed Spike,” she called. “Have breakfast ready for me in the morning.”
  74. >She waited for her dragon to call back, but only silence answered her
  75. >Her frustration quickly gave way to tiredness, and she decided to punish the dragon in the morning
  76. >Sleep that night felt… odd
  77. >She drifted into it pretty easily, but it felt hollow somehow
  78. >Like she wasn’t getting any real rest despite how loudly she was snoring
  79. >When she woke up, she felt rested, but the odd feeling lingered
  80. >As she rubbed her eyes, she opened her curtains to take a look outside
  81. >She was startled to see that not an inch of time had seemed to move since she last checked
  82. >Unable to believe the scene before her, she continued to try to rub any and all dust out of her eyes to make sure she hadn’t been mistaken
  83. >Yet the sun outside refused to rest
  84. >”Spike?” she called, leaping from her bed
  85. >The lack of a response was troubling
  86. >She darted into the kitchen, her study, and the dragon’s tiny closet, searching for some sign of Spike’s existence
  87. >Nothing turned up
  88. >She then dashed from her house, and down the road to Sugarcube corner, where she opened the unlocked doors and peered inside
  89. >”Mr. or Mrs. Cake!” she called. “Pinkie? Anyone there?”
  90. >Yet again, no one called back
  91. >With another “pft” of a teleport, she found herself in front of Fluttershy’s cottage
  92. >”Butterblunder! I mean, Flutterpie! Are you home?”
  93. >Still nothing
  94. >The idea that everyone in Equestria had suddenly vanished slowly crept into her mind, but she quickly brushed it off
  95. >She teleported to the Princesses’ Castle, and immediately headed for the throne room
  96. >As she burst through the door, she found that no one was there
  97. >No guards, no Celestia, no anyone
  98. >She felt a slight draft whistle through the empty building, fittingly emphasising how hollow it really was
  99. >After making sure every inch of the Castle was barren, she teleported to the Crystal Empire, and began searching the streets for any sign of life
  100. >”Princess Cadence?” she called, as she opened the doors to the Crystal Palace. “Shining Armor? Anyone home?”
  101. >The elegant stone palace only returned her question in an echo
  102. >Finally coming to terms with the facts, Twilight teleported back to Celestia’s Castle, and sat down in one of the nearby rooms
  103. >”So I really am the only pony in Equestria…” she muttered aloud
  104. >Suddenly, a huge smile etched itself across her face, and she began laughing
  105. >”I’m the only pony in Equestria! This is amazing!” she cried
  106. >She ran out of the room, still laughing, to the large statue of Celestia sitting in the middle of the grand hall
  107. >”Take this you pretentious white cunt!” she gleefully shouted, grabbing the statue with her magic
  108. >With a small grunt of effort, she hurdled the statue towards the ground, shattering it into an uncountable number of pieces
  109. >A wave of gratification washed over her, and she sprinted towards the next statue
  110. >This one she hurdled into the wall, cracking a stone column in the process
  111. >”How do you like that you bitch? I’m in control now! You hear me?!”
  112. >With another fit of mad laughter, she grabbed two smaller statues, and placed one on the ground
  113. >She paused for a moment to perfectly position one above the other, and then began hammering it into the ground
  114. >Each small chink the statue brought a special bout of glee to the alicorn
  115. >Finally, she had completely demolished both momentos, and tossed the fragments of one aside
  116. >She continued to run about the castle, smashing each and every statue of Celestia she could find, until she was sure they were all ruined
  117. >In a mad frenzy, she rushed back to the throne room, and stared devilishly at the glorified chair in the middle
  118. >To Twilight, it was the symbol of her mentor
  119. >The very thing that represented all that she hated the Princess for
  120. >With narrow eyes, she began slowly charging her magic, not noticing as small crackles of lightning formed around it
  121. >Then suddenly, she fired it at the throne, blowing it and the back wall to smithereens
  122. >She took a moment to admire her work, before firing her magic at random parts of the castle, leaving enormous holes wherever she hit
  123. >She eventually hit one too many of the pillars, and the room itself collapsed around her
  124. >She watched in satisfaction, as pieces of debris fell smashed into the ground in front of her
  125. >Luckily, nothing hit her, although she probably wouldn’t have cared if any did
  126. >All that mattered was that Celestia’s precious throne room now sat in shambles around her
  127. >She took a few moments longer to admire her handywork, before the high wore off
  128. >With a content sigh, she made her way out of the room, kicking aside a few pieces of marble as she went, and looked out into the hall
  129. >Happy with the numerous amount of shattered stone on the ground, she teleported back home, where she headed up the stairs to her room
  130. >”Spike,” she called. “Make me a-”
  131. >And then she remembered
  132. >She was all alone
  133. >”Right…” she said aloud. “Maybe I should try to fix this sometime soon.”
  134. >She was in no real rush though, given that she finally had the chance to study in peace
  135. >For what seemed like days she focused on learning how to combine spells without blowing up her house
  136. >On occasion she would venture outside to test them out in an environment where she could be destructive without worry
  137. >For the most part, Twilight was content with the way things were
  138. >The kitchen was stocked with plenty of food - enough to last her weeks - her liquor cellar was filled to the brim, and best of all nopony was around to bug her with their “insignificant” problems
  139. >If she ever needed something more tasty to munch on, she could quickly teleport to Sugarcube Corner to grab a cupcake or a small cake
  140. >On occasion, she would look into how to reverse the spell that trapped her in this void, but it was by no means her top priority
  141. >In fact the only time she really glanced into the subject was when she grew tired of reading about spell combinations
  142. >Eventually she lost track of how much time had passed, as night had refused to fall since time stopped
  143. >The sun still hung precariously below the horizon, refusing to let twilight pass
  144. >It bugged the alicorn somewhat, as that was the one aspect of her life she didn’t currently have in order, but there was nothing she could do about it
  145. >Why get all bent out of shape over something you can’t control?
  146. >Well, Twilight thought things out of her control were fantastic things to get bent out of shape over, but whatever
  147. >However, before long, the prolonged silence and empty world started to wear out its welcome
  148. >The sweets around town had started to stale, the leftovers in the fridge had run out, and the buildings around town had lost their sheen
  149. >Slowly but surely, Twilight started making more use of her liquor cellar
  150. >Once in awhile she would call out to someone to see if anyone would answer
  151. >But no response came
  152. >She started losing sleep at night, starting out with just an hour or so at most, then escalating to missing entire night’s worth
  153. >Finally, one morning she woke up far tireder than expected
  154. >Every muscle in her body begged her to stay in bed, to not go about the day’s activities
  155. >But she pushed back the covers anyway, and headed for the restroom
  156. >She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror, and stared at her own reflection
  157. >Beneath her eyes sat dark black circles, far bigger than they’d ever been before
  158. >Her mane lay disheveled and matted atop her head, and her coat looked crusty and dull
  159. >She smacked her dry lips a few times, and headed for her library
  160. >Upon arrival she saw the entire thing in disarray
  161. >Books were strewn about upon both the shelves and the ground
  162. >Crumbs and plates from meals past fared the same fate
  163. >The candles in the room had burned down to where just a small slab of wax remained to keep the dim light going
  164. >And mold and grime had wedged itself into dark corners of the room
  165. >”Wow,” the alicorn muttered aloud. ”This place has really gone to hell. No biggie though. I… I can still read and work in here. This is fine. Everything is fine... oh who the fuck am I kidding, this isn’t good at all! I’ve got to fix this!”
  166. >She then began ferally pulling random books off her shelf to try and find some kind’ve solution
  167. >For what seemed to be several days, she did nothing but read, and occasionally drink a glass of water
  168. >In that time, she’d found nothing
  169. >The only reason she stopped was because she couldn’t bear the feeling of hunger that racked her body any longer
  170. >She whipped herself up a quick meal, and dined while she studied
  171. >Day in and day out she spent searching her library and finding nothing of worth
  172. >She would occasionally try a spell she’d found to no seeable avail
  173. >As the stack of unread books grew smaller and smaller, she started venturing to the royal library in Canterlot, and to the library tucked away in the Crystal Empire
  174. >But no matter what book she picked up, she found nothing that proved useful
  175. >Desperation soon began to set in, to the point where she’d begun skimming all three libraries instead of actually sitting down and reading through each book
  176. >”Come on. Come. On! There’s gotta be something in here to help me out…” she would occasionally say aloud
  177. >Soon her desperation mixed with frustration and anger, and she began burning books with her magic when they didn’t yield any proper results
  178. >Before long, she had huge piles of ash and paper scattered about the libraries
  179. >She’d spent more time in the foreign libraries than she did her own, and had exhausted them of their literature
  180. >As she finished the last book in the Canterlot library, she teleported back home, and glared at the novel
  181. >With a roar of frustration, she ignited it, and grabbed the first of the last two books on her shelves
  182. >However, this one was different than all the others
  183. >Its cover glowed a bright lavender color, and its binding looked ancient
  184. >It seemed to vibrate as she held it with her magic, almost beckoning her to open it
  185. >She stared at it in shock for a few moments, almost believing that it wasn’t real
  186. >”Sunset…” she gasped. “Sunset, how could I forget!”
  187. >She quickly opened the book, and turned to the newest page
  188. >In it a message was scrawled
  189. >”Hey Twilight,” the alicorn read. “Um… all of your friends just showed up here looking for you. They wanted me to leave you a message to see if you’d respond. So… yeah. Write me back if you get this.”
  190. >The book started to shake within Twilight’s magic grip
  191. >She could hardly believe it… she had an actual way to contact the outside world
  192. >After leaping into the air with joy, she grabbed a quill and ink bottle off her shelf, and began hurriedly writing
  193. >”Sunset! Sunset I’m here! Are you there?”
  194. >For a while, no response came
  195. >The princess sat there in absolute silence, with the book open before her, praying that some kind’ve response would suddenly appear upon the paper
  196. >”Twilight?” Sunset finally scrawled across the page. “You’re alive?”
  197. >”Starlight! I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m so glad to hear from you!”
  198. >”Well jeez, thanks for making me feel all warm and fuzzy. I’m sorry for inconveniencing you there. I guess I’ll just leave you to whatever you’re doing at the moment..”
  199. >”No no no! I’m sorry I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just… I’m trapped in some void, and I don’t know how to get out!”
  200. >”A void? What on earth do you mean? Where are you?”
  201. >”The better question would honestly be when am I? I’ve somehow found myself stranded in some weird realm where time doesn’t move. I’m in Ponyville for sure, but I couldn’t tell you how much time’s passed since I’ve arrived.”
  202. >”Wait what? When? How the heck did you get there?”
  203. >”I don’t know! All I know was I cast a spell to make people disappear while Starlight was doing some kind’ve light display, and now everyone’s gone!”
  204. >”Well I could tell you how long you’ve been away from here. It’s been about sixty-seven years since you vanished.”
  205. >”What?!” You’re kidding me.”
  206. >”No joke Twilight. Sorry to tell you. To be frank, you're lucky I even responded. I've been using this thing to prop up a chair that's got a leg shorter than the others. I just so happened to drop my TV remote behind it, and noticed that it was glowing. I honestly didn't want to try to get a hold you in the first place, but the others came here to see if you had wound up here, and insisted I leave at least one note in the book.."
  207. >"How long did ponies look for me?”
  208. >”Um, I dunnow, maybe a week?"
  209. >"A week?! But... I'm the princess of friendship! Surely someone would've kept looking!"
  210. >"I just said I don't know Twilight, sheesh. It could've been longer. Maybe a month or two. All I know is that when I went back to make a quick check-up, everyone had already given up looking for you, and that was a few weeks after they came here in the first place."
  211. >Twilight could hardly believe what she was hearing
  212. >No one cared that she was gone... no one had looked for her for very long
  213. >She closed the book and laid it atop a nearby table, and lowered herself to the ground beside it, trying to keep herself from trying
  214. >The novel lightly vibrated against the wooden stand, and Twilight absent-mindedly grabbed it with her magic
  215. >In the purple glow, she silently read Sunset's message
  216. >"No offense Twilight, but you're not exactly a popular pony."
  217. >The words that had etched themselves into the page started to blur from tears
  218. >She tried, and failed to withhold her tears, and began silently weeping
  219. >With a cry of frustration, she hurled the book aside, and let her sorrow flow
  220. >It soon turned to rage, as she torched her one final way of contacting her previous life, and ran for the room where the portal between hers and Sunset’s world rested
  221. >There sat the statue, beautiful and stoic in design, lifeless in actual appearance
  222. >The alicorn then began charging a magic blast, intending to tear open the gateway between the dimensions
  223. >Her horn began emitting sparks and started crackling, as a violet ball began growing in size around it
  224. >She then unleashed her spell upon the statue, and saw the actual mirrors themselves glow a vibrant white color, indicating that travel to the other world was now possible
  225. >However, the light only lingered for a moment, before the statue itself began to crack
  226. >With another vibrant flash, the statue tore itself apart, flinging pieces of marble and clay across the room in the process
  227. >Twilight quickly erected a barrier to shield herself, looking away as several chunks of material bounced off her protection
  228. >When the barrage of debris had finally ceased, the room was left in a heaping mess
  229. >Marks and dents had been etched into the crystal walls of the castle where the stone had hit
  230. >Small shards of gems had tinkered to the floor, and everything that had once stood in the room now lay in disheveled piles
  231. >For a moment she sat there, horrified at the result as a wave of hopelessness washed over her
  232. >Then she cried out in anguish
  233. >She flung bits and pieces of the statue at the walls and other objects of the room, intending to defrock each and every inch of the room
  234. >Once enough damage had been done, she ran back into her library, and torched the rest of the intact literature in there with one large beam
  235. >As she reached for the last one on the shelf, however, she saw that the crest of an hourglass laid embedded upon the cover
  236. >A small feeling of hope overtook her, and she got to searching the novel
  237. >”Please… please let this have something…” she begged aloud
  238. >Her hope diminished as each page yielded no proper solution
  239. >Until she finally reached the last page
  240. >”Please...let this work…” she said, as she read the spell
  241. >WIth the last bit of energy she had, she gathered up enough magic to cast the spell, and when she released it…
  242. >Nothing
  243. >As the “pfhew” of the spell sounded, she darted out of her house, and found that Ponyville was still ghastly empty
  244. >The reality of her situation had finally set in
  245. >She was trapped there forever
  246. >There were no more books out there that could help her find the solution, the royal library at Canterlot was the premiere knowledge center of the world
  247. >”Spike?” she called out once more, in some vain hope that something actually changed. “Starlight? Rarity? F-Fluttershy?”
  248. >Nothing
  249. >With a heavy heart, she returned inside, and headed for her cellar
  250. >She grabbed the last bottle of gin from the shelf, and made her way to the bathroom, where she grabbed a bottle of opioids
  251. >She took a seat against the wall right outside her bathroom, and observed both substances
  252. >”Welp. I suppose I have an actual valid reason to do this now.”
  253. >Without a second thought, she popped open the cap on the medicine, and placed a dozen or so in her mouth
  254. >She then uncorked the bottle, and began chugging its contents
  255. >Once it’d been drained of its contents, she tossed it aside, not even bothering to look up when it sounded with a sickening crash
  256. >Her breathing started to slow, and she could feel her heart desperately pounding in her chest
  257. >”It’ll be okay…” she reassured herself. “In a few more minutes, I’ll be out of this hell.”
  258. >She closed her eyes for a moment, and slowly pulled them back open
  259. >Drowsiness was beginning to overtake her, and her heart started to wind down
  260. >Each shaky breath seemed to echo around the room, each bink felt like sleep was overtaking her
  261. >After what seemed like an eternity of hanging on to life’s horrid embrace, she finally managed to slip into slumber, welcoming death as she did
  262.  
  263.  
  264. >”Gah!” she cried, as she jolted awake
  265. >In her sudden startle, the princess flung herself to the ground below, breathing deeply to calm herself
  266. >It suddenly became very obvious that she was still very much alive
  267. >”Wh-what happened?” she asked. “Did… did I do it?”
  268. >She looked above, and found that night had now fallen
  269. >”W-what? Am I… am I back to the real world? Am I dead?”
  270. >”Yes to your first question,” a gruff voice said beside her. “And no to the second.”
  271. >Twilight quickly turned to see her teacher- Princess Celestia - sitting beside her, looking into the distance blankly
  272. >Well, as blankly as Twilight had ever seen her stare
  273. >”You’ve awoken from your slumber, and you’re alive.”
  274. >”S-slumber? I was asleep?”
  275. >”All study and no play drains a pony, my faithful student. I’d thought you would’ve learned that lesson a long time ago.”
  276. >”Heh.. Heh heh… I’ve uh.. I’ve.”
  277. >”Spare me the drivel. I care not why you’ve let yourself fret and fuss over not being able to combine spells. All I care about is your dream.”
  278. >”My dream?”
  279. >”Yes, your dream. Luna regaled it to me in exquisite detail.”
  280. >Twilight suddenly recalled when she started smashing the statutes of Celestia around the palace, and broke into a cold sweat
  281. >”Ignoring that little detail, it seems you’ve been wanting to get some alone time.”
  282. >”Well… yeah. I do. To be honest princess, I’ve wanted to get away from everything since I came to this podunk place. I was happy back in Canterlot. I had my books, I had Spike at my beck and call, and I had all the alcohol in the world to subsidise the occasional craving. But then I came here. My house just got destroyed destroyed, Spike’s become a lot more resentful, and I need to knock back a few drinks every hours to stay sane.”
  283. >”And yet when the world was stripped away from you in your dream, you wanted it all back. Why is that?”
  284. >”I… couldn’t tell you Princess.”
  285. >”Sure you can. You just don’t want to.”
  286. >”...I suppose I’ve gotten used to my friends’ company.”
  287. >”Try again. This time, be more honest.”
  288. >Twilight glanced out to the field before her, pondering her answer carefully
  289. >”I… I need my friends. As much as they’re a thorn in my side, and as much as I want them gone, I need them.”
  290. >”Quite. Here’s the thing Twilight, your vision of Sunset wasn’t incorrect. You’re not very popular in the whole of Equestria.”
  291. >The truth hurt to actually hear
  292. >”A little hospitality and good will towards your friends might change that fact, my faithful student. Especially since you have a fresh start with young Starlight. She’s eager to learn, and being around the princess of friendships makes her absolutely giddy. It’s never too late to change the minds of your friends Twilight. You don’t have to live your life in misery.”
  293. >The goddess observed the field herself for a few moments, taking in the scenery of ocean of green, before continuing
  294. >”Believe me, living in isolation isn’t a fun thing to experience. I’ve done it for nearly a millennia now. It cripples the soul and tarnishes the mind.”
  295. >”So then why don’t you change your situation around?”
  296. >”...That’s a discussion for another day, my faithful student. As for now, heed my words. Go home to your friends. Enjoy their company. Restart your relationships.”
  297. >Twilight paused for a few moments, before rising to her hoofs, and starting away from the hill
  298. >She turned back to her teacher, who still sat staring blankly at the landscape
  299. >”Are you… are you going to be heading back to your Castle, princess?”
  300. >”In a bit, Twilight. I need to work something out before I do.”
  301. >”Right…”
  302. >Without another word, the Alicorn headed home, where she took a moment to stare at its crystal exterior
  303. >She sighed, and pushed the door open, hearing the sound of sweeping coming from inside
  304. >”Spike? Is that you?” she called out
  305. >”Yep,” she heard her dragon call back. “What’dya need?”
  306. >”Nothing, I was just… making sure someone hadn’t snuck in.”
  307. >”To mah knowledge, no one ‘as. ‘S been pretty peaceful while you were out.”
  308. >”Okay, good. Um… is supper ready?”
  309. >”’S been ready. There’s a plate waiting for ya in the kitchen.”
  310. >”Thanks.”
  311. >As she slowly made her way through dinner, taking an occasional sip from her flask while she ate, she reflected on the dream she had, and what - if anything - she should do to improve her stature
  312. >She downed another gulp of liquor right when Starlight entered the kitchen
  313. >”Hello Twilight!” she greeted. “How’s it goin’?”
  314. >”Eh, it’s going.”
  315. >The alicorn drained the last bit of liquid from her flask, and turned to face her student
  316. >The unicorn stood smiling at her teacher, full of life and bubbly
  317. >She reminded Twilight of herself as a child, so eager to learn magic, so eager to meet new ponies and have new experiences
  318. >So eager to be in the presence of a princess
  319. >The alicorn glanced down to the floor, somewhat ashamed of how she’d treated her prodige up until that point
  320. >”Hey, Starlight,” she began hesitantly. “I was just thinking… maybe we could brush off the friendship lesson tomorrow, and just hang out some.”
  321. >”What, really?”
  322. >”Yeah. We haven’t exactly been chummy since I took you under my wing, and I think we need to change that. Y’know, to uh... further your studies.”
  323. >”Twilight are you feeling okay?” Starlight asked worriedly. “You’re acting a little strange tonight.”
  324. >”Let’s just say I’ve had a bit of a change in heart. So you in?”
  325. >”I mean… sure. Sounds like it’ll be fun!”
  326. >”Great. Anyway, I’m about to head off to bed. I’ll see you tomorrow Starlight.”
  327. >”See ya!”
  328. >The alicorn finished up her meal, and made her way to her bedroom, thinking things over as she walked
  329. >As she laid down in her bed, she took one last peak out her window to see night had comfortably fallen
  330. >She then pulled the covers overtop her, and fell into a quick, deep, relaxing sleep
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