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ANNOUNCEMENT!
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SUMMARY:
On the 13th day of the 13th month of the 13th year...magic will return to the world...and the streets will run red with the blood of the (semi)innocent...unless the world is saved by the most unlikely of hero's...baking cupcakes?!
The title is '13/13/13' and it'll be coming to a bookstore or E-Book site near you! Xilbris is the publishing company. It's also now available at Amazon, Inkitt.com and BarnesandNoble
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The song is 'In the Pines' by Danny Farrant and Paul Rawson.
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I know it says "in-progress" but really I just don't like boxing myself into a corner. For now this is more of a one-shot that I might continue one day...but probably won't.
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Chapter 1
In the Pines
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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It was a tragic day in Ponyville indeed...
There would be no singing...
No Candy...
No parties...
No sunshine(Princess Celestia herself had ordered that it be allowed to rain to match the mood)...
No smiling...
For today was the The day of Twilight Sparkles funeral...
"Had it really only been three months since that fateful day?" Thought Twilight's loved one's... The day where everything went so horribly wrong?...
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The rest of the main 5 gathered happily around their friend in her library. Today had been a VERY disorienting experience having their cutie marks switched around and everything. But Twilight had come through for them yet again! She was truly the bestest friend one could ever hope to have! And now she was about to once again prove how amazing she was by finishing Starswirl's spell!
Twilight smiled as she began the enchantment, "From all of us together, together we're friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end!"
ZAP!
Suddenly a great light enveloped the purple unicorn...she began to rise in the air, glowing ever more brightly...
BOOM!
And suddenly she was back to normal, face-down on the ground...not moving...
"...Sugarcube? You okay?" Asked Applejack cautiously, she trotted over and felt her pulse...she had none.
Fear gripped the cowgirls heart, "GET A MEDIC!" She bellowed...but it was too late...
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Celestia swept away a tear as her pupil's casket was brought into the room, for the life of her she couldn't understand what went wrong! No matter how she looked at it, the completed spell should have whisked Twilight away to the Astral plane and turned her into a Princess! How...
Celestia sighed...she supposed it didn't matter now...all that mattered was that her beloved Twilight...was no more...
As they all wept, the preacher stepped in front of the open Casket. "Dearly beloved we are gathered here to pay our respect's to Twilight Sparkle. A dear friend-
Nods to the Mane 5 and the Princesses who were barely holding it together...
-family member-
Gestures to Twilight's parent's, Shining Armor, Candace, and Spike...also barely holding on as is.
-And pillar of the community."
Gestures to the whole of Ponyville who'd come out for this.
"So let us look upon her one last time and honor the visage of such a wonderful person." He gestures to the casket and Twilight's cheerful yet lifeless form-
CRASH!
Right before TWILIGHT SPARKLE Fell from a hole in the sky and crushed the casket and her 'body' into a pulp beneath her ride.
Twilight sighed as she watched the stunned/horrified faces of her former home covered in 'her' blood.
"You just couldn't help yourself, could you Star?" She asks her co-pilot with resigned annoyance, a young human-ish girl just shrugs with a giggle...
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The last several hours had been a bit of a blur, first many more odd vehicles came from the newly-made hole in the sky...and all of them began to stream out-
HUMANS!
Screams Lyra Heartstrings as she jumps forward excited- ZAP! And immediately got hit by a taser, Bon-bon simply sighs exasperated. "Oh, no. Not again." And apologizes to the newly identified 'humans' as she drags her twitching friend away...
Before anyone could really absorb what was happening; a brief yet heated discussion leads to Celestia, Luna, Candace, Twilight and the humans locking themselves away in Ponyville town hall...for a LONG yet heated discussion...it was almost night before they finally took a break and came out...
The ponies were stunned..Celestia looked like she'd been crying! She was a mess! Her sister Luna was comforting her, and dismissing all questions directed at them...
Behind them was an equally distraught Shining Armor who was being lead out by a saddened yet resolute Candace.
Oblivious to the ensuing drama was the Mane 5, who were eagerly awaiting their newly returned friend to come out.
"THISISTHEMOSTAWESOMETHINGTOHAPPENEVER!TWILIGHTISBACKICAN'TWAITTOTHROWHERAPARTY!IT'LLBETHEBIGGESTONEEVER!" Shouts Pinkie Pie barely catching her breath. Her friends were quick to agree...well, save Spike.
"Uh...look, I'm glad she's alive and everything...but what happened to her? Why was their a fake corpse of her?" Asked Spike nervously.
Rainbow shrugs dismissively, "Eh, there's probably a big Egghead explanation for the whole thing...knowing Twilight, I'll probably fall asleep half-way through it."
Rarity puts a comforting hoof on Spike's shoulder, "Dear, what dose it matter what happened? The important thing is Twilight is back with us again and everything is back to normal!" She exclaimed happily.
Spike frowned but said, "Uh...okay, I guess your right." He said that...and yet...he couldn't help but feel something...BAD in the air.
Speak of the devil-
"Look guys! Twilight is coming out!" Shouts Applejack excited.
Indeed she was...along with six other humans, happily talking with them
One was an oriental boy- wait was she A SHE? They couldn't tell - with a black- or was it RED? -ponytail.
Standing next to him was a boy with white hair and green eyes.
Another was a blonde girl with butterfly wings and a strange scepter swirling around her hands.
Yet Another was an oriental girl with long black hair and a purple line in- Wait, now she was a dark haired oriental boy with a red coat?... whose mere presence for some reason made Spike want to instinctively bow to him?
Next to her was a boy with a sword and a white bear-eared hat.
And right next to Twilight was a boy in a pine tree hat and carrying an old red book marked with a six-fingered golden hand...with a robotic hand while staring at Twilight with a half-robotic face.
"TWILIGHT!" Came a familiar shout to the Purple Alicorn's right.
Twilight groaned, She'd hoped she'd have more time...
Dipper Pines put a comforting robotic mandible on her shoulder, "Want us to distract them so you can slip away?" He asks concerned...giving the approaching group a dark look.
Twilight sighed, "No...I knew when coming back I'd have to face them sooner or later...besides...they WERE my best friends...and we DID have good times together...I owe them the truth."
"TWILGHT!" Shouted the Mane 5 as they happily ponced on their friend-
CLANG!
Only to run head long into a green energy shield, confused they looked and saw the white haired boy had put up said shield.
"Hey, what in tarnation do you think your doing, buddy!?" Demands Applejack.
"Twilight just had a VERY intense talk with Princess Celestia, the last thing she needs right now is to be bowled over." Said Danny Phantom darkly.
This baffled the mane 5, "Wait, why would any conversation Twilight would have with Celestia be intense? They love each other!" Perks up Fluttershy.
Dipper rolled his eye's, "Show's what you know..."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked Rainbow annoyed.
"GUYS!" Shouted Twilight, "I appreciate what your trying to do...but let me handle this."
The others looked reluctant...but agreed.
"We'll be with team Gama if you need us Twilight."
Twilight nodded and then lead the the excited- if slightly put off by the newcomers attitude -Mane 5 to a private area to talk.
"What was with those jerks you were hanging out with Twilight?" Asked Rainbow flatly.
Twilight had to really restrain herself to not hit her, "Those JERKS are my friends." She said annoyed.
Spike had finally gained enough courage to ask, "Twilight...what happened to you?"
Twilight sighed, "During my...'ascension' I was accosted by Dr. Discord-
"Someone call my name!?" Shouts Discord as he leaps out of nowhere sporting a flashy clown get-up.
"DISCORD, NOT NOW!" Shouted Twilight with an intensity that could give even Fluttershy's stare a run for it's money.
Discord suddenly turned very pale, "Oh...I see...it's one of THOSE types of stories." He coughs nervously as he hastily takes off the clown stuff, "Right...I'll just...yeah..." He rambles awkwardly as he makes a hasty retreat.
Pinkie Pie suddenly looked concerned, "Uh...Twilight? Why did you 'shoo away the Clown'? You know your only supposed to do that when things are about to take a turn for the sour and depressing right?...right?" She asked nervously.
Twilight sighs, "Well...then that should match the mood perfectly." She admitted somberly.
And now her 'friends' were VERY concerned, "Sugarcube...what's wrong? You know you can tell us, were your friends!" Insisted Applejack.
Twilight gives them a long look, "Are we?" She asked in a genuinely curious yet melancholy way.
They all gaped at her horror, "Wha...of course we are! How can you ask that?!" Demanded Rainbow.
Twilight glared, "Let me answer your question with a question...something I've been wanting to ask you for so long...what kind of 'friends' choose a wedding over their best friend!?" She snapped angrily.
...there...she FINALLY said it...and this would only go downhill from there...
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TO BE CONTINUED?