Golden Slumbers (Interlude)
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‘I am you.’ Those words echoed inside Lauren’s mind for a while. There it was, standing right in front of her, her own character. Same mane, same coat color, same cutie mark, the only difference was the body size. One was as big as Celestia, if not bigger, while the other was more Twilight's size.
“You!” Celestia exclaimed from the floor. She was still unable to move. Her eyes would only twitch as she stared at the alicorn in front of her. “M-mother!?”
“Who else, Celestia?” the big Lauren chortled. She looked around and noticed Luna, who was staring at her with her mouth agape. “Wow, Luna! Look at you! You’ve grown into a beautiful mare!” she giggled.
Luna wasn’t sure how to react. From everything she had heard so far, the pony that just flattered her was her mother. The mother she never remembered to have. She took a few steps towards the second Lauren, ignoring everything that had happened so far. “Are you really… my mother?” she asked.
“Of course I am, Luna,” the second Lauren responded. She took a few steps forward, standing right in front of Luna. They both stared at each other for a few seconds before swiftly hugging each other tightly.
“M-mother!” Luna exclaimed, leaning her head against her mother’s neck and tightening the hug. She felt the same warm sensation she had felt just before receiving the unexpected boost of energy that managed to stop Celestia. Her eyes began to itch, indicating that tears would soon shed from them.
“Luna! Don’t hug that monster! She did horrible things to us!” Celestia exclaimed from the floor. “She will only harm you!”
The ‘real’ Lauren was still shell-shocked from the recent events. Who is that second Lauren inside my character design? Is she really… Celestia and Luna’s mother? If she is me… then am I really their mother?
“Silence, Celestia! You don’t know what you’re talking about!” the second Lauren exclaimed, releasing Luna from the hug and looking at her. “I know it’s a bit confusing, but I’ll explain everything now,” she whispered.
“W-what’s wrong with Celestia?” Luna asked. “Why is she acting like this? Is this my fault from when I corrupted into Nightmare Moon?”
“It’s our mother’s fault!” Celestia exclaimed once again, unable to do anything in her current state. Her magic could easily be countered and her body was asleep.
“I said, silence!” the second Lauren replied. Her horn glowed and quickly shot a beam at Celestia’s face. She grunted for a few seconds, before closing her eyes and falling unconscious once again.
“W-what did you do?” Twilight cried. Even after all the recent events, she was still worried about the well-being of the Princess that was once the kind ruler of Equestria.
“Fear not, it’s only a knockout spell,” the second Lauren replied. “Now that she cannot interrupt us, I’d like to properly introduce myself.” She walked a few steps towards Lauren, sitting right in front of her and extending her hoof. “Hi! I’m Lauren Faust, also known as you,” she chirped.
W-what is this pony talking about? Me? There can be only ONE Lauren Faust, and that’s me! Lauren forced a smile and extended her hoof to shake ‘her own’ hoof. “Hi, I’m Lauren Faust too, nice to meet me.”
“Ah ha ha, we do have a great sense of humor, don’t we?” the second Lauren claimed, covering her mouth with a hoof to hide her chuckles.
“Excuse me, I don’t want to be the party-pooper for this marvelous self-encounter but… we’ve got a motionless Princess right in front of us, a confused Princess of the night over there and a big-sized Lauren right here, and my little unicorn brain feels like bursting,” Twilight said, in the most serious tone possible. She tried to relax and examine the situation to avoid going insane just like certain Princess. “Could you please tell us what’s going on before I end up like my… ex-mentor?”
The second Lauren chuckled. “Heh, sorry, Twilight. I should’ve known better.” She turned her head and looked at Luna. “Come here, I think you’d like to hear this as well.” She waved her hoof, inviting her daughter to join.
Luna slowly nodded and walked towards them. My… mother. Finally… I’m meeting my mother… She was exploding in joy and happiness in the inside. She was still too surprised to express her feelings, though. For now, it would be the best if she just sat down and listen to what her mother was about to say.
“So, Lauren,” Lauren said. “What’s the deal with Celestia? Why are you here? How—”
“Patience, my little me. I’ll explain everything. But first, I think it would be a bit confusing if we’re both called Lauren.” She tapped her chin with her hoof, thinking about a possible solution. Twilight and Luna were bound to ask something, so she didn’t want any misunderstandings. “Ah, I know, you’ll still be called Lauren. I will be known just as Faust, okay?” she suggested.
“Eh, sure, no problem,” Lauren replied. Wow, what a solution. Is that really me?
“Yes, well, anyway.” Faust’s cheerful face shifted to a serious one. “I know exactly why Celestia is acting like this.” She closed her eyes and her horn glowed. “But, rather than telling you, I will show you.”
“Wait, wha—” Before Lauren could finish that sentence, her entire world went black. She couldn’t move or do anything. She only felt the ground shake, as if it were a common earthquake. She tried to talk, to move, but she couldn’t. All of a sudden, she felt a familiar sensation below her hooves. It was grass. Slowly, she tried to open her eyes, succeeding to do so. The scene before her made her gasp in surprise.
“Now, Celestia, don’t rush it. Take your time. Remember, the sun has to be raised carefully,” a familiar voice said.
Lauren could not move her legs. She could only stare at the scene before her. Three mares were standing a few meters in front of her. She quickly noticed Luna and Twilight at her sides. Both looked at each other with confusion. They looked like ghosts, emitting a faint aura from their bodies. Apparently, their bodies were some sort of presence in that place. W-what’s going on?
“Gee, I know, mom, I’m ready,” another familiar voice said.
Suddenly, Faust appeared in front of the three confused mares. She looked at the observers, quickly shifting her gaze upon the other three mares. “What you see here, are my slumbers,” she said. “This is the dream I’ve had every night since it happened.”
Dream? Are we inside her head or something? Lauren noticed the view was getting cleared as she looked at the three mares. She soon realized who they were. One of them was Faust, exactly as she appeared in front of her moments ago. Another was a small, midnight blue filly, who was looking at the other two mares. The last one was a white mare with a sparkly, pink mane and tail. They were on a grassy meadow, with no trees to be seen. Don’t tell me they’re…
“Yes. They are Celestia and Luna, back when they were young,” Faust commented, looking at Lauren with a smirk. “And yes, I know what you will say. I can read your mind. You’re me after all,” she chuckled, immediately reapplying her serious face.
What!? But that’s impossible, I mean...
“We can discuss about that later, for now, look.” Faust pointed her hoof at the scene.
The young Celestia spread her wings and soared to the sky. Her young sister looked at her, amazed by what she was observing. “Like this, mom?” she exclaimed. A few beams of sunlight began to rise from the horizon as Celestia flew higher in the air.
“Me and Tia? But… I don’t remember this!” the older Luna claimed. She looked at her younger self, trying to remember any event like that happening. However, her mind was entirely blank.
“This is the reason why you lost your memory, and thus, making Celestia go mad,” Faust claimed, as she stared at her own self. “I knew Celestia was not ready…” she whispered to herself.
Lost her memory? Luna lost her memory? Lauren gave Luna a quick glance before looking back at the scene before her.
In a matter of seconds, the sun rose from the horizon and took its place on the sky. The young Celestia’s flank flashed and a sun cutie mark appeared. “Yes! I did it! Mom, Luna, did you see that!?” she yelled, descending to the floor. Just when her hooves touched the floor, her body shook. She lowered her head and looked at the ground.
“Celestia! I’m so proud of you! You’ve earned your cutie—” the other Faust paused, looking at Celestia with concern. “Celestia? What is going on?”
The young Celestia’s pink mane and tail began to lose its color. The vivid pink that colored them was slowly turning into a gray color. She spread her wings and raised her head to look at her mother. She had a wicked smirk on her face and one of her eyes began to twitch.
“Tia? W-what’s going on? Why are you…” Luna muttered, looking at her sister with surprise. What just happened to her? Was that part of the Sun Rise celebration?
The old Faust gasped, taking a few steps back from her daughter. Celestia was directly facing Luna, but she was some meters away from her. “L-Luna! Watch out!” she cried, unable to stop what was going to happen next.
A beam of golden light emanated from Celestia’s horn. It flew across the field and in less than a second, it struck Luna right on her horn. Everypony in the audience let out a faint gasp as they could do nothing but witness what just had happened.
“Eek!”
Consider this interlude as a birthday present.
Well, the birthday is mine, but anyway.
Nice!
Happy Birthday
This is kind of hard to follow.
yay it's no longer on beeyatch-tus!
I love how this has gone straight back to the feature box again!
Now to read the update!
Thanks for the update by the way!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~ Woona~!
Happy Birthday
For you
yay update!~
That being said this update just left me asking more questions.
~Fin
I get it. Discord is taking over Celestia, and Celestia blames Lauren. Lauren is also Faust. She's basically the part of Faust who's a human, whereas Faust is a pony. Faust told Lauren all about what was happening in Equestria, hence she created Friendship is Magic. It actually makes perfect sense.
Great interlude!
Happy birthday!
I'm so bloody confused.
Lauren Faust is an alicorn... *Favourites the fic*
two lauren fausts?
huzzah the fun has been double
(as well as the confusion and the fausts)
Happy birthday
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Did you ever get an idea about Silver Soon not being as big a bitch as she seems? If so, I'm willing to offer you be the pre-reader when I start it.
415620
I literally laughed out loud, because I have the exact same conspiracy theory, only in my scenario the ideas they steal aren't confined to just ponies.
Hm... A bit short, but still good.
Ok, so the bigger alicorn is Queen Faust, and the smaller one is the human Lauren Faust in alicorn form. So that the only difference is size and knowledge? There are differences though.
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> Everypony in the audience let out a faint gasp as they could do nothing but witness what just had happened.
I gasped too!
Nice chapter and happy birthday.
This really didn't explain anything..... Good chapter anyway!!
Awaiting more.
Heh, really? It's mine tomorrow :P Happy birthday! And that did explain stuff, but it only hints at things, you sneaky author you
Can I just advise you clear some things up in the next chapter otherwise your gonna lose some followers, and I dont mean that in a threatening way I'm just saying that I am and a few others are a little lost.
-Mr. Carnage
This story is addictive. Have a moustache.
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Haaaaaappyy BIRTHDAAAAYY!
Sadly, text cannot transmit my emotions. But I'm feeling pretty Pinkie right now. And when Pinkie's involved, shit be goin' down. Infact, lots and lots of streamers and balloons will be goin' down. I guess streamers would go down, but balloons won't! Well, some might. If they arn't party enough they'll fall to floor and get eaten my gummy! CAKE! Cake too. Everypony loves cake. It'll most certainly be goin' down... everypony's stomaches, because cake is edable and awesome and delicious and colourful and you can si-
*GASP *
I almost forgot!
"IIIIIIIIt's your happy happy birthday and I'm here to sing a song,
I may seem odd and wierd right now but please don't get me wrong.
I smo- drank too much coke today and now I'm super exciiited,
Though for some reason I feel like a parasiiite-ed...
Sooo... Happy Birthday."
*Collapses *
Ahem. Yes. Well. Enjoy your day, sirs.
I'm actually not all that lost anymore. This chapter helped to clear things up significantly, really. I think I have an idea as to why Celly did what she did, but I'll wait to see if I'm right.
Happy Birthday and good work, it's all starting to sink in for me now.
well happy birthday :D
and another chapter
must know more...
969899 .... *blinks a few times* Well, that escalated quickly! My thanks good sir :D And that was a bloody good impression
415437 I thought of this D=!
cant wait for the next chapter good one as usual
happy birth day .... WHAT A TWWWWESSSST
Happy birthday! Text cannot describe what I'm feeling, so Derpy, Pinkie, Twilight, and Rainbow shall suffice.
My... MY BRAIN IS FULL OF- (Censored)
Awesome story, though.
After so much head-cracking twists and extreme mysteriousness, at last i can read the answers to questions and the misery at last will be resolved.
*Reads chapter halfway*
Ooohhhh shes going to show them instead of explaining right now, ok i can wait.
*Reads to the end*
Ok ..... I .....can...... wait.
Happy Birthday!!
Please Mr. author, can we have some more? I-I mean if that's f-fine with you. I wanna see what happens with woona...
Happy... Birthday, I guess??
Wait? Wha...? Tia went mad, attacked Luna, and then what? I hope it won't end up like
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'Cause that would be sick as hell :D But I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU FOR POSSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE OF CLIFFHANGERS!!! *Charges horn* BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNN!!! Or make Moar *Ball of fire still on tip of the horn*. And as of the chapter, I'd give you all my moustache, but I have non left :C Make it the most astounding secret-revealing-moment EVER in the next chapter, or else *Ball of fire on the horn tip gets bigger, louder, eventually becomes black*. NOW EAT THAT B-DAY CAKE AND GET BACK TO WRITING!!! *Black fireball on horn's tip lights the candles up*.
Well... that happened.
i've been looking forward to this for a while.
this made a great birthday present. thanks for that.
Happy birthday to you (and me too)
Happy birthday
That cliffhanger. WHY?!?! WHY?!?!
This story is amazing!
Also... INSANE TIA IS BEST TIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STOP THE SPOILERS!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
...I still don't get it.
But Happy Birthday!
But...
But...
I wanna know now
Curiouser and Curiouser. And so now not only do we have Lauren, but also Faust. Why do I have a strange feeling that the use of the world Faust is bad news, what with that being a reference to Faustian deals. (deals with devils) I'm probably over thinking.
Anyhow, so this was pretty good chapter, though I think my favorite moment was this paragraph right here: “Excuse me, I don’t want to be the party-pooper for this marvelous self-encounter but… we’ve got a motionless Princess right in front of us, a confused Princess of the night over there and a big-sized Lauren right here, and my little unicorn brain feels like bursting,” Twilight said, in the most serious tone possible. She tried to relax and examine the situation to avoid going insane just like certain Princess. “Could you please tell us what’s going on before I end up like my… ex-mentor?” So funny, and yet explaining a standard reaction from longtime readers.
I think that something happened to celestia in the deep past, so that she accidentally discorded herself in raising the sun. Either that, or she coincidentally got her cutie mark the day discord came into existence. Holy smokes!
Still, that whole bit with luna being happy was pretty sweet. And even with your laptop in trouble, happy birthday, and thanks for coming back.
969505 Well Ronald it seems that somehow Celestia has snapped in this flashback and well what happens from there is she attacks Luna but for now that's all we know.
when you have an incident invlolving diffrent dementions more than one person at a time and being turned into a pony . blame the doctor he probobly messed something up in the TARDIS
Happy Birthday DeiStar !
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