“Does something trouble you, little one?”
Pinkie’s ears twitched, her eyes fixed on the night stars reflected in the endless lake before her. She wanted to look up to her friend, but instead she stared down at the lake’s surface, lifting her hoof and dipping it into the water, watching as the ripples distorted her reflection.
“She’ll be okay, right?” she asked, finally, turning up to the princess.
Princess Luna smiled softly, glancing down at the mare. “Curious. Was it not you who assured her she would be?”
“’Cause she will!” Pinkie exclaimed immediately. “She’ll be okay!” She paused and once more looked down at the water. “I just…”
Princess Luna lifted her hoof, and with it did a trail of white smoke rise from the ground. Her horn flashed, and Pinkie saw Rarity reflected in the smoke, as if it were a screen. The unicorn was sitting inside a train carriage, silently looking out the window.
“She has been damaged,” the princess said sternly. “Her dreams have not been kind to her. They have haunted her.” Her horn flashed and the image on the smoke changed, now reflecting Twilight hugging a mare Pinkie had never seen before. “And they will haunt her still.”
“Can’t you fix it?” Pinkie asked, finding she did not want to keep looking at the smokescreen.
“Not all nightmares happen within my realm, little one,” the princess said. “If one does not face one’s fears, they may come true in the end.” She lowered her hoof, allowing the wisps of smoke to disperse and disappear. “But…”
Pinkie looked up. “But…?”
“But perhaps you should have faith in her.”
The princess stood up and turned around. When Pinkie did the same, she was surprised to find a white door in the distance. She followed Princess Luna all the way to the door, and she stood back when the alicorn opened it with her magic.
“Are we going into her dreams?” Pinkie asked.
Princess Luna did not reply. She merely stepped through, prompting Pinkie to quickly follow. When she crossed the threshold, the door disappeared and she found herself on the sidewalk of a bustling city.
“Oh! I know this place!” Pinkie exclaimed, jumping in place. “This is Manehattan! I came here, ’member?!” She looked around and pointed toward a large white building nearby. “That’s the train station!”
Princess Luna merely smiled. “And a most important train has arrived.”
Prompted by the statement, Pinkie stared at the train station’s entrance, and her heart jumped when she finally saw Rarity stepping out into the street. What struck Pinkie the most, however, wasn’t the lack of scars, but how happy Rarity looked.
“What’s she doing?” Pinkie whispered urgently, but received a cryptic smile in reply.
She turned back to Rarity, watching as the unicorn rushed back into the station and Pinkie’s eyes filled with tears when a giggling Rarity returned in the company of a blindfolded alicorn.
Princess Twilight Sparkle took several tentative steps forward, looking around and trying to find the source of Rarity’s laughter. Before she could do so, Rarity magicked the blindfold off, and an excited giggle left Pinkie’s lips as Twilight looked at the city before her, mouth hanging open.
The younger princess rushed toward a nearby cab, and then turned to the giddy unicorn, flagging her down with unrestrained excitement before trotting off into the street, Rarity trotting after her.
“Yes, little one,” Princess Luna said, “I believe that Rarity will be all right. Perhaps even better than she ever was.”
Come on man, I'm pretty sure torture of this kind is against the law!
I'm loving the chapters, even if each one leaves me wanting even more every time.
Keep up the good work!
This...I needed this. The cave is so very dark; I'm glad there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
I just finished the last three chapters earlier today, and see yet another update in the middle of the night... Good lord. Wonderful stuff, though, as always!
♫ ~ Got a long way to go
But I know, I believe
That the light at the end
Is brighter than it used to be ~ ♫
Need... one upvote... per chapter...
I... I have faith, of course, that things will turn out all right in the end. But... that doesn't make my heart hurt less.
I understand that sometimes your muse can leave you high and dry. But Mono, I'm quietly begging you: don't let this go. This is something special, to me and to everyone else who has fallen in love with it. It makes me feel in such a powerful way.
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Thank you! And I'm sorry! I promise I'm not trying to torture on purpose!
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There's always a light at the end of the tunnel :3c
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Ahahaha yes, my update schedules are as confusing and unpredictable as Pinkie herself
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Hey, HEY PHYCO, excuse me but I'M the one supposed to give YOU intense feels, not the other way around ;o;
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Thank you! Though one upvote for the entire story is like one per chapter, and it means as much to me <3
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Hi, Neo!
Things seemed pretty bad these past weeks, especially if you read my blogposts, but rest assured, I'm not leaving Enchanted Library anytime soon.
Believe me, I've tried. Very hard. Several times. There's a point where you just gotta accept that abandoning something is no longer an option :PEL is very special to me, and come what may, I'm giving these characters the happy ending they deserve.
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Oh, is that so?
Well, then I guess that I have no choice at all but to stop work on this sequel to Hunches, if that's the way you feel....
You have an interesting definition of the word "hiatus". I suppose if the break in updates is a few hours, it technically counts...
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Well, this was just a very small chapter which I felt was necessary. I don't expect a main chapter to be posted for a long time now since I want to write four to six more chapters before posting Chapter 30.
Tease
When we are at our lowest points, it is hope and the love of those around us that keeps us going.
Rarity has a hard time ahead of her but with her friends help she will make it through, she will break the curse and she will free Twilight and I cant wait to see it happen.
Well, it's Teaser Tuesday anyway.
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Would you care to elaborate, please?
I know writers love honest feedback and, personally, I love the story and this chapter in particular, so I'd like to hear your response too.
Alt title: Look! Happiness! This is still a love story!
I needed this after the last chapter. I can only hope that the next act results in the complete and total destruction of Discord.
Oh this is was great. I feel much better after the last chapter. Thanks for posting this!!!!! XP
Author can you please have Discord kicked in the nuts at some point? He deserves it.
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Preferably by this guy.
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I'm very happy with this mini chapter. It's something fun and fluffy to chew on while we wait for you to write your multiple chapter buffer again. The chapter will help remind some people where to story is going to go in the end. Somewhere happy and with horse kisses.
Pinkie is the true hero of the story!
A lovely interlude.
But Mono... why Manehatten?
*Slowly picks up IE and hugs it*
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Would be awesome. Also he's already been used in one Fimfic.
This optimistic dream is makes me slightly less sad!
Time to lose sleep for reading all the fic at once!!!
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Ooooh, I cannot wait until this dream becomes reeeaaaaal.
Yep, just a setback.
And through that struggle, Rarity is finding her way through.
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Or we could just have this happen to him:
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Who's more troublesome? Discord, the Prophets or Q?
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Yeah... Discord.
If I tell myself they are happy tears, they are happy tears!
Am I the only one who wants to see Discord get a good ending?
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I am expecting some kind of twist that leaves us thanking Discord for everything he's done.
yes Discord should get a happy ending but not before getting punched in the face real real REALLY HARD! when this is over I want rarity to do it
8074409 "you punched me! Celestia never punched me!"
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What about that fic where he reversed gravity and killed 1/3 of the planets population to save it from an extinction level event in the form of a deadly plague? That was an amazing twist to his backstory.
8075635 Ooooh I remember that story, that's one of Aegis Shield's ones isn't it? With Nightmare Moon being the "real" Luna?
I just got caught up. I'm going to give the author a death threat. No, not for a happy ending. I don't need happy. I need RETRIBUTION!!!
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Yep it was.
Awwwww! This chapter was so sweet! It has all of the feels! I'm glad that Rarity caught a little break in this chapter. I can't wait to see what happens next!
Well, it has to be said... Harmony Life is a really uninspired name for a pony
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When I said "locks from the outside" I was meaning locks from the outside but can't be unlocked by the person inside the bathroom. It was just kinda awkward to describe that in few words so I went for the easy out.
Breaking keys off in locks doesn't really work. All the pins are still engaged and even if they weren't the door functions normally with in the pins in the wrong spot. The lock would need to be severely mangled to stop somepony on the non-keyed side from unlocking the door.
This is such a perfect little chapter! Thank you, we definitely needed this to tie us over for the hiatus! So glad she finally had a nice, non-Harmony Life dream. I'm sure she really needed it too!
8073454 When you read this, after using a popular communication program, while still half-asleep...
Great chapter, I'm OK with drama, but to me, there must be FLUFFY STUFF!
Now, tow wait & mope until there is a new chapter.
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This is a plain lie and everything else is , considering everything that has happened so far, a bit far fetched.
Noooooooooooooo I'm all caught up now. Now I'll have to wait with everypony else to see what happens. Excellent, excellent story, I can hardly wait to see what happens next!
Found this about a week ago and damn am I glad I did.
I'm going to read this as soon as I finish Gates of Fire. I swear.
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... I swear to Arceus this story is going to kill me before it's over. I had legitimate anxiety reading these chapters, and that was after weeks delaying reading them for fear of the effect they would have on me. Mono, I love you, really I do, but I seriously want to strangle you right now for tearing out my heart, stomping on it, pouring acidic fire on top, then fixing it all up again with magic and putting it back as if nothing happened! You can't keep doing this to me, my soul can't take it!
*Agonized screams of excessive feels.*
... If I ever meet a better storyteller than you in my life, I will consider it a god-blessed miracle for there being two impossibly talented geniuses inhabiting this Earth. Please, for the sake of my ailing feels, don't make us run through this roller coaster again anytime soon.
At least... not without cause...