Harry Lefert's Drabble Bin

by Harry Leferts

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Random, Princess Celestia, Crossover, Human, Main 6
Length: 9985

This is a place where I store tribbles, drabbles and ideas.

Welcome to my drabble bin. Some authors have trouble getting ideas and others have too many. I'm in the second category. A lot of these started out as short fic ideas that expanded. Some might be long and others short, but they'll always coming. So come on in and take a look around!

*Wait, this isn't FallOut: Equestria
LittlePip and Homage find themselves in canon Equestria and as it turns out, they're not alone.

*Just a little chaos...
There's a fragment of Discord's power drifting around and causing trouble. Of course, the Mane 6 have to get rid of it and complications insue...

*Twilight "Indiana" Sparkle and Rainbow "Daring" Dash
When Twilight was still a young student, she had come across a old hat and whip laying away in a storage room in Canterlot much to Celestia's surprise as she recognized it as something her sister had worn and claimed was an artifact of great power. After several attempts of putting it away, Celestia gave up as it always found it's way to it's chosen owner, Twilight. Years later, Rainbow inherited a pith helmet that belonged to her great-grandmother, Daring Doo!. Now, both objects, the "Helm of Indy" and Daring's "Lucky Pith Helmet" are in their hooves as they find adventure drawn to them...

*Old Mare Harrison: Okay, Twilight has had it with Celestia's GMing! And she's finally snapped! The madness begins...

*Pinkie and Twilie are a little Loony: Pinkie went to what university? And... wait, what was that Twilight!?

*Twilight... Phantom?: When Twilight was very young, she stumbled across this strange portal and turned it on...

Published 2013-01-27 11:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2014-09-13 19:28:28 UTC

Wait, this isn't FallOut: Equestria...

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is owned by Hasbro. The original "FallOut: Equestria" and the original characters thereof were created by the masterful author Kkat. I own nothing.
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LittlePip narrowed her eyes as she focused on her up and coming challenge, one that she had not foreseen when her and Homage took the choice they did just a week ago. "I fought and killed the fucking Goddess... battled damned Ghouls and Enclave troops... Journeyed across a fucked up apocalyptic land and travelled through time and space itself." She then took a breath as she steeled herself. "All my trials and tribulations lead me to this..."

Homage chose that moment to poke her head in and looked. A moment later she rolled her eyes. "Your changing Pipsqueak's diaper Pip. Not fighting a hoard of aliens."

Pip just looked at her with a twitching eyebrow. "This can be just as bad! Do you fucking know what it's like!?"

Homage just blinked. "Yes, I do. I change him when it's my turn after all." She then walked in and smacked Pip in the back of the head. "And I swear LittlePip, if his first words are curse words, I will make sure that you regret it!"

As she rubbed her head, LittlePip nodded. "Okay Homage..." Having turned back, she uses some magic to begin changing the diaper before she looked away and began to cough. "OH CELESTIA! HOW CAN YOU MAKE SO MUCH AND WHY DOES IT SMELL SO BAD!?" Homage slowly backed out of the room and started to make her way down the hall only to stop at Pip shouting. "OH NO! DON'T YOU EVEN DARE PIPSQUEA- AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

Homage then snorted back a laugh as she walked down the hall of the apartment. "Colts..." She then sighed. 'Though adopting him after we found him abandoned was a good choice with how Pip is acting...'
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As she walked towards the small house next to Pip as the night dragged on and the other colts and fillies went home, Luna softly smiled at him. "Well Pip, We would like to thank thee for helping us this night."

Pip just smiled up at her. "Don't worry about it Princess!" He then shook his head. "Wow! I can't wait to tell me Mum about meeting you!" Finally they reach Pip's house which has a large garage-like shop on one end and on the other is a small shack leading to a radio dish. "Well, here we are your Majesty!" The two stand there for a few moments before Pip scuffed his hoof a little. "Um... Princess Luna..."

She raised an eyebrow as she looked down at him. "Yes Pipsqueak?"

He looked to the side. "Um... am I gonna see you again Princess?"

She just smiled and nodded. "Of course young Pip." She chuckled a bit. "Thou art Our friend after all." She then took another look at the house with interest. "Thy house, what dost thou's parents do?"

Pip just smiled. "Well, Mum is a repair pony and a bit of an inventor while Mother is the head of the local radio station alongside DJ Pon3."

Luna hummed a bit before she smiled. "We must listen to her radio station one of these days." She then frowned. "Thou hast two mothers? And what of thy father?"

Pip just shrugged. "I'm adopted. Mum and Mother found me one day and took me in." He then smiled. "Gave me the family name too!" After a few more minutes talk and saying goodbyes, Pip trots up to his house and opens the door before walking in. Soon after he lays his candy on the table. "There we go!"

Hearing a chuckle, he freezes. "Nice haul there Pipsqueak."

Grinning, he turned and ran over to a gray coated Unicorn. "MUM! YOU'RE BACK!"

The unicorn just blew a bit of her brown mane out her eyes. "Sure am Pipsqueak. The trip to Zebrica and fixing what I needed to took less time then I thought."

She ruffled Pip's hair as two darker gray forelegs wrapped around her from behind and a blue maned Unicorn lays her head on the other's shoulder. "So the problem they had down there is fixed then?"

The brown maned Unicorn nodded as she took something off her foreleg and placed it on the countertop, her eyes darkened. "Sure did. Don't think that it'll need being fixed again."

The blue maned Unicorn just sighed in what seemed to be relief. "That's one less thing to worry about."

After he pulled away from the hug, Pip made his way over to the candy and grinned. "Mum, Mother, would either of you like some candy?"

The blue maned Unicorn giggled some before she shook her head and winked at the other. "Sounds good... eh, Pip?"

The now identified Pip grinned. "That it does Homage... that it does..."
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Homage looked over the records as she mumbled to herself before the sound of a door being opened caught her attention and she turned to see Vinyl Scratch walk in with a bag. "Have a good trip to Manehatten I see."

Vinyl grinned as she set down her bag. "Oh Celestia you would not believe it. Octy really enjoyed herself and I managed to grab some real sweet tunes for the station."

As she shook her head in amusement, Homage began to look though the bag. "Oh? What'd you find?"

Vinyl just shrugged. "There was some new stuff by old artists. But there were some up and comers as well." She chuckled and her next words caused Homage to freeze as her eyes widened in shock. "There was this awesome new singer named Velvet Remedy. I tell you with her sweet tunes, she's going to go far. Mark my words."

LittlePip had been walking by as she drank from a bottle, only to spit-take and spray the cola she had been drinking all over a visiting Rainbow Dash who scowled. "HEY! WATCH IT!"
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All around the two unicorns was chaos as the changelings attacked. As she took a bite of her cupcake, Pip sighed. "If it's not one Celestia fucking damned thing it's another." She then raised an eyebrow. "Got to admit that this is a bit different."

Suddenly Pipsqueak could be heard shouting as he was chased by a pack of changelings. "MUM! MOTHER! HELP!"

Having caught sight of him, Homage galloped toward her adopted son. "PIPSQUEAK!"

LittlePip growled deep in her throat as she followed with a massive scowl. "Go after my son?! LIKE FUCKING TARTARUS YOU CUNTS!"

A short while later after they took out nearly the whole group, Homage clutched at Pipsqueak as she tried to comfort him as she whispered soft mutterings into his ear. One of the changeling Commanders, barely alive, looked up at the rage filled face of LittlePip as he coughed. "Wh- Who... what are you....?!"

LittlePip took one look at Homage who's holding the nearly unconscious colt before she turned back with a vicious smirk. "Me? I'm nothing more then a toaster repairpony..."
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Calamity slowly walked through the town of Ponyville as he looked around. 'It's so... peaceful...' He snorted a bit. 'Wish that Velvet could see this, but maybe later.' His eyes then widened as he caught sight of a familiar mare walking through the market. "LittlePip...?!" The mare didn't notice him and was looking over some vegetables when a young, dirty foal collided with her as he wasn't looking. As he spotted the angry look on Pip's face, Calamity paled. "Oh no..."

He was just about to rush forward when LittlePip pulled out a napkin and wet it using her tongue. She then began to scrub at the struggling foal's face. "Celestia dammit Pipsqueak! What have me and Homage told you?!"

The colt snorted a bit before he whined. "But Mum!"

Pip just gave him a motherly glare. "Don't you 'Mum' me young colt!" She then blinked as she heard something and looked. Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the stallion that was standing there stunned. "Calamity?"

He then took off his hat and began to chew on the brim. Before she could ask though, he started to mutter. "I said that this couldn't get any weirder with this time-space, alternate timeline stuff. made a wager on it even. That'll teach me."

LittlePip just facehoofed as her son watched on in confusion.
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Twilight blinked as she walked into the large workshop before she called out. "Hello! LittlePip? You here?"

A moment later she jumped as she's hugged. "Sure am!" LittlePip hid a smirk as she watched Twilight hold her hoof to her chest as she tried to get her breathing under control and calm her heartbeat. She then put on a false mask of worry. "Something the matter Twilight?"

Twilight just gave a small glare at the Unicorn. "You well know what is the matter!" As she saw the fullblown grin, Twilight rolled her eyes. "Anyways, Pipsqueak came by and told me that you had the computer repaired?"

LittlePip nodded as she wiped her hooves of grease, all the while she seemingly ignored how Twilight was looking at the metal cast-like object that covered one foreleg, hiding it from view. "Sure fucking did." She shook her head as she ignored Twilight's glare for her language. "Not only a bitch to fix due to how many parts were worn, was also fucking hard as Tartarus to track the fucking shit needed to fix the fucker."

Twilight just continued to glare before she sighed. "You're only using that language because you know it gets to me... don't you?" LittlePip's amused look and shrug told her enough before she chuckled some and shook her head. "Well, let's see it then and I'll take it back to the library. Lucky that you were able to fix it since it was a steal from Canterlot University..." Later after she had finished installing it, Twilight yawned a bit before she shuddered. "Bucking nightmares..." She facehoofed a moment later. "I am spending too much time with that repairpony..." As she headed upstairs, she grabbed a backscratcher and used it. 'Note to self, go to the doctors to see if I have a rash...'

As she walked through the door to the basement, Spike looked up from a letter. "Hey! Twilight! Princess Celestia sent a letter to you."

Twilight blinked at him before she rushed over and read it herself. "She wants to know exactly what Discord said to me?" After she shared a look with Spike, she waited until Spike got some writing materials and started. "Dear Princess Celestia, as you know I have been bothered by something that Discord commented to me about. It may be nonsense knowing him, but for some reason it will not leave me. His words were 'Now little Unicorn, I wonder how your and the others former futures will effect your presents...'"
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Just a little Chaos...

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As she watched as her friends walk into the basement of the library, Twilight flinched some as she saw Rainbow rub her foreleg with a grimace. "I'm really sorry about this Rainbow, but it was needed."

Rainbow just waved her off with a hoof. "Yeah, yeah. Still don't see what the big deal is with this thing. We find it and zap it with the Elements and BOOM! All done."

Twilight glanced at a desk where the EoH are currently sitting and sighed. "I know Rainbow, but the shard of Discord's power that we've been tracking just won't stay in one place long enough to reach it, let alone to hit it."

Applejack looked at the reddish-brown highly stylized circles in the middle of the room, runes and symbols all aound them. "Tha's what ya'll used our blood for Twi?"

The lavender unicorn just nodded as she looked herself. "Yeah, the ritual should bring it here and bind it long enough for us to get rid of it."

Frowning, Pinkie just shook her head in disbelief. "But why do we have to get rid of it Twilight? It hasn't hurt anyone! It just causes funny things to happen!"

As she took a breath, Twilight shook her head as she scowled. "It's part of Discord and that's never good news Pinkie! Who knows what this thing might do or cause!" Having spotted Pinkie hang her head, the lavender Unicorn walked over and laid a comforting hoof on her pink friend's shoulder. "Sorry for yelling Pinkie but when it comes to Discord... and the fact that some Ponies have nearly gotten hurt..."

Pinkie just nodded before she once smiled a little. "Okay Twilight! I understand."

While she flipped her mane back, Rarity looked at her fellow Unicorn. "So what must we do darling?"

After she turned, Twilight gestured at the array. "I need each of you to take the spots I tell you." She frowned a little. "Now, it's going to drain you of some of your natural magic, but don't fight it. The array needs magic from all three types of Ponies to function. It'll use it and summon the entity before trapping it inside the inner most circle." She then tipped her head to the Elements. "Once that's done, we don the Elements and use them against it." She than looked her friends over. "Just to let you know, but the array will continue to draw energy from us right up until the entity is gone."

As they looked at each other, the mares nodded. Applejack then turned and nodded at Twilight. "Ya'll can count on us Sugarcube."

Twilight smiled a bit as she too nodded. "Okay then." She then became serious. "Take you positions girls!" Once they do so, she activated the array and the room is bathed in a glow until it faded leaving Twilight panting. "That... took a lot more out of me then I thought."

Rainbow just nodded before she spoke between breaths. "You weren't... kidding... Twilight..."

When she looked into the center, Fluttershy's eyes widened as she spotted a glowing cloud there that was continually changing shape. "Is... that it?"

After she blinked, Twilight studied it for a moment before she nodded. "Has to be."

She flinched some as it hit the internal barrier and bounced off before it did it again and again. Fluttershy bit her lip some at that. "It... looks scared."

As she looked at the other girls, Twilight sighed as she too felt a lump in her stomach. "Yeah..." She then took a breath and nodded though. "But sadly, there's no other way." She turned away from the thumping of the barrier as she walks towards the EoH, a tear slowly dripped from her eye from the sounds of panic coming from the other side. 'No other way...' It didn't take long for them to don their respective Elements and to take position. As she felt the familiar power as it flowed through her, Twilight and the others looked at the panicked entity inside the barrier. The same thought then echoed through their minds.

'I wish there was another solution.'

They're all blinded by the familiar rainbow colored light, and when it faded, the shard of Discord's power was gone. As she sighed, Twilight looked around at the others as she saw the same expression of guilt on their faces as they remembered the struggles of the entity to get free. Licking her lips. "Um..."

At that moment, Spike poked his head into the basement. "Er... Twi? You done?"

As she looked up at him, Twilight gave a slight nod. "Yeah, it's done."

Spike just smiled. "Oh!" He then blinked as he takes in the expressions, his own fell at the gloomy atmosphere. "Oh... Um... I was just going to tell you that I made some soup for dinner so..."

Twilight looked around and took a breath before she let it out as a sigh. "Sounds good Spike." She then nodded. "We should get the Elements of Harmony back to Princess Celestia as soon as possible anyways." The gang slowly made their way up and out of the basement, Twilight being the last as she used her magic to shut off the magic as she closed the door. However, she never noticed the array as it softly glowed with a rainbow colored light as it's drawn towards the center, the blood that made it up having seemingly liquified...
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Two days later, an exhausted Twilight and her friends arrived back in Ponyville after having taken the Elements back to Canterlot (and also some catching up with the Princesses and her family in Twilight's case). As she walked through the darkness of the night and opened the door, the first thing that greeted Twilight's eyes was a number of book piles which caused her to rub her head with her hoof. "I must have forgotten to tidy up before I left..."

As Spike headed to the kitchen to make them something, she used her magic to quickly place them all back. A few minutes later, Spike walked in with a plate of sandwiches and drinks for them as he frowned. "Here you go Twilight. Sorry it's not much, but it looks like we need to go shopping."

Twilight blinked through her sleepy mind and frowned. "I could have sworn we just got the groceries the day before we left..." Having shaken it off, she sighed. "Pinkie did eat a lot though."

Soon after, they head to bed and passed the guest room door, not having noticed that the normally closed door is ajar. Almost as soon as they hit their respective beds though, the two fell fast asleep. A few moments passed and Twilight's bedroom door opened and the small pitter-patter of feet ring out. A small shape in the darkness then crawls up onto the bed and studies the sleeping Twilight for a few minutes before crawling under the covers and snuggling up to her as it happily sighed as Twilight unconsciously cuddled it. "Twilight Mommy..."

The night soon passed and the sun coming through the curtains caused Twilight to stir. Smacking her lips, she squeezed her eyes shut against the glare. 'Ugh... you couldn't have waited a few more hours Princess...' She then felt the small body against her which caused her to chuckle in her sleepy state. "Heh, you know that could have woke me up before crawling into my bed because of a bad dream Spike."

A minute later her eyes snapped open as she heard her assistant's voice as it rang out from his basket on the other side of the bed. "What the hay are you talking about Twilight?"

Now fully awake, Twilight's mouth dried. 'If Spike's over there... then who...'

She slowly tilted her head down and lifted the blanket to reveal a head of white hair with two differently shaped horns that came out from it. At that moment, the small dracoequinus then sighed as it snuggled in closer to Twilight, while it whispered in a young filly's voice. "Mmm... Twilight-Mommy is back..."

Her mind completely blank from a combination of things, two words managed to slip from her mouth before she could stop them.

"Oh... buck..."
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As she rushed around, Twilight tried to find some information on what had happened as on a table, the little dracoequis sipped from a juice box as Spike kept an eye on her. "I... I have no idea how this could have occurred!"

Spike just blinked and looked at Eris. "You know, you're pretty quiet for a dracoequis."

She just smiled around her staw as she swung her feet beneath her. "Yup! Just like Fluttershy-mama!" She then frowned. "Um... Twilight-Mommy, is Rainbow-Mommy, Applejack-mama, Rarity-mama, Pinkie-Mommy, and Fluttershy-mama coming over today?"

Twilight nodded absent mindedly. "Yeah, I'll send for them in a... bit..." She then turned and gave the small child-like chaos bringer with a raised eyebrow. "How do you know their names?"

She just grinned showing a gap in her teeth as she giggled. "The special magic told me Twilight-Mommy!"

Twilight "Indiana" Sparkle and Rainbow "Daring" Dash

I do not own "Indiana Jones" which is the property of George Lucas. MLP:FiM is owned by Hasbro.
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As she scowled at the wall of broken rock in front of her, Twilight could still hear the mocking laughter of Gilda in her ears before a shout drew her attention as Dash slammed her hoof into a rock. “DARN IT GILDA!”

She walked over as some pebbles bounce off her hat, the so-called 'Helm of Indy' according to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, before Twilight laid a comforting hoof on her Pegasus friend’s shoulder. “It’s okay Dash, we got the clue we need and all we got to do is get out of here.”

At that moment a slightly snide and arrogant voice spoke up. “Oh, sure Twilight Sparkle!” Turning, the two see Trixie as she waved her hooves around. “All we need to do is escape from a room, in a erupting volcano, that has no way out!” She seemingly folded into herself as lava leaked through a crack in the floor at the far end of the uncollapsed temple room. “Trixie cannot believe that this is how it all ends for Trixie… First her reputation is ruined… then there was the alicorn amulet... then kidnapped by those Diamond Dogs and that Griffin… and now Trixie is going to be baked pony…”

A rustic voice spoke up as Applejack spoke her mind on the matter. “Now the’. Tha’s no way to be lookin’ at things.” As she looked around, Applejack frowned. “I reckon that thar’ be someway out of here.”

Looking around herself, Twilight trotted over to the center of the room and spotted what looks like a vertical opening going down. She poked her head into it, she saw magma slowly rising through the shaft, and when she looked up, she could see another shaft right above it and at the end a very small window of sky far above. “Well, there’s a way out here I suppose…”

Rarity’s jaw dropped a little. “Twilight deary, have you forgotten that most of us here don’t have wings?!”

As she rolled her eyes at Rarity’s drama at the other side of the room, Rainbow took her Pith Helmet off for a moment ('I still can't believe that the Daring Doo was my Great-Grandmother!') and wiped some sweat off her brow as she leaned against the wall… before she suddenly noticed that it was wet and cool. “HEY!” She stopped for a moment before she looked above her and saw moisture. “Wait a cloud picking minute…”

She flapped up and she leaned her head against the upper part of the wall and closed her eyes in concentration as Pinkie watched in interest. “What are you doing Dashie?”

Holding out a hoof, Dash frowned. “Shhh! Give me a minute.” After a few seconds, she pulled away and looked at the water dripping off the rock. “Must be from that underground lake we saw…” Her eyes widened. “Wait! We must be underneath it!” Having heard Dash shout, Twilight walked over and asked what was going on, only for Rainbow to grab her shoulders in excitement. “That lake we passed? It’s right above us to the side, I heard the water and everything!”

Blinking for a moment, Twilight opened her mouth and then shut it before becoming thoughtful. “Wait… a lake's worth of water…”

Dash grinned as she gestured to the shaft. “Plus that shaft…”

As she looked at all the abandoned mining equipment including a crate of TNT, Twilight’s grin grew. “Dash… are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

Dash chuckled with a similar grin on her face. “Oh, I think so…” She then turned. “Pinkie, Fluttershy, I need you two to move that crate next to that wall.”

As Rainbow directed the two, Twilight turned to Applejack. “Applejack, I need you to buck two of the larger Stalagmites down.”

Rubbing her head in confusion, AJ nodded. “Wha’ ever ya’ll say Sugercube.”

She walked over to one and examined it before she bucked it down and headed to the next as Twilight turned to Rarity and Trixie. “I need you two to grab the most intact mine cart and as much rebar as possible, got it?” Confused, the two nodded as Twilight walked over to the first stalagmite and broke it in half with a spell. The other she jammed into the lower shaft. After a few minutes, she called the others over. “Girls, me and Rainbow need you to get on the top part of that stalagmite over there. Rainbow-“

Dash cut her off at that. “No way Twilight. You need me to keep you above it. We do this together.”

As she looked at her seriously for a moment, Twilight nodded. “Okay Rainbow. Girls?”

Having gotten a clue as to what was about to happen, Applejack opened her mouth only to find herself and the others besides Rainbow floating in the air and then placed on the rock along with the rebar and the mining cart. “TWILIGHT!”

She didn't get a chance to do anything else as the whole thing, with the girls on top, is propelled into the upper shaft where it got stuck. As Twilight turned, she spotted Rainbow with a stick of TNT in her hand as she held it near the nearest small stream of lava while the ground around them trembled and shook. “Let’s do this.” Rainbow grinned as she touched the fuse to the lava and lit it before she quickly rushed over to the wall and jammed it into the box of TNT on a ledge where the wall was wettest. After that, her and Twilight dove behind rocks as it blew, sending a cascade of water into the room which nearly swept the two off their feet. After she grabbed Twilight, Rainbow flew them into the air. “Hang on!”

Twilight nodded as she held her hat on her head as the room began filling with water. “We only got one shot with this Rainbow!”

Seeing her friend nod around the strain of keeping them both in the air, Twilight waited until the room was nearly full before she yanked the stalagmite keeping the bottom shaft sealed out. And then she jammed it into the hole that lead to the lake. As the water swirled and bubbled beneath them, Twilight teleported them onto the top of the other rock plug where their friends are. Dash didn't wait as she grabbed the mining cart and began dragging it into the center. “Come on! Everyone under this now!”

Once they're all under it, Twilight (with help from Rarity) anchored the cart to the rock using the rebar driven through the edges of the cart and into the rock as they also bent the rebar in the air so it would touch the surface of the rock. And just in time as the pressure of the steam below caused the plug to be propelled up the shaft and out into the sky. After landing in a fast moving river of lava, their raft was dragged down the mountain before it hit a projecting rock which caused it to fling the mining cart (with the mares inside due to the inertia) into the air where it landed on a train track which they flew down it at a high rate of speed. As she looked back at the now exploding mountain, Twilight blinked. “Well… that was unexpected though helpful.”

Dash started laughing as she hugged Twilight. “And totally awesome!”

Twilight then spotted the train that Gilda was on as it chugged several kilometres ahead on another set of tracks. She then saw the rail switch for the one that they were on which would allow them to join Gilda's. Twilight grinned as she reached behind her and grabbed her whip. "And it's about to become even more awesome." She then cracked the whip ahead of them and hit the switch, which allowed them to start catching up to the griffin and her diamond dog minions...

Old Mare Harrison

Oh Celestia... I have no bucking idea why I came up with this but it could be either completely hilarious, cracky, or bugshit insane.

And as this is me we're talking about, it's likely all three and more.
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Twilight blinked as she looked up from her character sheet and looked at her teacher. "I'm sorry Princess Celestia... but what?"

Celestia just shook her head and sighed. "I'm sorry my faithful student, but your character was just killed by a bunny that fell out of a Pegasus' Mailbag."

Twilight was quiet for the rest of that night's gaming session as the winter wind roared outside. Once the session was done and the two Princesses had teleported back to Canterlot, Applejack turned to Rarity and shook her head in exasperation. "Sorry Rares, but this here game is no longer any fun." She sighed. "Ah don't know if ah will come back."

The rest of the girls and Spike nod and start to agree only to be silenced as Twilight spoke up. "Don't. Trust me on this, you do not want to leave yet."

Rainbow just scowled. "Come on Twilight! The Princess keeps killing our characters with stupidity!"

Twilight just nodded as her hair twanged and a slightly crazed smile came over her face. "Oh, I agree. And I have had it!" She then looked at the others and they felt a shiver run down their back. "You do not want to miss what's going to happen next..."

Meanwhile in the Canterlot gardens, Discord somehow started sweating despite being both stone and how the temperature was below freezing...
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As she's making her way to way to Rarity's (where the next gaming session is going to happen) a week later, Applejack decided to walk with Twilight. Once she sees her, however, Applejack blinked. "What in tarnation Twi?! Y'all don't look like ya'll have slept in days!"

Her hair frizzy and disheveled, Twilight nodded. "Yeah, been up working on a character that I created... or maybe she was always there..." She then reached into her saddlebag and gave Applejack a large binder. "That's her backstory."

Applejack stared at it before she flipped through it and paused as she came to a certain part. "Twi... don't y'all only know like two words of germane?"

Twilight nodded as she twitched. "Yes."

The Earth Pony felt a shiver as she looked through what could only be a tome of madness made real. "Ya'll have several pages here of perfectly written germane that looks like it was written by ah native speaker..."

The Unicorn grinned. "I know, weird isn't it? But it all came to me. I lost count around page 400 or so..."

Her farmer friend blinked and looked at her in confusion. "Is Harrison her first or last name?"

Twilight shrugged as her grin got wider. "The hay that I know!"

And suddenly Pinkie felt very, very afraid from where she was on the other side of town...
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After some raised eyebrows from the others at the massive binder, Twilight just leaned back as Celestia took a quick glance through it and shrugged. "I am surprised that you put so much work into this my faithful student. Still..."

It was about fifteen minutes into the game (after Dash's character, a professor, had infiltrated the cult they were investigating) that Twilight made her move. "I'm joining in now." After Celestia waved her on, Twilight began. "So Old Mare Harrison is currently in a pair of combat boots with her Mohawk and Aviator sunglasses on. She is also wearing a colorful Hawaiian shirt with a husband beater underneath it."

Rarity looked at her completely horrified. "That's ghastly Twilight!"

Twilight sniffed and looked at her as she got into character and ignored the facehoof from Applejack. "You ain't heard nothin' yet, sister." She sniffed again as she leaned back. "So I'm leaning back in my lazyboy as I take shots from the bottle of whiskey beside me and hits from my massive bong full of poison joke when I turn to the stuff owl on my shoulder and shake my head. 'You know Roberta,' I say. 'You are the greatest pal.' I slowly nod as I take another hit, expelling the purple. Sparkling smoke. 'You never bother me to try and have some of my stash. After all, you know I need it after ham.' I snort. 'I ever tell you about the first time I ever smoked a joint? I was in the back of my sister's wagon.' I snicker. 'Damn that was some of the most awesome fucking shit. And I don't even have a sister!' I turn. 'Ain't that right Clari-' I stop and jump from the chair. 'Clarice? Where are you?' I look around.'"

In real life, as Twilight whipped her head around, Luna raised an eyebrow as she looked up from the notes other character (a jock). "Is this normal Sister?"

Celestia just blinked as Twilight yelled asking what the fucking hell happened to her gnomes. "Uh... no actually..."

Twilight jumped from her seat as she started pacing muttering about the amount of gnomes and the weights of each one as the rest watched on (other then Applejack who's quietly chuckling). "Okay, at 60 bits a gnome that comes out to..." She stomped a hoof. "40,000 bits worth of lawn gnomes! Who the fucking hell would steal 40,000 bits of lawn gnomes!"

Dash stared at her in confusion. "Who the hay would own 40,000 bits of lawn gnomes...?"

The unicorn just continued to pace. "This couldn't be just the work of one bastard! Oh no! This has to be the work of a whole fucking herd of no good mother fucking rat ass bastards! An organized on to boot!" Now everypony is staring at her. "So I turn to the stuffed own on my shoulder. 'But who... which bunch...' I then nod. 'It's those Luna witnesses from that church down the street!'" Twilight ignored the flat look Luna gave her. "So I grab my shotgun that I had gotten from around Saddle Arabia, and I head out and jump in my coltvet peddle driven wagon and tear down the street as I take slugs from my bottle of whiskey."

Celestia waited for a moment and cleared her throat before she described the scene. As the detective (Rarity's character) is watching the cult's hideout, she sees Twilight's character's entrance. "And in her hoof she has a shotgun and-" And then Twilight interrupted her and distracted, and not seeing the completely shocked looks, Celestia nodded. "Yes, and in the other is a... wait, what?!"

Twilight ignored her wide eyed teacher as she continued. "'Sandy, Roberta, keep an eye on my flank! Just like back in 'ham!' I then stomp up to the door and kick it in with my Earth pony strength as I demand to know where my gnomes are while I wave around my shotgun. 'Mucled C'lest'in Cult! Wha' e dam gotton me 'armonry!. And gee'me ma wee sprites!'"

Pinkie and Twilie are a little Loony

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Pinkie Pie sighed. "You girls know, there was really only one class that I was not good at..."

Rainbow gave her an odd look, still somewhat freaked from her whole costume gag. "And that was..."

The pink Earth Pony blushed a little as she rubbed her neck and sighed. "I never could pass 'Snarky One Liners 101' or the follow-up class, 'Ironic Witticisms'." She then looked away some. "Professor Slappy Squirrel told me that was just not my gig." She then grumbled. "And I was at the top of all my other classes."

Twilight froze. "Slappy Squirrel..."

Pinkie nodded. "Yeah!" The Earth Pony held her hoof a distance off the ground. "An old, talking squirrel about this tall. Very sarcastic and snarky. Often had her nephew around." She then became thoughtful. "She always said that her best student was outside the University somewhere..."

Twilight just nodded as she glanced at the Fourth Wall and commented in a dry tone. "Wonder who that might be..." She then winked. Twilight then turned back to Pinkie who hadn't noticed. "So that was the only class that you had issues with?"

Her friend shrugged. "Well, I was out sick for a week and missed 'Trolling your friends and enemies' series of lectures. They apparently brought in someone that was a worlds renowned expert. She brought her student from what I heard."
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A few days after their chat revolving around Pinkie's advanced education, Twilight turned and blinked as she saw Pinkie staring her in the eye. She then rolled her eyes and commented in a dry tone. "Yes...?"

Pinkie just kept giving her a suspicious look. "I just remembered something..."

The unicorn motioned her to continue speaking. "Yes..."

Her friend got right up in her face, their muzzles nearly touching as Twilight gave her an amused look. "When all those items fell on you... all you got was some bandages. Even with the anvil..."

Twilight's eyebrow rose some as she chuckled. "And?"

Her eyes narrowing, Pinkie frowned. "Any other pony but myself would have had to go to the hospital after that for a few days... and the very next day you had no bandages and was completely healed..."

Twilight just covered her eyes and sighed. "First, I protected myself with magic. And two, the more powerful the Unicorn, the faster they heal."

Pinkie just narrowed her eyes some more before she she suddenly smiled. "Okie Dokie Loki!" She then laughed some. "I thought that you might have gone to the same University that I did! Or maybe met some of my teachers!" Pinkie then grinned. "It was something from the 'Rule of Funny' courses so it was familiar."

Getting up on her hindlegs, Twilight leaned back against the wall as she munched on a carrot she had pulled from thin air. "Eh, I have no idea where you might have gotten that idea Pinkie." She then shook her head. "I was training with Princess Celestia for a good hunk of my life. Where would I have possibly have gotten the time to go to your school?" She then grinned. "Besides, I'm into SCIENCE!" She laughed manically and outside thunder flashed which caused Pinkie to stare. Twilight then went back to normal and continued munching the carrot as if nothing had happened at all. "And what you do would mess it up."

Then Pinkie looked outside to see Derpy moving a thundercloud and shook her head. "Um... okay..." She then smiled again. "See you later Twilight!" Still leaned against the wall, Twilight nodded as she munched her carrot as Pinkie took off. The Pink Earth Pony got part way down the street when she thought back to Twilight's pose and froze before she turned to look at the Treehouse in more then a little suspicion. "Wait a minute... That was like..." She stared for a moment and then shook her head and waved her hoof at the treehouse. "Nah! There's no way that Twilight knows him. It's completely outside her personality." She then continued bouncing back to Sugarcube Corner.

Twilight meanwhile stuck her head out her window and waved her hoof in the air. "Tha-tha-tha-that's all folks!"

Princess Twilight's International Entrance

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As Celestia, Luna, and Cadence stepped off their chariots, the Princess of the Night raised an eyebrow as she looked at her sister. "Are you sure that this is a wise idea, sister? Twilight Sparkle is yet still getting used to her new status..."

The Solar Diarch chuckled as she shook her head. "I am sure, Luna. In fact... Her getting used to her new status is exactly why I an doing this." She waved a hoof around. "This would be a rather easy and simple entry into international politics for her being as the country in question is so small and unimportant." Celestia then chuckled. "In fact, Twilight may be one of the more highly ranked of the guests as she is a Princess, not a high noble."

They reached the door to the library and knocked. A few moments later, a surprised Twilight opened the door. "Princesses! Um, sorry about all this but I didn't expect you and-" She blushed as the three other alicorns giggled before she rubes her neck. "Um... Sorry."

Cadence just hugged her. "Its nothing, Twilight."

After she waited until the two sisters-in-laws did their usual greeting, Celestia smiled. "May we come in, my student?"

A few minutes later found Twilight as she read a letter, her brows furrowed. She then looked up at Celestia. "A... Coronation of a Queen, Princess?" When her mentor nodded, Twilight blinked. "You want to me to accompany you?"

It was Luna who shook her head. "Nay, Twilight Sparkle. My Sister wishes for you to go in Our place."

As the lavender alicorn's jaw dropped, Celestia took a sip of tea. "You see, Twilight, my sister is still adjusting to the present day and is taking on more duties by the day, so she simply does not have the ability to just go." Having noticed that Twilight was about to say something, Celestia shook her head. "And with recent events, I find myself unable to be pulled from my duties. And while we have some minor trade with the nation in question, it is not high up enough that I can just drop what I am doing."

Twilight then looked toward Cadence who shook her head. "I can't either, Twilight. I'm so busy with the Equestrian Games coming up and modernizing the Crystal Empire..." She sighed. "And with the time for the journey, even on our fastest airships... I can't."

The newest alicorn looked back at the invite. "Why have I never heard of this country?"

As she took another sip, Celestia hummed. "It's a rather small and far off nation. One with whom we have sporadic contact with." She then smiled. "Though the fact that you know a few things about 'Humans' can only help you as this country and the continent it is on is ruled by them."

Despite being shocked, Twilight shook it off. "Er... Right!" The alicorn then frowned. "But... I don't know much about international diplomacy..."

With a deep chuckle, Luna smiled. "We are sure that you'll do fine. After all, what is diplomacy but making friends with other countries?" It was a while later (after assuring Twilight that she would be given some training before she left and on the journey as well as what information they had on the country) as the non-resident alicorns were heading back to their chariots that Luna let out a breath. "That had went better then expected."

Cadence nodded. "This was a good idea." She then smiled at her aunts. "And on this trip Twilight would not have to deal with her usual issues on an adventure."

With a deific smile, Celestia shook her head. "Yes, Arendalle is not a magical superpower and Queen Elsa's coronation will be the perfect event for Twilight to appear as a Princess on the international scene..."
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The three elder Princesses of Equstria were all sitting down for an afternoon tea. Luna rolled her eyes through as she spotted Celestia look out the eastern window in thought. "Tia, stop worrying about your student. The last communication we received had her three days out from Arendalle, you have nothing to be worried over about her." She then chuckled some. "And besides, was it not you who chose her to go?"

Beside her, Cadence gave a nod as she looked over some notes. "Auntie Luna is right, there's nothing to be worried about. I have full confidence in Twilight for this." A giggle then escaped her. "In fact, she's more likely to be bored over there."

With a sigh, Celestia picked up her cup of tea in her magic and shook her head. "I know, I know. It's just a big step for her." A soft smile then crossed her lips. "Here I am, feeling like I'm a proud mother watching her daughter take her first steps into the wider world." She jumped a little in shock as a green whisp of smoke came in through the eastern window and stopped in front of her before it turned into a scroll with a pop. "Well now, seems that Twilight decided to write a letter."

Luna watched as Celestia unrolled the letter and began to read it as she took a sip of her tea. "So then, what does Twilight Sparkle have to say?" A moment later she frowned as her sister froze and stared at the letter. "Tia-" It was then that Celestia performed a spit take that had the unfortunate affect of having soaked Luna with tea. "OY! SISTER WE DEMAND TO KNOW THE REASON FOR THIS!" Wordlessly, the elder sister handed over the letter and, after drying herself off with a towel, Luna read through it. "'Dear Princess Celestia... arrived safely... coronation... incident...'" The Princess of the Night felt her eyebrows raise in shock at the next bit. "'Froze the entire kingdom in a magical outburst?!'"

As she looked over her shoulder, Cadence blinked. "Well... that is a bit of an unpleasant surprise... isn't it?" She then sighed. "At least Twiley is helping out by organizing until they find a way to fix it."

With a shake of her head, Celestia groaned as she rubbed her forehead. "Cadence, you have no idea. We have a magic user who, if Twilight is right, has no training besides maybe books at best, and has enough power to freeze a kingdom in summer from an emotional outburst. Unpleasant surprise does not even begin to cover this."

Having read it over again, Luna frowned. "I thought that there were no human magic users?"

Celestia just shook her head. and sighed "No, there are, they're just so uncommon that you can travel for months and see none. And I have never heard of one of this strength before as usually they're at best able to use cantrips and not much else magic wise."

The youngest of the Alicorns at the table shook her head and gave a slight chuckle. "This could only happen with Twilight." She then sipped her tea in thought. "Though considering things, Twilight is the best suited out of any pony we could have sent being as she has dealt with large magical outbursts before..."

With a dry tone, Celestia commented on that. "Yes, though those outbursts she dealt with came from her..."

It was then that Luna tapped the bottom. "And what of Twilight Sparkle's request?"

For about a minute, Celestia thought it over before she slowly nodded. "I see nothing wrong with going along with it and sending some books for unicorns who are just learning to control their magic. If she did this once, then she poses a danger to herself and others for as long as she does not know how to fully control her magic..."
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A throat being cleared caused Twilight to spin around though she relaxed upon seeing who was there. "Flash!"

The Guard in question gave a nod as he glanced around the room and noticed Spike as he looked up from a list. "Your highness." He waited a moment for her to nod before he continued. "I'm here to report that the wolves that have been menacing the local hamlets have been driven back into the forest. We also left some of the fish that the unicorns dug out of harbour ice behind to keep them fed for the next few days hopefully."

Twilight gave a relieved sigh as she shook her head. "Poor things, the nation being frozen over must be preventing them from getting as fed as usual." Whatever he thought though, Flash kept silent on the matter as she continued. "And their situation for wood? How are they there?"

With a shake of his head, Flash sighed. "They'll be okay for now. Hopefully this... cold snap... doesn't last too much long her though." He then frowned and cleared his throat. "Permission to speak freely your majesty?"

As she raised her eyebrow, the Alicorn gave a nod. "Permission granted, though you know that you don't need to ask, Flash."

He just sighed and shook his head. "Sorry, Twilight but I have to." Flash then walked to the nearby window and looked out. "Why didn't you send us Guards out with the Duke's men to find the Queen? We would be better suited to it."

For a moment, Twilight stared out the window and then sighed. "As much as I would like to, Prince Hans had a point that right now, the Duke's men might be antsy over magic and that the Pegasi Guards are good at covering for emergencies throughout the kingdom since they can fly." She rubbed at her eyes as she tried to not yawn as she continued. "We also need to have some form of major security to keep people calm and we're the only ones with a large security contingent next to the Duke."

It was then that Flash noticed the exhaustion that lurked under Twilight's expression. "When was the last time that you slept, Twilight?"

From the back of the room, the dragon spoke up from within his pile of blankets. "Not since the coronation at least." He ignored the princess as she shouted at him and then shrugged. "What? It's true."

With a final glare, Twilight turned around and winced a bit at the unhappy look on Flash's face. "You should to and get some rest now."

She just shook her head though and sighed. "I can't though! There's too much that needs to be dealt with at the moment. There's making sure that everyone keeps warm as well as making sure that there is enough to eat. Then there's the issues like the wolves and bears coming into the hamlets and endangering people. Keeping people calm..." Twilight then gestured at a letter. "And I am also writing a letter to Equestria trying to organize a shipment of food just in case they have an issue with crops... There's just so much to do!" After a moment, she rubbed her face. "I'll get some rest when this is all over."

And with that, she turned back to her letter and ignored how Spike called Flash over to look at something. Once he reached him though, the little drake kept an eye on his friend as he whispered to the Pegasus Guard. "Look, if Twilight doesn't sleep tonight, then in the morning I'll give her some of the calming tea that Zecora gave me just in case she had gotten the jitters. With how tired she is, she'll knock right out soon after."

Flash gave him a raised eyebrow before he looked at Twilight and whispered back. "Won't she get mad though?"

With a snort, Spike shook his head. "She'll just be annoyed at me for a bit and then it'll blow over like always does. Twilight will understand that it was for her own good and let it go after some grousing."

As he sighed in relief, Flash nodded as Twilight called him over for some new orders...

More then Five Nights...

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With a frown, Twilight raised an eyebrow as she looked at Applejack and set down her tea cup. "What?"

The Earth Pony snorted. "Ah was askin' if ya could tell us more about this here incident tha' Princess Celestia told us about. Somethin' about ya needing to pay her back?"

Rainbow grinned and chuckled. "Yeah, she mentioned that there was some kind of test and the lab you were both in blew up?"

As he chuckled, Spike nodded. "I remember that! She mixed up the reagents for a potion by accident as the labels were hard to read. Princess Celestia was not that mad, but had her find and get a job to repay her back!"

What none of her friends noticed was that the pupils of the newest Alicorn shrunk nearly to nothing and her heartbeat quickening as she was dragged back to those long nights...

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Sitting in her chair, a uniformed Twilight frantically ran through the windows on the tablet she was using. "Roadapples! Where the hay is he?! WHERE IS HE!?" She shifted through the windows spotting what looked like a demented, robotic chicken near the restrooms, a rabbit near the kitchen. Finally, she stopped on one that had curtains...

Curtains that had a sign in front of it that said "IT'S ME!"

It was then that she heard footsteps rushing down the hall and lunged for the button for the door. "BUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKK!" A moment later something slammed into the door and she heard an agonizing scream before she screamed back. "BUCK YOU! BUCK YOU! BUCK YOU AND THE REST OF YOUR SICK AND DEMENTED AUTOMATON FRIENDS!"

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With a blink, Twilight slowly looked toward her office window to see a demented looking giant chicken that had teeth in it's beak that looked way too much like those of a Pony's for her comfort. Twilight could even see the red stains that were on it around the eyes and lips from where she sat. It tapped again as the two had a staring contest, Twilight being close enough to see the bloodshot eyes, and then, to her horror, it glanced toward the open door. A fact that took Twilight's brain all of a quarter second to realize before she lunged for the door button just in time. "BUUUUUU-"

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Twilight glanced up at a noise and flicked on the door light. And there was a large, purple bunny staring at her with eyes that were completely black except for a small white spot for a pupil. A moment later, the door slammed shut as Twilight stared at where the bunny had been. "Who the hay designed CELESTIA DAMNED BUCKING MAGIC IMPERVIOUS AUTOMATONS?!" After a minute, she checked the doorlight through the window and noticed that the bunny had left. "I hate these things so damn much..."

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Having gone through a cycle of checking the cameras, Twilight switched back to the back room and stared as she felt her eyebrows twitch. When she had checked it 30 seconds before, the endoskeleton for a automaton had been laying back on the table while the empty suit heads had faced toward the wall or straight ahead.

And now they were all facing the camera and seemingly staring at her. "SCREW YOU!"

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Leaning in, Twilight frowned as she noted that the poster on the wall had changed from normal to show a golden bear suit. However, she as felt the fur on the back of her neck raise, she looked up from the tablet and froze. Because right there in front of her, inside the small and cramped office, was a empty golden bear suit. Rapidly, she turned back to her tablet and went to a different camera and looked up.

Only to find that the suit was now gone.

A fact that caused her eyebrow to twitch as one part of her mane popped up with a twang. "I bucking hate that thing..."

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While she whimpered, Twilight looked from one closed door to another as the banging and screams continued. Then she glanced at the power supply icon as it ran down, already at about 7%. With a swallow, the Unicorn looked at the clock.

"05:51"

Suddenly, Twilight's attention was drawn back to the tablet as the power reached 2% and then died completely. As the room was pitched into darkness and the doors opened, she heard a sound across from her as a large bear-like figure rose in the darkness, two glowing eyes observing her. "Are you ready for Freddy?"

It then cocked it's head to the side as it observed the seemingly lifeless mare before it. After a second, it began to play a song. Meanwhile, Twilight slumped in her chair as she observed the time from one teary eye.

"05:56"

'Oh please... Hurry the buck up and get to six...'

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It was 06:03 and the automatons had returned to "Their" areas for the day and deactivated. With a grin as her eyes twitched, Twilight walked in front of them and glared. "Buck you, each and every one of you. And seeing as this was my last night here after all the roadapples you put me through now that I made enough..." She got up on her hind legs and began to moonwalk in front of them as she bopped her head. She continued to moonwalk right out of their view and through the doors, their heads having turned to watch her as she felt the hatred pouring from them. "SEE YOU AND YOUR RANK FLANKS NEVER!"

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Twilight was snapped back to the present day due to Spike snapping his claws in front of her. "Twilight? You okay?"

Despite the twitch of her eyebrow, Twilight slowly nodded as a bit of her mane spring up with a twang. "Ye-yes... And as to your question Dash... I worked as a night security mare at a pizza place for that summer to pay off some of the damages... For three months..."

Twilight... Phantom?

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Hello there. My name is Twilight Sparkle and I have something of a confession to make. I have a secret. A very big secret. It's something that I've never told to anyone…

Twilight was trotting down the street as she enjoyed the peaceful day.

Not Spike. Not my friends. Not Cadence or my big brother. I haven't even told Princess Celestia about it. Back when I first became her student, I stumbled upon an old project of Starswirl's in a lonely room of the castle.

A portal.

Smiling, Twilight was about to bite into an apple that she had gotten from Applejack's stand.

I somehow activated it. And in a flash of light, my whole life just changed. I became something... different.

Twilight suddenly stiffened as a shiver ran through her.

New powers.

As she shivered, Twilight's breath became visible as a light blue mist despite it being summer.

And a new responsibility. One that only I can handle.

All of a sudden, a ghost appeared. As soon as it noticed the ponies around it, the ghost began to attack them using various boxes and crates while it cackled manically.

My name is Twilight Sparkle.

Twilight rushed into an alleyway as soon as she spotted the ghost and two rings of white light surrounded her as they made their way up her body from her waist. Once they disappeared, she's clad in a white and white jumpsuit with her normally dark purple mane and tail now white with the highlights being light purple and green. Her lavender pelt was also now a light blue and her eyes glowed green.

And I am a half ghost.

Twilight's legs disappeared into a mist as she flew out of the alley. The first clue that the ghost had of her arrival being when she socked it several feet into a wagon

And my responsibility is to capture rogue ghosts and send them back into the ghost zone.

As the ghost burst through the wagon while ponies ran screaming, it spotted Twilight and shouted at her.

"TWILIGHT PHANTOM!"