tales from the multiverse as read by Echatu.

Chapters

what if... #1
what if... #2
what if... #3
what if...4
what if...5
what if...6

what if... #1

“Greetings said a calm looking Stallion (who was oddly in a recliner despite being on what appeared to be a wasteland in space) “I go by many names, Echatu, Dinark, Bob, Sam, and Omnipitrent. But you may call me: The Watcher… you may know my better know comrade Uatu, Lucky punk… he got the action-packed universe and I get stuck with one that was marketed towards little girls? How is that fair? But anyways, let me explain, I am essentially a narrator, a voiceover, etcetera”
“Hey Echie! What’s up? Ohh… are you addressing the audience WITHOUT ME?” a familiar-looking mare said… (Why is this part pink? Eh, lazy author I guess)
“This is pinkie if you couldn’t tell by the font color, she’s… my marefriend if you want the short version, her clones cover just about all the other realities thank Faust for that episode… jezz. It was difficult keeping her stress down. But anyway due to our-”
“Ability to comprehend the fourth wall in all realities Echie here was put in charge of governing the multiverse and can change reality! He couldn’t erase MY mind though something about me being too much of a hassle so he left my memory intact! Wasn’t that sweet? So anyway, he’s going to show you various realities of different scenarios”

“an Alternate universe can be occurred in a number of ways, such as a coin toss, or a Hydra hibernating in a cave instead of a swamp, our results are Alternate Universes or to put it bluntly, ‘What ifs’. Like say ‘what if Rainbow dash had a yellow coat?’ heh, yellow is a nice color… where was I? Oh right! She was yellow but she was not in any sense, a coward. Another, more drastic change would be: what if Celestia went nuts? Well Rainbowdoubledash’s Lunaverse already took care of it. We will usually tackle FanFiction, but the author detests rape and foalcon/murder in the same story so don’t mention 120 days of Blueblood burr… okay? Well, with that done the author has a rule: post a link to the fic if you are suggesting it. And it’s a lot easier if it has a ‘TvTropes’ page, so please don’t give him one. His ego is big enough as it is…” Watcher said as Pinkie cut him off.
“SEXUAL INUENDO!” called out Pinkie from nowhere.
“… Thanks for that honey… but still, the author actually wants one. Oh and spoof/parody fic links will probably be ignored if it doesn’t have an original plot, they are too tricky to find a ‘What if?’ scenario on.” Watcher said after a pause.
“So Celestia gets Drunk won’t count, and One-shots also will be ignored, even though I was all like: Awww… come on ‘X, why not? And he was all like: unless if it has a TvTropes page, I am not doing it. And then I said, “Sexual innuendo!” he also said something about if I was related to Deadpool or something” I have no idea why he thought I wasn’t, he’s one of my mannnnnyyyyyyyyy relatives, like Ambush bug, Bugs Bunny, She-Hulk, and pretty much any other fictional character who is aware that they’re in a cartoon, comic book, Anime, or any other form of media.” Pinkie started listing off a few more relative before being cut off by Watcher…
“Honey… you’re ranting again.”
“Sorry Echie, I got carried away… but now shouldn’t we get to viewing the ‘What if?’”
“Our first fic is a rather famous one: Princess Celestia Hates Tea. Honey, Read off our ‘Three! Possible! Scenarios!’”
Pinkie, (oddly dressed in a showgirl outfit and holding three queue cards.) said “alright Echie, we have three nice ‘what ifs’ today, and they are quite interesting! We have ‘what if Celestia LIKED tea?’, ‘what if Luna got her sister coffee instead?’, and ‘what if Celestia never told Twilight about her dislike of tea?’. The non-existent votes have been tallied and the winner is…
“‘What if Luna got her sister a coffee in place of tea?’!”
“Our author will now use some various symbols to signify a scene transition”
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Title: what if Celestia had gotten coffee all those centuries ago?
By dudebladeX
Perspective: Celestia
All right! Let’s get started!
“Hi…” I said to a small group of ponies.
“My name is Celestia,”
I paused to wait for them to respond accordingly once they all said “Hi Princess Celestia” I grumbled at the added ‘Princess’ part then continued, “and uh, I’m a coffeeholic.” Yep, that’s me, Ruler of Equestria, raiser of the Sun and I have a coffee addiction. “Let’s see, it all started about 1200 years ago…”
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“Now, in this scenario, a gust of wind scattered some old sheets at a weather institute causing extra clouds to go to the tropics where the coffee beans are grown, causing an excess, leading to the creation of the coffee maker much earlier, and Luna decided to get her sister something a bit modern this time around, and naturally Celestia loved it. It gave her that extra boost in the morning and helped her out in cramming for ‘Gods High’” Echatu explained, “Oh! Celestia is just about done! Let’s check up on her”
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“And when my sister went all nightmare on me and I was forced to banish her, I drank so much coffee researching to find out how to bring her back. But when she was back, I was tight in its grasp and once she saw all the machines and ‘Starbuckers’ I had around, she sent me here” I finished with a sigh.
“Princess”
one of them tried to finish but I cut him off “ah ah ah. No. here I am just a regular pony like you or Johnson over there” I referred to the stallion in the other seat giving a sheepish wave.
“Celestia,” the counselor continued, “you need to get a grip on yourself,” he pulled something out that I took a look at as he continued “we have this: an energy drink similar to coffee but much healthier, if you develop an addiction to this, I suggest you ask your sister to help you kick the addiction, go off slowly. Reduce your coffee intake by one cup every week, when you are at a point that can be considered healthy, thank your sister then brag about it here” I was confused about that last part, but when I questioned it, he simply replied “eh, most of them do, so we just added it to the list.” Huh, go figure.
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“And in a nutshell, that is what would happen. Let’s fast forward a couple months and check up on our favorite sun raiser.” Echatu said,
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“Sister…” Luna started, “we- ahem I am concerned about your obsession with this ‘diet’ you speak of,”
I replied “you don’t get it! I have to be perfect! The paparazzi is trying to pass themselves as guards to get the scoop on my diet!”
Luna already had a come back “yes, but sister, you are like any other pony, and what’s a couple more pounds-“ “COUPLE? This is one hundred twenty freaking pounds! I used to have twenty suitors, lining at the door! Now it’s just fifteen!”
Luna yet again had a reply, “yes, because they wanted a perfect incorruptible pony, who has no worries, or insecurities. They were selfish and power-hungry. Actually six of your regulars left, one took its place. I bet you can’t guess who it isssss….” She said in a mocking tone.
“Who?”
“nope, not telling you”
I grumbled, “can I get a hint?”
“no I can’t divulge any other information on who she is” aha! ‘she’, it’s a female. Not uncommon, seven of my old twenty were mares, now to get some more info,
“did she fly here?”
“as I said, she wishes to remain an anonymous pony, and will be sending the mail mare for communication” she said with a smug grin, a grin that said ‘I’m dropping hints, and you’ll never guess’
“so she’s from Ponyvile?” she simply nodded, I added up all the facts, and the result is a pony who was probably too busy- horse apples. “it’s Twilight isn’t it?”
Luna let out one response to my deadpan: “nuts”
sigh, Twilight has had a crush on me since I took her in, and due to a miswording on my part, I accidentally agreed to marry her. When I realized it, I had just sent her off to Ponyvile. Epimethius I am not. And now it’s coming back to bite me. On the brighter side, she is a nice mare with a very shapely flan- “NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” I. CAN’T. THINK. OF. THAT! She’s a newborn compared to me! And I’m immortal, I mean sure I could ascend her and give her cute little figure some wings but still! And then there’s the fact that she’ll have a bunch of friends that she’d be heartbroken about when they die… but Luna has expressed interest in Fluttershy, and I guess I could just immortalize them all, and… I have a good chunk of ponies sticking their head into the door to see what all the ruckus was about. “Uh, just found out that uh, Spider-mane died… and stuff… yeah.” Man I should catch up on that… stupid Luna, stupid Dash getting her into that stuff, well, at least ponycraft got her a little more social in the world. Luckily the other ponies bought it and left. Well except Luna, who simply said
“sis, you seriously need a cup of coffee.”
“Heh”
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“And that’s our result. Join us next time for a new possibly exiting issue of ‘What if…’!”
“Wow that was really clichéd , and I’m pretty sure the author used autocorrect to edit this story, oh well.”
“GOODNIGHT!!” the two hosts said in unison but the author was too lazy to signify it with a font color.

Author's Note

first story i've made here. constructive criticism welcome, just make sure it's at least 40% constructive, okay?

what if... #2

"Aracnophobia, noun. the fear of spiders, scorpions, and arachnids in general." Echatu said "...really? a definition from the dictionary? we're really opening with that?"
"eh, it wasn't that unoriginal- hey! my text font is just a plain default! what gives!?" Our favorite pink equine exclaimed. "don't think you can get off the hook by saying I'm your 'favorite pink equine', you do realize this. means. war you little sonova-"
Echatu cut her off before Pinkie could lose this story's rating, "and let's get to the story! Arachnophobia depicts Celestia freaking out because of all pets, Luna got a Tarantula, and she is deathly afraid of Tarantulas, and spiders in general." he continued, "not our story andcuethetrollface! our story is a twist on the old 'Nightmare moon is Twilight's mother' fic, ya dig?"
Pinkie face-hoofed. "really? that's how you're introducing it? we are so, going to get horrendous reviews."
"the author wants to, quote: 'make it more modern'" Echatu said.
"and crappy slang is the way?" Pinkie continued, "the author is watching some Marvel ultimate alliance® playthrough, and we have a bad first chapter."
"yes, I am well aware of the horrendous first chapter that we had, I am the watcher after all, but hey, we here at multicorp we learn from our mistakes." the watcher was then interrupted by pinkie,
"Echatu, your contract states that you have to give a 'what if' example for the first three chapters, and so far, you piggybacked off of one writer's fic, and made some kind of weird innuendo about another! at least designate which universe the mainstream series take place."
"sigh, of course, the mainstream universe, designation: '72574' and if any of you get the reasoning behind the number, you get to torture the author by posting your idea of a what if no matter what the fic is. it can be-"
Pinkie cut him off, "okay, first off: 'did you actually say 'sigh' instead of sighing?" Echatu sweated at this question "and second: the author obviously won't do stories like 120 days of blueblood or sexual locust. let's face it, he's not doing clop fics, now just get to the new scene transition and get on with this."
Echatu sighed as he continued, starting with his example universes, (and before you ask, yes Pinkie did eye the watcher suspiciously at his actual sigh, now will she end this parentheses drop in or not? ah, there we go-) "a 'what if' is a scenario where something different may have happened, for example a minor change causing a big effect would be if Rainbow dash had more of a mesh colored mane, this would result in Applejack not seeing the rainbow to lead her home, assuming it was an aurora, and she would stay in Manehatten, ultimately creating eternal night without her, ironically, Babs Seed would have tried to comfort her Ponyville family loss by saying 'hey maybe even if you were there, you probably wouldn't change anything' yeah."
pinkie continued his example, "that was... weird, but a major change resulting in a minor effect would be 'what if Nightmare moon was a completely separate entity from Luna?' the result being that Luna would end up talking with her sister about her problems, and Celestia making an occasion just for the two lunar princesses, or at least trying, but a freak magical accident would fuse Nightmare and Luna together and they would end up making Nightmare night themselves and everything would go downhill from there as the subjects would get the wrong idea, and*pant* resulting in them going to the moon. Celestia would then get the candy and drown her sorrows in it, until Twilight would come along and give Celestia the hope that her sisters would need. Unfortunately this resulted in Luna getting multiple personality disorder switching between herself and Nightmare at random moments making it really awkward for them."
the watcher was stunned "how did she... never-mind, and remind me again why we have to do this?"
"I... don't... know... I think the author just wants to increase the word count..."
"let's... just start the story okay?"
"yeah... sure..."
"let's uh... yeah, let's get started..."
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It was the eve of the summer sun celebration, and all through the equestria, not a creature was stirring, not even a... pizzeria... apparently, but wait what is this? two fillies and their mother walking through the mist! this rhyming is a pain! oh, but they insist! sigh, riding on the back of the Lavender Alicorn they are, white and blue can be seen, if not from afar, playing ispy with a nice hummed tune to play by, "I spy with my little eye, some thing that is nice!" the white one said with glee,
the blue one replied, "is it, mommy?"
"how did you guess?" the white one said, a little depressed (she was losing)
"it's been 'me' for the last thirteen times Stella" lavender alicorn as she interrupted her hum to say, "Selene's just following the pattern" Selene stuck her tongue out to make a point, as her mother had a look made of disappoint.
(it was at this time the author ran out of rhymes, what a time.) "But Mom! you're the only pony worth noticing!" Stella said with a nuzzle.
"I appreciate the sentiment, but honey, Selene is beating you fifteen to three, and I'd like to see you win or at least get to the double digits" The lavender Alicorn said with a smile.
"Mom! Mom! the next town's coming up!" Selene said with glee.
"hmm? oh, so we are," Their mother said, "so what'll it be, sweeties? Earth, Unicorn, or Pegasus?"
"we don't do unicorn all to often what with most of them being near that stuffy old town up that mountain..."
"yeah, and the blue-blood clan still teases us for being 'weirdos'" Stella continued for her little sister.
"Alright my little princesses, unicorns it is, and I'll be sure to get those blue-bloods back for you two."
"eeee!" the little fillies squealed, as they made their way to the cozy horsey and initiated the disguise spell that hid their wings
"hi, suite for three?" the lavender said, she smiled as the Earth pony led the way to their suite, and gave him a nice amount of bits for his troubles. all through the night they practiced magic, played some board games, and told stories until it was time to go to bed.
"goodnight my little princesses, see you in the morning." the little fillies mother said as she tucked them into bed. she gave them an affectionate smile, 'they are going to do extraordinary things one day, I just know it' she thought as she made her way to her bed, the traveling trio dreamed sweet dreams.
"Mommy?" Selene asked with a hint of worry in her voice waking her mother in the middle of the night.
"huh? Selene? what are you doing up? you know it's not healthy for a growing filly." her mother groggily said.
"I know, mom. but..." Selene was clearly distraught about something, "I had... I had a dream, where you, just got sucked into a portal and never came back. y...you you never came bahahack!" she sobbed into her mothers arms with some sniffles and tears.
"don't worry Selene," her mother said comforting her crying daughter, "even if I disappear," she said with a firm yet comforting tone, "I'll always be in here." she punctuated by pointing to Selene's chest signifying her heart. "now come on, you can sleep with me tonight." a little whimper came from the other bed as Stella stood up also a bit distressed and also let out a whimper.
Their mother let out a tired sigh, "alright Stellie, you can sleep with me too."
as if on cue, Stella hovered over to the other bed, snuggling up to her mother and letting out a sigh of content, "I love you mommy..."
"and I love you too, my little princess..." her mother replied with a yawn as they both drifted off to sleep.

The summer sun celebration was festive enough, with snacks, games, prizes, and little shops for everypony. The three disguised alicorns had a wondrous time, from the caramel apples, to the dunk-a-pony game. Stella even got her mother to let her enter a raffle for a certain event that wouldn't be kept public until a winner was drawn. after a little more time of the festivities the raffle was announced to be drawn in a little while.
"Fillies, and gentlecolts! today we will draw the name of the name of a little filly or colt to assist in the raising of the sun!" the announcer called out with volume, "the raffle has been drawn! and our winner is, Miss Stella!"
Stella gasped in fear and excitement, she had never won a contest, and this was a big honor for her! she walked up to the stage nervously trying to shy away from the crowd when she saw none other than Bejeweled Blue-blood! glaring at her with a malicious intent. "way to go Sis!" Selene called out from the crowd as she and her mother quelled down their supportive cheering, she made her way to the center of the stage.
"what do you mean three of them are late!?!" the announcer barley whispered backstage. "you five were all supposed to be here on time! now we'll have nearly four hundred fillies and colts panicking and several parents worried out of their minds!"
"b-bu-but sir!"
"No 'buts'!" the MC said, "we gotta find enough magical energy to move the Faust-damned sun! now you hurry up and uhhh..." he stuttered as he saw Stella and her eyes glowed pure white as sunlight slowly started to peak out over the horizon, shocking every single living being in the crowd.
But nopony was more shocked than Selene and their mother. mouths hanging open completely perplexed as to how she was slowly rising the sun all on her own. once it was in place, she calmed down, and started passing out, only hearing the murmurs of the crowd. the last thing she heard was the concern of her mother and sister.

"are you okay sis?" Selene's voice came through,
Stella let out some exhausted moans as she stretched her wings, finding herself and her sister riding on their mother's back traveling through a forest. "ohhh, my head hurts..." she semi-whined as she rubbed he head
"and here I thought your flank would hurt too," her mother said in a playful tone, "you also got your cutie mark!"
Stella gasped, and she took a look finding a little sun design where she expected a patch of white fur to be. "yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! woo hoo!" she cheered as she bounced around her mother as they were walking.
after for what felt like hours, they found a clearing, and their mother, using a dimensional 'bag' of sorts, brought out a large tent, some sleeping bags, some food, and cooking supplies while her daughters gathered some sticks to make a nice warm campfire.
Selene noticed the clouds moving and went up to her mother, "Mom, uh, how can those clouds move without the Pegasus ponies moving them?"
Her mother gave her an affectionate smile and a little tussle of her mane, "I don't know sweetie, maybe the clouds decided to move, ever freely in the sky to take a break from being pushed around by them."
Stella exclaimed "Hey! if this forest hasn't been discovered yet, maybe we can name it! how's 'Everfree' sound?"
"sounds like a great name sis!" Selene agreed, "how about it mom? can this bee like, the 'Everfree forest'?" she said with a bit of a pout.
"alright, alright, it can be the 'everfree' lets just get camp set up alright?" The lavender alicorn conceded.
"yay!" the two fillies squealed, joyed to having a good time, they gathered sticks, rolled some stones, and helped set up the tent. Stella then stopped and looked west, as if she were sensing something.
her horn started glowing and caught her by surprise. as she tried to stop it the sun started setting in the horizon, but the moon had yet to come out. "wha-what's going on?" she asked, quite worried.
"uh," her mother started, "don't quote me on this, but... I have no idea."
Selene and Stella donned an expression of disbelief, they thought their mother knew everything!
it took about four minutes for the moon to follow along with various haphazardly placed stars, as per usual.
the three alicorns finished up setting up camp, the lavender one then started to make some daffodil and daisy sandwiches.
as they ate Selene spoke up, "Hey sis, how exactly were you able to move the sun on your own?"
Stella shied away at the question "uh, i-i don't know..." she started trembling "I-I-I I just overheard them saying that the other unicorns couldn't make it and i..." she let out a small sob, "I just wanted to help..."
"it's alright sweetie," her mother comforted, "you won't get hurt. not as long as I'm around. as long as I'm here, I'll tear apart mountains to protect you, you and your sister. she hugged the now comforted filly and her sister as they all smiled.
"hey, mom? when do you think I'll get my cutie mark?" Selene questioned
"I don't know sweetie, but hey, maybe you'll get yours by raising the moon." all alicorns giggled.
"yeah... maybe" Selene yawned as she and her sister drifted off to sleep.

Ponyvile was a nice place to settle down, and living in the library was relaxing, and being able to have bedtime stories conveniently around was a plus for their mother. of course, they couldn't go out as their alicorn selves, Stella's incident was still in the papers, luckily, the news reporters didn't get a look at her cutie mark and the residents simply assumed that Stella simply had the ability to bring out the brightest in everypony, they weren't wrong.
The ponies were friendly enough, except for the 'Riches' whom Selene described as 'arrogant stupid spoiled hate oriented little eggheads'. Her mother was not amused and told them to ignore them and play with the 'apples' whom both sisters described 'as sweet as a sugar cube' the alicorn was amused this time.
the trio of alicorns went up to another nearby town to celebrate the 'Winter moon celebration' or rather, duo. Stella stayed back home out of fear of a repeat.

The two alicorns slammed the door shut.
The lavender, out of breath, spoke first, "what... are, the odds of that happening twice?! to my daughters!?"
Selene, caught her breath and said, "I don't know! I'd like to question the odds of me also controlling the stars too!"
Stella frantically ran down the stairs, tripping on the fourth step, she flapped her wings to regain balance. "oh come on! again?!" she started hyperventilating while holding onto her mother's leg like her life depended on it, "Mommy, I'm scared..."
both little alicorns hugged their mother, who comforted the crying fillies. "don't worry my little princesses, it'll be alright, maybe ponies will just think Selene enjoys staying up late and being effective in the dark..." their mother comforted them even more. 'i saw another blue-blood at the ceremony. why are they following us?' she thought. she hugged her daughters closer and tighter assuring them that everything would be okay...

The mother alicorn found her herself in a sack, a potato sack to be exact. she also felt rope around her wings and a strange ring on her horn. she tried using her magic but found it useless, "copper! the only thing that can shut down magical energy!" she cursed under her breath, before her eyes went wide, "My daughters! I swear if these little buckers hurt them in any way-"
she was cut off by a hard kick to the stomach that took the wind out of her and heard a voice, a voice that she had many times, a voice whose owner she had to defend her daughters from often, "quiet in there! or next time, it'll be towards your horn!"
The alicorn grunted and yelled out, "my daughters will realize I'm missing and get a rescue party! you won't win!"
Bejeweled Blue-blood simply sneered, "ha! with the psychic blind spot on them, they won't even remember you!" he cackled, "and soon, neither will you!"
The mother, trying to get past the pain of knowing her daughters wouldn't remember her started up her horn, she had heard a story of a brave unicorn who overloaded a copper horn ring and shattered it, she hoped to whatever benevolent entity that was watching over her that it was true. another voice called out, as if he were conversing with the greedy unicorn.
"we still get to have our way with her, right?"
the alicorn gasped, but didn't interrupt her magical flow, 'they're going to wipe my memories and rape me!?' not wanting to give them the satisfaction, she doubled up, knowing that a psychic blind spot had its own weakness as well. she heard blue-blood speaking again, irritated that she had to still listen to his voice however,
"of course! how often does one get to have sex with an alicorn? but the fillies, we can manipulate to our liking, we can get a lot of power and they'll do a lot of work! so much that they would be too busy to stop us!"
"but can we pull it off?" the other questioned.
"if not, then we can still get more power." blue-blood pointed out "ah we are here!"
The alicorn instantly recognized it as the clearing that she and her daughters dubbed the 'everfree forest' the next thing she noticed was a great big castle in the clearing.
blue-blood spoke again, "start it up, once we're done with her, she'll think totally differently." he cackled as if he were a 'cliche evil scientist', as Selene would have put it.
The copper cracked, then it cracked again, then it shattered and opened up a hole in the fourth dimension. sucking the alicorn in as she also casted a spell to hide her wings until she could recover from the 'blind spot' spell going right at her, incomplete of course. "she launched a counter attack, "When you get to Hell, tell 'em Twilight Sparkle sent you!"

many, many years into the future...

a lavender unicorn, very drained, and very young stumbled her way to Canterlot castle, so exhausted that she even looked like a filly. she collapsed as the mental, physical, and mystical strain took its toll. as she drifted off to sleep, she saw a small family of three rushing to her, concerned.

"what do we do Nightlight? we have an injured filly in our guest room, and the only thing she's said was 'Twilight Sparkle'."
"I don't know velvet," her husband continued, "but what I'd like to know is why those words are similar to your name, maybe her name is 'Twilight'..."
Twilight Velvet, with an unamused look, said "don't be ridiculous! she can't have! it's a family name only! but maybe... we could take care of her?" she asked sheepishly, "shining armor has wanted a little sister you know..."
Nightlight, exhausted, and no match for his wife's sheepish look, conceded "alright, I'll talk to the officials and see about getting it done..."

Twilight woke up to seeing a white unicorn tiredly watching over her, and without anything that she could remember, she did the only rational thing she could think of: attack. Scanning her target, she came up with a list of estimated statistics 'bulky, large back hooves suggest jock, messy coat probably means he isn't that magically gifted, best course of action: use a transfiguration spell to entrap him, and make a break for it.' all of this being thought of in the time between jumping to prepare an attack, and the initial landing. the stallion was taken aback by the sudden war-cry the little filly shouted out, and propped up a shield to stop her.
she slapsticked onto the shield and slid off like a tomato on a window.
"ah! are you alright?" he asked genuinely concerned.
"ugh..." Twilight grumbled, 'okay, so maybe not that weak in magic, and the concern is reassuring...'
The two parents ran into the room, worried that their guest had injured herself, and sighed in relief that there were no major injuries, physical ones anyways, the little unicorn's self-esteem was a bit down due to the whole 'failed attack' thing...

after some introductions, explanations, and general hospitality, Twilight opened up, but without any recollection of anything save the past few hours, it was difficult to find out just who she was.
"so all you remember is your name, and the local language?" Nightlight asked, in conformation.
"uh huh." Twilight nodded, a bit of a sheepish look overtook her, can-can I sleep here tonight? I don't know who my parents are..."
Nightlight's eyebrow raised, seeing the similarity between this look, and his wife's version. his wife however, injected herself in, "of course, stay as long as you want! we were just thinking of adopting you anyways, you can sleep here for as long as you need, or until your parents come looking for you." she said gleefully "I've always wanted a daughter to swap gossip with!"
for the first time that night, Twilight had smiled.

"alright, alright, I'm here, geez, how much trouble can one filly be?" a pink alicorn questioned, as she walked into the Twilight household.
"a lot, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, a lot" Velvet sighed,
The alicorn rolled her eyes, "Velvet, I told you many times to not be so formal, 'Cadence' or 'Cadenza' will suffice."
Velvet sighed, "I know Cadenza, but our little girl has had a lot of magical misfires, and my husband and I really need this anniversary dinner. I'm a little on edge."
"a little?" Shining Armor scoffed, worn out from another one of his sister's magical bursts and a little embarrassed about being outdone by his little sister in front of the 'prettiest mares in school', "there wasn't this much tension when... dang, this was on the test! how could I forget? um, the worlds bounciest trampoline was made." he paused for a moment, "It was the only thing I could come up on the fly okay?!"
"oh, it's alright shining, I balked out on my physics class if it makes you feel any better about the history quiz" Cadence assured.
Velvet spoke up, "Alright, Cadenza, there's a couple of leftovers in the fridge, numbers are in the usual place, and if you run out of food, there's money for pizza, Twilight's favorite topping is daffodils by the way. If you need anything, well... you always have your aunt." Cadence was about to interrupt when Velvet and Nightlight ran out the door to their little chariot.
"great" the pink princess deadpanned, "well, I have an English project due in a week, want to compare notes?" she asked Shining.
"shouldn't we check on-oof!" Shining was cut off as his little sister got flung towards the two knocking Shining Armor within kissing distance of Cadence.
"uh..." both started, before blushing and getting up rubbing the backs of their heads awkwardly until Twilight saw the foal-sitter's and squeed at the sight.
"Woo hoo! The best foal-sitter in the world yay!" she started dancing in a circle as Cadence giggled to see her favorite little 'costumer' as they preformed their little 'hoof-shake' "sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! clap your hooves and do a little shake!" Shining smiled as he rolled his eyes, it was cute and embarrassing at the same time, but one does not simply tell an alicorn princess they are doing something embarrassing.
"Alright little Twily, let's bring out a board game, we'll all play, then we can have some of those leftovers your mom talked about." Cadence said still stifling some giggles from their hoof-shake.
"yay!!!" squealed Twilight, "try the apple soup! it's one of the best things I've eaten!"
"alright, I've never had apple soup, maybe I'll like it..." the foal-sitter said as she was dragged into the kitchen, while Shining Armor took out his English homework to do.
"Hey, Twily! the Princess is going to raise the sun tomorrow morning, you want to watch?"
Twilight was overjoyed, "yes, yes, yes yes, yes YES!" okay, maybe the overjoyed part was an understatement.
she forgot about ever being hungry, and skipped into the living room, where she instantly hugged her big brother. until her stomach rumbled. "heh, heh." she went back into the kitchen for the soup and they all enjoyed a nice game of marnopoly.
"you know, my aunt loves this board game..." Cadence said, "Said it was something she remembered enjoying a lot..."
"your aunt sounds like she could use a friend." Shining armor said.
"I agree BBBFF, I couldn't imagine being all alone in that castle, with only hired help as company..." twilight went on, "Ha! Cadence, you landed on my railroad, you owe me 200..." she said as The love princess levitated the appropriate amount over to Twilight.

"She fell asleep reading 'Silk of the pink spider' again..." Cadence said to the filly's parents who looked like they did more than dinner and a movie. "she's also excited about My auntie Celestia raising the sun tomorrow. maybe you'll take her?"
"hmm, maybe we will..." Nightlight said
<~>
The watcher interrupted, "Alright, alright, we all know how this goes, let's just skip ahead to after the whole corenation thing, alright?"
"sure, why not?" Pinkie agreed
<~>
Twilight's nightmares were becoming worse and worse, and Luna was unable to find the cause of it.
against the protests of Prince Blue-blood who demanded the attention be directed towards his ascension, Luna ultimately ignored the whining Prince.
"But auntieee! she's just a commoner! how could you pay more attention to her than to me?" he demanded.
Luna groaned and made a mental note to dock her guards pay, she had requested to not to be disturbed, most of all, by him. "Because you arrogant prince, she has actually done things to help equestria, unlike you, and your proposal to storm Ponyvile."
"But they humiliated me! they should be executed for that!" blue-blood countered.
"And prey tell, Blue-blood, what would we do when we would need the elements of harmony again? or the skills of it's separate bearers?"
Blue-blood simply harrumphed at the counter as he made his way to leave. Luna's spell was building the spell to remove all mental trauma from the target's mind. the spell was growing in power and Twilight's size began to grow. when the spell was finished Luna was perplexed as to why the 'young' alicorn grew in size.
Twilight then spoke two words "Stella... Selene..."
as if at once Luna's eyes widened as did a headache. The psychic blind spot was lifted from her mind as she said, with wonder and hope that she wasn't dreaming, "mother?" she questioned.
Out of nowhere Celestia slammed into the room. "I heard what she said... is it really her?" her concerned voice asked in a worried whisper.
"I... I think so sis, i-i remember the someone hitting us with a spell, then 'blank'" she went on.
after all this time, they had their mother back.
<~>
"The author sincerely apologizes for any actual climatic ending, as he quote 'burned out', we hope you enjoyed your viewing experience and we hope to see you again, thank you very much."

Author's Note

criticisms are welcome, but the constructive kind is more welcomed.

what if... #3

"sigh..."
"hey Echie! what's wrong?" Pinkie asked, quite confused.
The watcher simply sighed, "we haven't gotten any new chapters, and nobody has read this fic, I'm starting to think this is a waste of time..." he said depressingly.
"aw, don't be sad Echie, i'm sure we'll get some people to read this fic, then we'll have lots of fans!"
the watcher made a small smile, "...Thanks Pinks, you really are good at making people feel better"
"It is my talent you know," she said with a knowing smile that made Echatu laugh.
"Alright, let's start off then, the author had a couple of ideas, one of them was 'what if Luna had some admirers that kept her from going nuts?' turns out, that was taken. Then, he wondered 'what if Twilight had gone with Nyx to Canterlot?', turns out THAT was taken, so he finally gave up and asked 'what if had won the fight against Celestia?' no points for guessing."
"what about 'what if the author had continued the previous story with a Chris-Hearth's warming special?'"
the Watcher blinked. "eh, why not? and while we're at it let's rewind a bit so we can see what happened when Twi got her memories back?"
<~>
Twilight was at the moment not a happy alicorn, nor was she sad, bored, or tired. Furious, furious was the word.
At the same time, Blue-blood was not a happy unicorn, he wasn't angry, sad, or depressed either. he was pants-crapping horrified. he knew of Twilight's origin and was one of the protesters against her ascension. Blue-blood was currently hiding under a table and was hoping to whatever deity that was above Faust that he wouldn't be found.
That deity was more in favor of the furious mother.
"Come on out Blue-blood, i wanna see if you really do bleed blue!" Twilight said.
Celestia, or rather Stella had some snide comments as she and her sister were eating popcorn, "You know, i always thought of Twilight as a daughter, now that she's back as Mom, i feel dirty, and not in a fun 'let's go clubbing way'"
"agreed" was all Luna or Selene, replied as another table was disintegrated into nothingness.
"Check it out Lulu! Mom's so mad she's defying all laws of physics!"
Luna nodded in agreement, "as Rainbow Dash would say: so awesome..."
meanwhile, Twilight was busy hunting down the Prince whose ancestors had really pissed her off,"c'mon Blue-blood. If you come out quietly I'll only partially kill you..."
"how does one only get partially killed?" Blue-blood thought out loud, when he realized his mistake however, he tensed up.
a large explosion was what virtually all of Canterlot heard, followed by a girlish scream.
Twilight was standing over the Prince and in a low, slow, terrifyingly deep, and somewhat seductive tone; said one word, "boo!"
(Due to content, the battle scene cannot be shown, as it difficult to write, and would go against the 'teen' rating, so instead, have Lyra here singing.)
♫ On the twelfth day of hearth's warming, my love gave to me,
♫ twelve turtles tumbling,
♫ eleven elephants eating,
♫ ten toes towing,
♫ nine nights-a-glowing,
♫ eight mimes-a-miming,
♫ seven shocking stories,
♫ six elements of harmony
♫ five golden rings
♫ four villains moping
♫ three french hen
♫ two turtle doves
♫ and a Fausticorn in the fair breeze!
(we now return to you regularly scheduled programing.)
"...This cake cream is pretty good mom"
"aww, thanks Selene, made it myself, just the way you like it"
"so uh, mom, hypothetically, if you wanted any gift at all, what would you want?"
The lavender Alicorn blinked, "I take it having my daughters happy was already filled?" she joked.
"well yes, i guess it is" Selene said.
"Well, tomorrow's a new day, so why don't we just leave it at 'make every day a good one'?"
Both sisters hugged their mother, something they couldn't do in a long time, looked up and asked, "do we still have to go to bed at ten o' clock tonight?"
<~>
"You know, maybe it's the fact that we're so pessimistic about this story that makes readers stray away from it..."
"I'm not sure Echatu, some people find it funny when a story makes fun of itself..."
yeah, but still, we should be confident in our story! not bashing it at every turn."
"what about chapter one-"
"We. Do. not. Talk. about. That. Chapter." the watcher said as he cut pinkie off and pulled down the curtain to signify that the chapter was over.

Author's Note

criticism is welcome as always, and as always, the more constructive ones will be more effective than the complaints.

what if...4

"Maybe if we made our stories shorter, then we could get more viewers."
"Echatu, maybe you were right about having more self confidence"
the Watcher blinked, "are we, still on that conversation?"
Pinkie blinked, "uh, NEXT STORY! a twist on the Mother Luna fics?"
"wait, what?"
Pinkie sighed, "I don't know, Twilight is Luna's daughter but only Twilight actually knows or whatever..."
Echatu started, "not a bad idea, maybe for the next chapter, but let's roll with 'What if the writer didn't have writer's block?"
"The writer has writer's block?"
...both ponies stared in disbelief at the odd humanoid standing in front of them, Echatu groaned while Pinkie sighed.
"GETT OUT 'X!"
"Alright, alright, sheesh," the author stepped through the portal he originally came through, intent on making the current conversation go on forev-
"Wait, what?" Pinkie asked.
"Jeez, you say that more often than that one princess from Frozen." Echatu said.
"You mean Anna?" Pinkie asked.
"yeah her." the watcher replied.
"Sigh, let's just get on with the story of the spin on the- you know, I'm not going to repeat it again." the pink one said.
"Wait, did you actually say 'sigh' again instead of actually doing it?"
<~>
Twilight was staring at Luna intensely, as if she were trying to see something somepony else could not.
she sighed as she asked the pony sneaking up behind her: Celestia "Is it just me, or does it feel like
Luna is my mother?"
Celestia was startled, and said, "huh, and here I thought you wanted to go out with her, I mean, I know you're bisexual and everything, but that would've been awkward."
"It's even more awkward since you think I'd commit insect." Twilight deadpanned.
"How'd you know I was sneaking up on you anyways?" Celestia asked.
"First off, it's 'How did', not 'how'd'; and secondly, I can hear you breathing; and thirdly, you would've been more effective if you decided to make sure your shadow wouldn't fall over me." Twilight replied to a nervous Celestia.
"Well, c'mon, it's almost mother's day, you should go tell her about the results." Celestia motioned.
Twilight stammered, "I-I, but what if she doesn't believe me? what if she thinks I'm nuts? what if-"
"Twilight, you can't spend your time thinking 'what if' you'd drive yourself insane." Celestia cut her off.
"Okay" Twilight said.

"Uh, Luna... I ran some tests, and uh, you're my mother... no! no! no! that won't work, She won't believe that!" Twilight said as she was practicing in a mirror "uggh, this is so frustrating! how am I supposed to tell Luna that-"
"Tell me what, young sparkle?" Luna asked as she stepped into Twilight's temporary room (Her new house was being remodeled).
"uhhh..." Twilight stammered, "LunaIthinkI'myourdaughterafterdoingsometeststhatsaidyou'remymother!" She said all within one breath.
"I'm your mother? seriously? I distinctly remember giving birth to you, I think I would remember that, I was just waiting for you to do so."
"Huh, go figure"
<~>
"Wow... that was anti-climactic" Echatu said.
"yeah it was..." Pinkie stated...
"Uh, that's all folks?" The watcher asked more than stating.
"Sure let's go with that..."

Author's Note

again, constructive criticism is welcome.

what if...5

We promised, and we deliver. And by 'we' I mean 'Me', I'm on my own for this one and

"Yo! 'X we don't really care, just keep typing and maybe Echatu will stop referring to Echatu in the third person... or pony, or whatever" Echatu said, still ranting to himself about something involving a banana peel and pinto beans.

Pinkie popped in with her usual cheerful smile with our story for today, "Dragonball MLP crossover time! woo! Party!"

<~>

our story begins with a lone pod falling towards Equestria, after crashing, an old mare found it and the pod revealed a strange pony, a Pegasus pony to be exact, with a unique Orange fur and purple mane, the elderly mare in question, also known as Doriloo found her and- alright, we kinda know how this story goes, right? good, let's skip ahead about fifteen years.- Sardin was in her pod, on the way to the planet of Equis intent on finding her sister, Salamin.

On Equis, Scootaloo was off, with her cutie mark of the Ki kanji (キ) with her daughter, Doriloo, named after her adoptive grandmother; on her way to her mentor, Rainbow Dash; inventor of the whirlwind wave beam AKA: the Anemoifulsi, and to see her classmate and friendly rival,Sweetie Bell who was her best friend. Riding on the 'Skyward Scooter' a mystic scooter that can... fly. You know, I'm just going to skip a little around here and give you the equivalents now.

Goku = Scootaloo

Krillin = Sweetie Bell

Gohan = Doriloo (OC)

Piccolo = Gilda

Raditz = Sardin = G1 Cherilee

Yamcha = Silver Spoon

Tien Shinhan = Applejack

Chioutzu = Applebloom

Vegeta = Rarity

Nappa = Blueblood

Freeza = Sombra

Alright, I think we're good here, so let's go to Griffex and I don't wanna hear any whining about not making Twilight Goku, Scootaloo needs more love and that is final and to any random reader who objects i said THAT IS FINAL!

Scootaloo was in a deadlock against her opponent, Sombra who had just reached his fourth form and was even giving the mighty Scootaloo trouble, "Sonic Slash!" she yelled, as a DVD-like disk of energy had barely missed her intended target, while her opponents' Ki blast missed due to being forced to dodge. Augh, if this keeps up, I'll be out of energy before I know it... WAIT! the spirit bomb, If I can pull it off, I might be able to overpower him... no, that's a terrible idea, the time it would take to charge it, I'll be deader than Silver Spoon... again, huh, funny how I can keep this inner monologue going and fight at the same time, weird... " Blow off Sombra! An-eeee-mooooooiiiiiifffffuuuulllll-SSSSSSIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" as she unleashed her strongest attack against the dread villain before her.

Sombra came out of the blast with only a few scratches and bruises, "hmm, impressive, not a whole lot of fighters can actually cause me even a minor injury, but as I said, it is minor, and 'Blow off'? really? you couldn't have come up with a better line?"

"Hey! cut me some slack, it was either that or 'gust-o' and I preferred the one that didn't need an explanation." Scootaloo retorted.

Sombra flicked his mane back and snorted "maybe still, but you are but a mere paper tiger in front of a storm, now PREPARE TO DIE!"

Wow, and he called me unoriginal, if I had a Sardin for every time I heard that, I'd have like a lot of Sardins

"This one is for that stupid line that forced me to make a new 'heroic speech' list category!" Sombra roared.

"what? you mean 'Imma hit you to ass-town', or 'I'll beat your gums off'?" Scootaloo retorted.

Sombra let out a sign of annoyance, which for him, was a great roar of fury "I'm not counting it again since it was the same lower-class horse who said it"

"Hey! I resent that! I was top in my martial arts class... admittedly, there was only two of us taking the class- but still!" She paused, "I was 'valadictorean', or is it pronounced 'viladictorean'? no wait, valedictorian; yes, valedictorian is the word I was looking for."

"SHUT UP!" Sombra roared, "I WILL DESTROY YOU AND EVERY THING YOU CARE ABOU-"

Sombra didn't get the chance to finish due to Gilda interrupting with a Ki blast of her own, "Shut it Sombs, no one likes a whiner."

Wow, Gilda, I'm surprised you pulled that off. the griffin in Gilda's head snarked.

Oh, forgot you were there Dudedo.

Yeah well, when you're beaten to near death, you tend to not be one to just fade away, plus playing Solitaire got kinda boring.

Huh, well I... Wait, Solitaire? how did you even-

It was an app, I was wondering why our tails had little nodes on the end, apparently we can connect to the internet, and it was either this, or Monopoly™, and I swear, the AI is a cheating-

Now is not the time, I have to concentrate here!

fine, TTYL then, and I know you can't tell, but I'm rolling my eyes at you.

"I WILL KILL YOU DEAD!" Sombra roared.

Gilda, surprised at how she was able to carry the conversation out in such a short amount of time attempted to block but ultimately was forced to dodge and launched a volley of Ki attacks at her foe, who simply shrugged them off.

Scootaloo on the other hand -er hoof, was charging up the spirit bomb ♪ Everything is awesome! everything is cool when you're part of a team... everything is awesome... when you're living a ♪ augh, that song will never get out of my head, let's try a different one ♪Let it go, let it go, can't hold me back anymore-♪ wow, that one's an ear-worm too. oh, hey just two seconds until- "Hey Sombra! stop drinking!"

"what the hell is she" Sombra didn't get the chance to ask about the quip as he saw the spirit bomb looming towards him and noticed Gilda had bailed out. His last words consisted of "AAAAAHHH!", "IT BURNS!" and, "What a woooorrrrlllldddd..." in that order.

Gilda and Scootaloo climbed out of the great ocean moments later clearly exhausted, "woo." Scootaloo wakefully cheered, "Yay, good job guys, aw man, I could go for some tacos, it's been a little while since I last had one..."

"Scootaloo!" Sweetie Bell squealed, "You're alright!"

"Way to go ma!" Doriloo congratulated her mom.

But the cheers were silenced by Sombras reappearance and subsequent mortal wounding and killing of Gilda and Sweetie Bell respectively, "That... Was for... my tail... jackass..."

Scootaloo was not having any of it though, as her rage was skyrocketing, energy was seeping into her like a sponge with electrical jumps of Ki going on about her body, until she ultimately screamed in rage and revealed her new, red and quite spiky mane.

After fighting to what seemed like an eternity to Sombra, he finally demanded the Pegasus in front of him to explain herself "What... wha... What the hell are you?"

Scootaloo simply paused for a while, and finally answered, "Me? I am the hope of the universe! I am defender of the defenseless! I am the ember in the blizzard! I am truth! I am the comrade to justice and good! The nightmare to tyrants and evil! I. AM SCOOTALOO! AND I AM A POWERED- Sombra attempted to cut her off with a simple Ki blast but Scootaloo was unfazed and simply finished her speech, "Ponis."

Can Sombra defeat Scootaloo now that she has realized the Power Ponis legend? Will Doriloo make it back to the ship to save Gilda? And what of the dragonballs? the answers to these questions will be answered...

right now.

No. Yes. and Used to bring back all that fell to Sombra and his forces.

<~>

"Wait, how was that a 'What if'?" Echatu asked.

Pinkie simply replied with "'What if Dragonballs existed in the MLP universe?', plus the author had recently gotten back into the Dragonball™ series."

"Whatever see you readers later!" Echatu said before trying to stop Pinkie from raiding his fridge.

Author's Note

The above story is a non-profit fan-based parody of a fan-based parody, Dragonball, Dragonball Z, and Dragonball GT are all owned by FUNimation, Toei Animation, fuji TV, and Akira Toriyama; Dragonball Z Abridged is owned by TeamFourStar whose material is owned by the aforementioned parties. Please support the official release.
It's also a parody of MLP, but you knew that already.
Some outtakes included:
Sombra: don't slam me into that mountain.
Gilda: okay.
Sombra:thank yoooouuuuuu! *Slammed into it*
Sombra: hey! what was that for? you said-
Gilda: technically it was a plateau.
Sombra: ... Smart-ass.
<>
Silver Spoon: ugh, why won't you let me play 'uno' with you guys?
AJ: not enough cards.
AB: your poker face sucks.
Luna (King Kai equivalent): we don't really like you.
SS: *sulks*
<>
Ghost!Blueblood: hey, Rarity! I'm haunting you...
Rarity: augh
Ghost!Blueblood: haunting!!!
<>
again, constructive criticism is welcome, as long as it is indeed constructive.

what if...6

"Well, Thanks to the first, and possibly Only viewer, this story has yet to die. So, we here at BladeXinc. are pleased to welcome the new short story of What if Video Games Existed in Equestria? Thank you for your patience, This has been Echatu, and I'm going to a co-worker's funeral... I don't know why I'm going, he'll probably be resurrected eventually, but, hey, it's Uatu, the guy responsible for making sure Galactus didn't attack solely inhabited worlds. This is Echatu, in my Mourning clothes, out."
<~>
"Twily! " Shining Armor called, "It's almost bedtime! finish up your Pony mons Game, and get ready for bed!"
"I gotta train for Princess Celestia's Pony'mon tournament! I need to breed the 'perfect Kangaskahn" She said.
"Which, I might remind you is in two months! you'll have plenty of time to finish training and or breeding."
"But-but, I have to work on my move set!, the Flamethrower needs more reach!" she complained.
"I thought you were on a mission to breed the 'perfect Kangaskahn'." Shining pointed out.
"Aw-but-wha-I... fine. You win." she Lamented.
Shining Armor saw his little sister walk out of the family game room, ever since she lost to the supposedly gifted 'Manes Tor-om' she had forgotten about actually having fun and more focused on 'competitive playing'. He remembered when his sister looked forward to the next Pony'mon,Legend of Epona, and Super Cavallino Sisters and would invite him to play, or take turns. Now, she no longer cared for the plot, and was only focused on beating the game and not even bothering to look for various Easter eggs, or little side-quests anymore. She simply wanted to win. How do I get her to have fun again? he wondered. he remembered when she yelled at a couple of little foals who were playing Pony'mon to stop having fun, and how it was a numbers game and such. He also remembered all the Eevees she left in the PC box just because they weren't the right nature, and such for her Umbreon. He also remembered the fond Nicknames she'd give them as well, like 'Zap' for her Joltik that even when it turned into a Garvantula, she still kept the nickname. and of course there was her personal favorite, Noctowl, that she constantly gave the nickname of 'Owlowiscious'. It was practically her ace, but now, it just sits in the PC box, never to zen headbutt anyone again. He needed help, and he knew just where to get it.

"Okay, so I didn't have an actual plan in mind, but you were her online friend when she used to play Pony'mon, right?"
he asked, currently hanging onto the basket of the hot-air balloon for life.
"Yeah, so?" Rainbow Dash asked, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"I need you to convince her to start playing for fun again." Shining replied as the rainbow maned mare helped him back int his basket.
"How? she'll only listen to the Princess, and even then, she'll have to be beaten by her to do it. Have you seen her team? it's virtually unstoppable! Togekiss, Agislash, Greninja, Forteress, Umbreon, AND a Kangaskahn with its freaking Mega Stone!" The mare complained
"But it's still possible, right?" Shining asked, hopeful.
"I guess, but you'd still need a team that essentially a direct opposite to hers, or something. But to be honest, I just want my friend back, I want to introduce her to my other friends, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy..." She lamented.
"Don't worry," Shining comforted, "I think I may know someone who can get me into contact with the Princess..." Shining said.

"So, let me get this straight..." Princess Celestia went on to a chained up Shining Armor, "You broke into my castle, tripped the security alarm, tried to steal some random-ass vase, and deliberately crash into my guards, just so you could talk to me?"
Shining, simply said "Yes" as the Celestia unchained him.
"I'd say you were one of my more psychotic suitors if you had tried to declare your love for me." the tall mare deadpanned.
"Look, I know you're planning to battle the winner of the tournament in a couple months." he continued, "But my sister hasn't played for fun in a long time since she lost to that 'Manes Tor-om' mare." he said.
"You mean my sister?" Celestia asked.
"YOU HAVE A SISTER?" the stallion half-asked, half-yelled in disbelief.
"Wow, and I thought the 'Royal Canterlot voice had died out..." She muttered to herself. "Yes, Mister Armor, I have a sister by the name of Luna, she was the creator of the holiday 'Nightmare Night' and was the author of many horror novels. Under the alias of 'Nightmare Moon'. Haven't you noticed that 'Manes Tor-om' is an anagram of that?" she explained.
"N-No..." Shining said, now feeling stupid.
"Huh, thought it was obvious, but anyways, she's going to be at a convention after a dignitary meeting in the Crystal Empire, so your little sis won't be able to get payback if that's what you're worried about." Celestia said.
"Not even close, but a now-mutual friend of hers said that she may listen to you about having fun if you beat her."
"Alright, I'll get out my faithful team. and I'll hope to see you there, You have enough courage to break in here, and enough faithfulness to your loved ones for several ponies; with the right training, you'd make an excellent captain of the royal guard" she said sending him out with a smile and enough bits to catch the next bus home.
...2 Months Later...
Battle after battle, Twilight rose through the rankings, easily defeating ponies like Vinyl 'Fill-E' Scratch, and Newcomers Bulk 'Snowflake' Biceps. until she reached the final match: Celestia.
"With all due respect Princess, but I am disappointed, that Tor-om mare isn't here, and I was hoping for a rematch, not a battle against you." Twilight said.
Celestia merely raised an eyebrow at this, "Well, I hope I don't disappoint you, young Sparkle. but let us cut to the chase. It's time to battle!"
The Fight began and the scoreboard was up high dictating the events of the match as a play-by-play announcer would announce each and every turn with commentary in it and everypony was watching in anticipation (the verb, not the ability, though one colt did make a joke about it)
Twilight vs. Celestia
"Twilight opens up with Forteress, male. equipped with Leftovers, with Spikes, Stealth Rock, Struggle Bug, and Iron Defense. While the Princess is starting out with a Torkoal, Nicknamed 'volcantle', Shell Armor for the Ability, also equiped with leftovers, and has Shell Smash, Eruption, Amnesia, and Rapid Spin. Looks like Twilight's plan of setting up entry hazards has been nulled. Oh, and Celestia opens with a Shell Smash! Increasing her attack, special attack and speed at the expense of defense." The MC said taking a quick sip of her drink and turning to her partner, who was concentrating on the fight and said, "This is turning out to be quite the nail-biter, am I right?"
"What nails?" the other mare asked.
"Never mind... And Twilight appears to be going for a Stealth Rock, maybe she's trying to goad her opponent into using up Rapid Spin? it's common knowledge that Twilight carries a ghost-Type and thus, can evade the effects of Rapid spin!"
The other MC spoke up, "This would be a really great time for a montage.

It was down to the final 'mons on both sides. Both sent out their mightiest ones they had.
"GO! Kangaskahn!" Twilight called.
"GO! Shazam!" Celestia Called her Alakazam to the field.
"Both Combatants have called their mightiest to the field, both equipped with a mega stone, Alakazam has psycho cut, focus blast, protect, and recover whilst Kangaskahn is fighting with dizzy punch, power-up punch, chip away and crunch. What. Will. Happen?"
Twilight selected the 'Mega Evolve option and subsequently selected crunch. as Celestia quickly selected a move that nopony got a chance to see. Kangaskahn Mega Evolved and became Mega Kangaskahn.
"Oh! and it looks like little Twily has this one in the bag! what has the princess done though? Alakazam has a higher speed stat- Oh wait!"
Shazam used Protect. Kangaskahn used Crunch!
Shazam protected itself!
"My turn." Celestia said to the filly who was sitting in disbelief, what... what did I do wrong? this shouldn't have happened...
Twilight merely selected a random attack, knowing this was the end.
Shazam Mega Evolved into Mega Alaamazam!
Shazam Traced Kangaskahn's Parental Bond!
Shazam used Focus Blast! it's supper effective
Kangaskahn fainted!
Celestia wins.

"Now, remember, my little ponies," Celestia announced after the crowning of the new champion, "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's about having fun, making new friends, and the adventures you have on the way."
Everypony cheered even louder.
Twilight trotted up to the larger mare, "I understand now, you weren't playing to win, you were playing to have fun weren't you?" she asked. she got her answer when Celestia gave her a smile. "Heh, I should've known."
"If it's all the same to you, Twilight, I'd love to battle again, just for fun though, no fancy titles or awards or anything, just bring together some friends, and have a good ol' time. How's that sound?"
"It sounds great princess, I'll get stronger with my friends, and maybe one day, I'll beat you." Twilight said standing proud.
"I'll be looking forward to it Twilight" Celestia concluded.
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Echatu, who had gotten back fro Uatu's Funeral, came back in time to see the ending. "You know, sometimes I forget why we buy video games in the first place: to have fun, and have fun with friends. Enjoy the new Smash Bros everybody, and to Brawl in the Family, you touched our hearts. Thank you, and fare thee well."

Author's Note

Now, before any of you Poke'mon fanboys and fangirls complain about how 'Owlowiscious' would have too many spaces, just keep in mind, that the shortest name in the series (in cannon) is Babs Seed, whereas the longest is Nightmare Moon. It would make sense that the character count would be larger than our universe. Plus, it's a story, just enjoy it, and by this point I'm ready for the flamers. not that I'll be paying attention to the internet trolls, but as Little Green/Dende said to Freeza "Come at me bro!"
And shut up about Mega Kangaskahn too while you're at it.
And yes, this was all to celebrate the impact video games, BitF, and others have had in our lives. See ya later, and remember: have fun playing video games, it's alright to be competitive, but don't let it overtake you.