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How Hard Could it Be?

by Richardson
The Cutie Mark Crusaders need a Tutor, Celestia Needs a Vacation, and Luna needs some Respect. How Hard Could it Be?

Twilight has been having her study sessions with the Cutie Mark Crusaders for some time, and has been remarkably pleased with their progress. And kind of worried, as they keep getting better and better. She might be a princess now, but TEACHING THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS? She'd rather not become their formal mentor. Yet.

A letter is sent out, and Princess Celestia gets a call for help. And, an opportunity is born. After all, why not? After a thousand years, perhaps it is time to do something else, just for a bit. She does have a rather wonderful younger sister who hasn't been ruling a land for a thousand years, and who has been studying how to rule for the past four rather intensely. So, teaching three fillies undercover? Sounds like fun.

And Luna. She's wanted to be as respected as her sister so much that she once went mad over it. But now, she's simply being handed the power that she once coveted for so long and no longer wants. What kind of a world does she live in now that her highest desire has been so casually granted?

With all of this, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Arcs:

Escape: When Celestia hears the call, she jumps at the chance to teach again, especially three fillies who might surpass her grandest student. But first she's got to escape her own identity...
Examination: So you want to find out what a filly does? Time to test her silly, so long as you don't taunt the Happy-Fun Filly.
Excitement: So, you've found the Happy-Fun Filly. Great, but the other two need help as well, and Scootaloo has this ~Great!~ idea for how to use her new-found magic...
Encouragement: Cometh the Bubbles, and a whole load of new headaches as they find out just what being a Happy-Fun Filly really means...
Exaltation: Where's Luna been this whole time? She can't be very happy about being left in the lurch holding Equestria. She could really use somepony to talk to.
Exercise: 'Sunbeam' is looking to teach the Happy-Fun Filly more, but first she needs to start taking care of the wagon-tire she keeps around her middle so that certain Unfun-Time Fillies don't interrupt her. And there's this big draft stallion looking for help...

Everyone
Incomplete
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Alternate Universe
Romance
Comedy
Random
Slice of Life
 
MOPCP

163764 words: Estimated about 14 hours to read

46 Chapters:

  1. 1.1 2014-04-27 23:04:29 UTC
    1837
  2. 1.2 2014-04-29 23:39:54 UTC
    1830
  3. 1.3 2014-05-04 22:30:18 UTC
    2321
  4. 1.4 2014-05-07 10:31:23 UTC
    2028
  5. Intermission 1.LUNA 2014-05-09 00:54:31 UTC
    2184
  6. 1.5 2014-05-12 11:34:40 UTC
    2199
  7. 2.1 2014-05-26 20:22:02 UTC
    2407
  8. 2.2 2014-06-04 23:52:29 UTC
    2571
  9. 2.3 2014-06-10 23:26:28 UTC
    2397
  10. 2.4 2014-06-17 11:34:48 UTC
    2524
  11. 2.5 2014-07-18 14:10:16 UTC
    2593
  12. 2.6 2014-09-10 22:48:53 UTC
    3426
  13. 2.7 2014-09-19 13:36:10 UTC
    2794
  14. Intermission 2: Correspondance 2014-09-24 21:56:17 UTC
    4260
  15. Excitement (3.1) 2014-10-03 13:23:02 UTC
    2801
  16. 3.2 2014-10-11 13:28:03 UTC
    2886
  17. 3.3 2014-10-17 14:38:50 UTC
    3047
  18. 3.4 2014-10-31 15:32:17 UTC
    2842
  19. 3.5 2014-11-07 01:02:12 UTC
    2813
  20. 3.Tea 2014-11-13 23:03:04 UTC
    3465
  21. 4.1: Encouragement 2014-11-20 22:56:38 UTC
    3347
  22. 4.2 2014-11-27 17:23:17 UTC
    3511
  23. 4.3 2014-12-04 19:27:21 UTC
    3934
  24. 4.4 2014-12-11 20:13:08 UTC
    3234
  25. 4.5 2015-01-15 14:24:01 UTC
    2949
  26. 4.Cutiespiracies 2015-01-22 17:18:38 UTC
    3168
  27. 4.6 2015-01-29 14:41:18 UTC
    3028
  28. 5.1 Excellency 2015-02-05 14:25:05 UTC
    3585
  29. 5.2 2015-02-12 14:43:21 UTC
    3849
  30. 5.3 2015-02-19 14:17:36 UTC
    3260
  31. 5.Berry Disappointed 2015-02-26 15:47:24 UTC
    3571
  32. 5.4 2015-03-05 13:57:46 UTC
    4238
  33. 5.5 2015-03-12 14:05:26 UTC
    5546
  34. 5.6 2015-03-18 13:06:54 UTC
    4375
  35. 5.Suspicions 2015-03-25 14:20:17 UTC
    3092
  36. 5.7 2015-03-29 13:19:29 UTC
    11675
  37. 6.1 2015-04-09 12:25:35 UTC
    6528
  38. 6.2 2015-04-16 14:26:37 UTC
    5195
  39. 6.3 2015-04-23 12:58:11 UTC
    4367
  40. 6.4 2015-04-30 13:45:04 UTC
    4345
  41. 6.Daydreaming 2015-05-07 13:16:12 UTC
    5013
  42. 6.5 2015-06-01 12:58:16 UTC
    3299
  43. 6.6 2015-06-12 13:40:21 UTC
    4052
  44. 6.7 2015-07-09 14:59:26 UTC
    4276
  45. 6.Therapy 2015-09-04 13:27:58 UTC
    2556
  46. 6.8 2015-09-11 17:59:56 UTC
    4546