Author's Note

This my own version of what would happen if Princess Twilight would find love.

Chapter 1: The student recaps

Normally, like any other day, you wake up and try to start your life normally like everybody else. You get up, clean yourself up, get dressed, eat breakfast and try to live your life through the day whilst doing minor tasks that one would do, come back home, do the little things, try to have a little fun, and go to bed, so you could repeat the day once more. However, when you’re all grown up, that’s what you would do. But in a teenager’s case, that’s a different subject. Half the same, but half different.

This one particular one, is named Invictus. He is like any other teenager going through certain phases in your life. But in this case, you’re willing to make an acceptation. He had been living in Canterlot City since the day he was born.

His father, Atreus, is a very well respected man. Back in the day, when he was a teenager, there was a war going on, and he was drafted when he was sixteen, three years before he could even have a chance to graduate. Thankfully, he survived the six years of war before it was declared over. But thankfully, because of the hard work he had done, and the fact that he was a war hero when he fought an entire legion whilst making sure his squad would get out alive. The government, even his general, paid for his education at Everfree University, one of the finest educational places in the country. And because of it, he gained five PHD’s and now works as a professor at one of the colleges in Canterlot City, so that he could be close to his son.

His mother on the other hand, is another story. She is known as Stardust Horizon. She is a very loving and kind woman, but what no one knew until a few years after he was born, she revealed that she is a Unicorn from another dimension. Not the land where a girl named Sunset Shimmer, the former bully of Canterlot High, came from, but another dimension that was similar to theirs, which was also known as Equestria. Not only that, she was also a princess. When she crossed over, one would expect that she wouldn’t be able to use her magic like Sunset did, but when she crossed over, she still had her full magic with her, as she had a gift of opening portals to another world. She used her power to turn herself into a human so that she could explore. Whilst she was exploring the strange and mysterious world that fascinated her, she bumped into Atreus when he was about to go to his first day on the job. It was really awkward for her, considering she never met a human face to face. Oh sure, she may have seen many humans whilst she traveled, but she never bumped into one before.

The two of them became fast friends as they went to Atreus’ favorite coffee shop. The two of them having been seeing each other for the past few months. And during their time together, she suddenly had the courage to ask him out. He felt nervous at first, but after giving some thought, he accepted, which left her excited. The two of them went out and after a romantic night, they kissed. They dated for the next few months, until Atreus asked her to marry him. She was afraid at first, considering she has responsibilities back home, but her heart let her do the talking, and she accepted. Soon after that they got married. Though one day, as she tried to go back, she realized that she couldn’t, because she was pregnant and it would hurt the baby.

When Princess Celestia, the other one where Stardust Horizon came from, came over to see why she was away for so long, she was surprised to find out that she was pregnant, and also happy for her. She would allow her to stay until the child is born. And within nine months, Stardust Horizon gave birth to Invictus. With him being born, she was able to go back. However, when Invictus was two years old, Stardust Horizon to her husband Atreus who she is. He was surprised at first, but he could never be mad at her, for his heart belonged to her and no one else. One day, whilst Invictus’ father was on vacation, he asked if he could visit her home, which she did. It was a struggle for both Invictus and their father at first, being able to walk as a pony, but it was worth it. They were greatly welcomed among the populace.

However, one day, when Invictus was ten and he and his father visited, the other Equestria’s enemies united and launched a full invasion of the kingdom. When they killed Celestia, turned out it was a big mistake. For whilst the kingdom invaded, she made a mistake of controlling the sun before she was killed. With nopony controlling the sun, the sun began to go straight to their world, slowly destroying everything in their path. Before their end, Stardust Horizon begged them to go back, with Atreus pleading that she shouldn’t stay, with her saying that she didn’t have any other choice. But before the world came to an end, Princess Luna, the other one, came along and said that they need to survive, causing her to push them through the portal, a last act of selflessness before their world came to an end.

With her world gone, Stardust felt she had no other reason to live, but her husband assured her that everything will be alright. Sure enough, Atreus was right. For in time, the thoughts about her old home became nothing more than a forgotten memory. But like her husband, she also loved to teach, so she applied to work at the same college too, so that she could be closer to her husband, as well as spend as much time with her son, who had just joined CHS during the Freshman Fair.

He became friends with most of the kids, and they developed a mutual respect for him, including a certain pair of students, namely the cowgirl, the athlete, the Fashionista, the party planner and the animal caretaker. However, he didn’t like Sunset Shimmer, for he could tell something was off about her. When he told his mother about this, she took a good look at her, and to her surprise, she sensed Equestrian magic in her. It was faint, but she could detect it. After she investigated, she discovered that the Wondercolt statue was a portal to Equestria in disguise, however, the portal was closed, making her realize that the portal there would open up every thirty moons. She would go herself, but for the sake of this world, she needed to keep this quiet.

One day, after his next year, Invictus enjoyed his time there at CHS, however, he noticed Sunset was causing trouble and he knew she was driving friendships apart. He didn’t like it one bit and confronted her, saying that she should learn to back off if she knew what was good for her. Then Sunset ended up making a mistake; she said that his mother must’ve been a dumb broad to give birth to an idiot child. Enraged, the unexpected happened, Invictus’ magic kicked in, allowing him to use it to pin Sunset against the lockers, which surprised the rest of the students, with him threatening that if she ever says something like that again, he’ll end her, for the fire in his eyes proved that. Sunset was so scared of him, she didn’t want to ever mess with him.

Invictus’ parents told the Principle the truth, and she promised to keep their secret, for it was understandable, for he just lost his temper because Sunset insulted his family. But one day, about a few days before the Fall Formal, with Sunset continuing to torment others and break friendships apart, he encountered a strange person. That was none other than Twilight. But there was something different about her, so he asked his mother to come over again. The two of them watched her for some time, and to Stardust’s shock, Twilight was from Equestria, and she is none other than an Alicorn Princess, which they realized the portal was opened for the next few days.

However, there was something about Twilight, something that made him being drawn to her. During her confused state, walking down the school halls, she accidentally bumped into Invictus. As the two of them stared into each other’s eyes, their eyes widened, for there was something, a powerful spark, something he hadn’t felt before. She excused herself and walked away before things would get weird. But Invictus on the other hand, his heart suddenly skipped so many beats he felt like he was having a heart attack. What really caught her attention was that the certain pair of girls that she made friends with were with her, he realized she was able to help them forgive each other, and convinced them to help her stop Sunset for some reason.

During her time there, she was able to unite the school after they were divided for so long. But Sunset, she had two of her lackies, Snips and Snails, wreck the room where the Fall Formal Dance was about to be prepared and framed Twilight. But thanks to Flash Sentry, he was able to help clear her name. Somehow, she told her friends the truth about who she was, and eventually, with the help of the entire school, they were able to get things fixed and the Fall Formal would continue.

Later that night, as the dance went on, Twilight won Princess of the Fall Formal, but Sunset kidnapped Spike and threatened to destroy her only way home, Heh, if she only knew. But Twilight stood firmly and protected the crown, just what was so important to it? When Sunset took it, she ended up accidentally activated the dark magic inside the crown, it consumed her, and turned into a she-demon. Right then and there, he wanted to help her, but he couldn’t risk exposing himself once more. But because Twilight used the power of the crown, she and her new friends used the power, to his surprise, Harmony, they were able to purge the darkness from her.

Invictus was among to see her. But was unexpected, she was in tears. The power of the crown frightened her, which she then began to realize power was something that you couldn’t just take if you were unworthy. As he once learned the hard way. But because of Twilight’s kindness and mercy, she was able to forgive Sunset for her actions, and so did her friends once she convinced them to help her in her time of need. Invictus wanted to ask her out, but Flash beat her to it, which he felt depressed. But what made him sad, was the fact that she had to go back home, which meant he would never see her again.

Then came the showcase, which was for Charity. But because of the Dazzlings, otherwise known as the Sirens, creatures from another world that he recognized because of their aura, they turned every student against each other and turned it into the battle of the bands. But because a reformed Sunset and her new friends were unaffected, they took it upon themselves to call Twilight for help. Twilight, he’d have a chance to talk to her. But during her time here, he couldn’t get the chance. One distraction after the other, and he really wanted to help her when he noticed that she felt discouraged further and further and that he couldn’t help her. But they rallied together, and with the help of Sunset, they were able to beat them and save the world. However, Twilight went back again, and he missed his chance once more.

Then came the Friendship Games, and the students from Crystal Prep came. Among them, to his surprise, was Twilight. But it wasn’t Princess Twilight, for she didn’t have the aura. But somehow she stole Sunset and the others’ magic, and because of the dick move from Cinch, Twilight, or Sci-Twi in this case, ended up being absorbed by the magic, and ended up being consumed by it, turning her into a monster. But thanks to Sunset, she saved her. As a result, both schools won after Cinch gave up into trying to win in her favor. Sci-Twi was able to transfer to CHS. But as the girls were having lunch, Princess Twilight came back, and said that she was stuck in a time loop, which meant there was trouble back at her home dimension.

During their trip to Camp Everfree, he overheard from Sunset that Princess Twilight wasn’t coming back, and that she had her own responsibilities back home, which left Invictus really discouraged, for he missed the once chance to talk to the one girl that he fell in love with, but didn’t have the courage to tell her.

Soon afterwards, one problem after another came along. The Rainbooms, that’s what he heard they were called, were trying to raise money for Camp Everfree, so Rarity had the idea of doing a music video, only for her ideas to be stolen by the Shadowcolts. But after overhearing them, they realized that they just didn’t want to disappoint their classmates, so they worked together and they both won.

Shortly after that, they went to the movie studio, where they were filming Daring Do. Unfortunately the stage was sabotaged, the actress were having some trouble to fulfill her role and the props were missing. And it turned out, it was none other than the director’s own niece, Juniper Montage, that did all that because she was jealous and wanted to be Daring Do. But her uncle was right, she was too young and too inexperienced. And because of the fact that she betrayed her uncle’s trust, he kicked her out and banned her until further noticed, making her angry at the Rainbooms.

At the movie release, Juniper was still bitter at them, and her mirror was affected by Equestrian Magic. So she used the mirror, when she saw them, to trap them inside in order to get back at them, and ended up turning into a giant woman when their geodes, magical artifacts that they received that gave them special abilities from Camp Everfree, were absorbed by the mirror. But thankfully, Starlight Glimmer, a student of Princess Twilight, wanted to visit. And thanks to her, because of her own past experience, she was able to convince her to turn her over a new leaf and released the others. They were able to forgive her and she became their friend too.

Then came Wallflower Blush, who used the memory stone to teach Sunset a lesson by lashing out at her friends and taking their good memories of her away. But Sunset was able to ask Princess Twilight for help, but didn’t come back with her. Which was a good thing, because if her memories were taken, who knows how much damage she could’ve done. But thanks to the annoying Trixie, Sunset was able to save her friends when they destroyed the memory stone and restored their memories. She forgave them and apologized to her for making her feel invisible.

Focusing back in his room, Invictus woke up and looked at the date. It was now July 1st, the middle of Summer Vacation. Thankfully, with the last summer job he had, he was able to have enough money to have some fun, but not in a crazy kind of way.

His mother left to visit his father’s parents at Van Hoover and his dad... Well it's complicated, and she was going to be gone for a month, which suited him just fine. He could use some time to clear his head. But he felt more than down, he felt sad.

Normally, like any other day, he would walk to the mirror and stand in front of it, hoping to have the courage to visit her, but he wasn’t sure that he would feel welcomed, considering it’s a different Equestria. It even brought back some childhood trauma, where his mother’s old home was destroyed. But sometimes he hoped that she would come over for a visit, then he would have the courage to talk to her, but was afraid he would miss his chance again.

On that morning, after he was done with his daily routine, he walked over to the school, which was closed, but he kept walking to the mirror, thinking about her. He at first wanted to stand near the mirror and want to have the courage to talk to her. But he just couldn’t wait anymore, or walk into the mirror. So he just sighed and walked past the mirror. When all of a sudden…

FWOOSH!! BUMP!!!

Invictus groaned, holding his head, for that was painful. He realized he must’ve bumped into someone without looking. He has a habit of doing that. Just when he wanted to apologize, he was shocked to see who it was. For this person, he recognized her aura. But when he looked into her eyes, and realized the outfit, especially the fact that she was nose to nose with him, which caused her to blush as she looked into his dark blue eyes, and he in her moderate violet, which made him blush too. It was in that moment, he had realized one thing that he never thought would happen…

Fate had granted him a chance after all.