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Dianabel


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This story is a sequel to Gusty the Great book 1- The beginning


After an intense training, Gusty becomes a soldier and joins Queen Majesty in her crusades to defeat Emperor Grogar once and for all. What she doesn´t know, is that endless adventures await for her, both full of glories but also full of obstacles and tragedies that will challenge Gusty´s faith in herself.

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So begins the second part of "Gusty the Great"!!! Can't wait for more!!! Keep going!!!

Sad to see Gusty part from her daughters once again.

LOL!!! Loved the "Are We There Yet" reference!!!

Happy late Easter!!!

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Thank you :twilightsmile:

Yeah...

Boy, I had so much fun writing that :rainbowlaugh:

You too!

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Hey Dianabel heard about your two parter well I just needed somebody to talk to I'm have to stay home from work because I have a quarter sized aching lump on the head of my foot ( not my toe) I mean where my leg ends and it's making it hard for me to walk around I don't know what it is but, I probably been doing so much walking and standing on the food line, I looked it up and I think it's probably a ganglion cyst or something what do you think?

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Sorry to answer late, I was on college :twilightblush:.

Oh my! Well, it could be but to make sure I would go to the doctor and see what they say. If it´s that maybe they´ll drain the liquid, bandage your ankle and give you some ankle exercises so the lymph flows better. But it´s always better to go to the doctor. Hope it gets better!

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Sorry for not answering and thanks I they offered to drain it with a needle but said it will fill up again so I decided to take the medicine instead and let it go by it itself my mom has all the meds I need and as long as I use cold compresses I'll be okay until then I'm staying in from work for 4 days

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That´s good to hear! How are you doing now?

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I'm doing fine it still there but it felt a bit smaller plus Mom gave me some of the medicine to knock out the pain I'm starting to walk a little bit better but still limping a bit

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Yeah, those must be very painful. But if you´re walking that´s a very good sign.

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Yeah I'm pretty sure it'll be gone soon before Tuesday

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Fingers crossed!
Hey, what did you think of this chapter?

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Thanks
Also sorry I forgot you wrote another chapter I'm out with Mom and Grandma right now my foot's getting a little more better and the lump is getting smaller and it's a little more safer to walk, but don't worry I'll read it tonight when we get home, sound good?

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Don´t worry when you can :twilightsmile:. Enjoy your walk!

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Um hey about this new chapter I think I get the feeling I read it before because I remember the part about Gusty leaving Celestia and Luna

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Nope, the first she had to leave for Grogar´s castle and now she leaves for the crusades. This family doesn´t get a break!

Hi! How's everything going with you? Hey if you've seen the new G5 series Tell Your Tale or whatever it's called what did you think of it I haven't been interested in watching it to be honest.

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Oh hi! So glad to see you!

Well... If I haven´t uploaded in a really long time is because college. It´s been making my life impossible after Easter with endless lessons (the last lesson in a subject is made of 61 pages), lots of homework, super long days (in Tuesday and Wednesday I´m there from 8 am to 8 pm) and bad organization by the university´s part (as always). I really want to write but until I finish the year is mission impossible. And the teachers don´t help either...

As for Tell your Tale... I´m in the same situation as you. The animation style did not attract me at all (too generic). To me it´s like Pony Life, something to entertain us until the next movie comes.

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Ooh that's okay sorry to hear that, do you have any plans for summer? or does college go all through the summer? maybe then you can finally catch a break

Yeah I feel like I should try to watch it but I just feel like it doesn't send me at all, how were the characters?

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No, summer is free (thank god). Yeah, I´ll be in Valencia with my sister and see Rosalia.

No, I didn´t watch it so I can´t tell you.

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Oh cool! When Summer comes I was planning on not only seeing Lightyear but also on July 1st The Masked Singer is coming to Indianapolis in Memorial Hall I was thinking of going to go see it and we're planning on going on another vacation to Lake Michigan if we could afford it.

That's okay
Have you seen The Bad Guys yet? Cause I was planning to see the movie this Saturday while also getting my Mom a gift for Mother's Day they say it's a good movie, what are you doing for your mom?

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That sounds great!

No, but I´m dying to see it. Mr Wolf and Diane (the fox) remind me a lot of Discord and Fluttershy.

Actually, in here mother´s day was last Sunday. I bought her a book with a siamese cat on the cover, because she loves cats and our cat is siamese. We also gave her a shirt.

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Thanks!

That's what everyone says, it's getting me interested

Oh well that's cute, my sister, brother, and I were planning on taking mom out tho get her nails done, out to eat, and to pick out an outfit, but my sister suggested we have a BBQ outside while getting her a gift

Guess what I was on MLP community reddit and somebody commented "we get it people don't like the Grogar twist, why are we still on this?" What do you got to say about that?

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That´s actually a good plan for mother´s day. Next time let´s see if we do something similar.

I love seeing couples that remind me of Fluttercord.

Well, people have their own opinions. I´d guess I would need context for that conversation. I mean, if someone commented that in my stories I´d be very bothered because I´m not harming anyone by writing alternate stories about Grogar. But I also understand that there are people that didn´t like the twist that are being toxic and constantly complaining about it or insulting the writers in their social media instead of making their own versions. In that case, I´d agree with whoever wrote that even though I´m still a bit mad about the twist.

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Yeah besides I do understand as well I 'm also tired of seeing stuff or hearing stuff related to the twist, but you know people especially you and me are just so upset and bothered about the way the writers lied to us about Grogar and got us hyped for nothing and the fact that they ended Discord's character arc on a bad note without thinking of the consequences of how the fans would react and feel about the character and the finale. even if he had good intentions, he still put everypony (including Fluttershy!!!) in danger and the way treated the Mean 3 and Sombra as pawns and froze them in stone with the princesses and everypony forgets everything and he gets off Scott free was just hypocritical and cruel, that really stems away from the name of the title of the show, so yeah that's really hard to get over, especially when you keep seeing stuff people say about hating him and stories that involve him being punished by being turned back into stone, unforgiven, or bothered about the stuff he did in the past

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Looking back, it was very painful for me. Discord and Fluttershy accompanied me and helped me a lot during my high school years and were and still are my comfort characters.

Soft female characters are usually portrayed as meek and submissive or are dismissed for not being strong or boring. But Fluttershy is proof that is not true. I finally saw someone with the same struggles I had and her sensitivity and kindness being played in a positive light. And to me, she´s the strongest character in MLP.

When I got into MLP, I was confused as to why Discord and Fluttershy were shipped (I didn´t know he had reformed) but I understood when I saw Twilight´s Kingdom. Seeing Discord making up for his mistake with so much responsability and remorse taught me that people can change for the better and that was because you gave them hope. He earned my love at that moment. Then, I saw Keep Calm and Flutter on, and I related to him so much because he had been bullied for being different. He doesn´t say that explicitly, but his reaction to Fluttershy calling him a friend says everything. He also made me laugh a lot, and taught me to be embrace my oddness, even though I´m still learning to do it.

However, I also noticed that the writers didn´t want to make him more vulnerable nor wanted to give him more depth. He was just the jerkish reformed villain, but I knew he was more than that. Even though I had my disappointments, I had hope that he´d be given a proper development at the end and Grogar´s introduction would have been a perfect chance. So yeah, I needed some time to conform to the twist. And seeing Discord hater posts hurts.

But as I always say, if it wasn´t for this twist, I wouldn´t have had the pleasure to write these stories! Before the finale I wanted to write Gusty the Great, but I didn´t know where to catch it, however the twist helped me to organize it better and that´s when I decided to write a smaller story and the write everything else. That´s how the confrontation was born! And then the pandemic happened and writing became a part of my routine, holding my mental health. And I also met you! :twilightsmile:. So while not the finale we hoped for, it brought good things as well.

Sorry for the long post, but once I have food for thought, nothing stops me from talking :twilightblush:

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Yeah they even showed me that even though you're different or have different interests that still doesn't mean you can't be friends, like Twilight said the differences between each other are what makes a relationship or friendship stronger that's what Fluttershy and Discord represent

Even though some girls maybe shy and meek deep down they turn out to be the strongest, bravest and even have creative interests they just need to learn to bring it out more, at first I hardly thought about Fluttershy but after seeing how she countered Discord's manipulation and chose to befriend while reforming him I see she has more potential than ever also I know how it feels to have trouble speaking up or having to be so kind people would want to take advantage of you



Yeah he made me feel good about my oddness too



What's wrong with giving him a little vulnerability and depth that just makes him a more better interesting character like in the comic with Luna, the only time I seen him shed tears was in Keep Calm and Flutter On


Aw gee thanks even:twilightblush: even if I still hate it if it wasn't forthe twist I would have never read this story or met you either

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Of course. They also show that no matter how alone you feel, you´ll find friends that love you.

Sometimes drawing the line between being kind and being serious or firm is difficult.

Creative differences I guess? I mean there are inconsistencies in his characterization.

Don´t get me wrong, I still hate the twist with burning passion too :rainbowlaugh:.

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I know that's right.

I've seen the Bad Guys on Saturday, it turned out to be a pretty good movie.

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Oh that´s great. How was mother´s day by the way?

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Oh it was great I made Mom some breakfast we gave her our gifts I gave her jewelry and we all want out to eat were originally about to go to Olive Garden, but we went to Twin Peaks for the first time despite the bathrooms ( which I blame costumers for not cleaning up their selves) the food was great

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That´s great. Glad you could enjoy your meal despite the bathrooms.

Since my mom´s family is in the US we called them yesterday to say hi to my grandma and we met some friends of theirs.

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Grandma came along too, I her something as well, the French fries were delicious and crispy

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That reminds me, I haven´t eaten French Fries since forever! Were they homemade?

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Hey! It´s been quite long. Sorry for being absent, but the good news is that I´m closer to finish this year. The only thing that´s left are exams. Not very excited about them but it´s the last round.

How about you? How you´ve been doing.

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Ah that's ok I know you got a lot of stuff to get done before you get out, just go on and get them out of the way



Also I'm just fine I was just drawing the contestants from The Masked Singer Season 7 speaking of that I just ordered a ticket to the Masked Singer Tour at Memorial Hall their coming to Indianapolis

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Thank you. This year has been especially exhausting. And one teacher told us that next year there will be lots of surprises.


Oh, I didn´t know you drew! That sounds great. Talking about contests, last week was Eurovision and Spain ended in third position, which is historic because since 2014 we weren´t in top 10 :twilightsmile:

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As in more work or something good?


Sure I love to draw. Eurovision what's that?

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Honestly... I have no idea. I guess more work, from this university I expect anything. To give you an example they passed a questionaire to students whether they should move the recovery exams from september to july, (usually the final exams are in june and if you fail you get a second chance in september), and we said no but they didn´t listen to us and did it anyway.

It´s a music contest in which European countries participate. I´ve watched it since I was a kid and I always have a lot of fun, even though we usually end in the last positions. But this year was different and it was a treat to experence it!

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They didn't listen even when you guys said no ....wow!😒


Sounds great!

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Yeah, pretty much. The other day, we inaguarted a garden on our faculty and they told me that our career´s coordinator came to some classmates and asked them how they wer doing, and they started complaining and she said "ok ok, I won´t ask more!"

It is. And how is the Maske Singer going?

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Hm better not to ask and the Masked Singer's going great I already finished the finale, I saw on YouTube that they were going to do an 8th season but it's gonna come a year later, I guess it makes sense who knows what other surprises they're gonna bring out, the show is pretty unpredictable. That's what I love about it! I just ordered a ticket for the tour at Memorial Hall, British singer Natasha Beningfield Aka Pepper is gonna be hosting it

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Sounds good. Eurovision is also very unpredictable especially during televoten because that´s when the tables flip.

So is it like a contest? If so, who was the last to win?

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Might have to look it up later

In a way yes it is, the last to win was Firefly, Ringmaster came in second and Prince came third, I really thought Prince was gonna make it

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You were rooting for Prince?

In Eurovision this year, Ukraine was the winner, United Kingdom ended second and Spain third.

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I don't know, they were all amazing but I guess I loved his performance of Stevie Wonder's song Sir Duke, it was just unexpected ended up in third

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Yeah, that has happened to me as well. That´s why I never bet money!

Hey, I think this week the new g5 movie releases, will you watch it?

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Yeah like in season 5 I thought the Russian Dolls were going to win but they ended up in fifth place and they were doing so great

Oh you mean Make your mark?

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