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Hi there, I go by Pip and I'm a brony who got to the party late, but I hope you like what I bring to it!

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After a failed assassination attempt, Twilight summons her friends to discuss the fate of her attacker.

This story was made possible with help from my friends Blackyoshi and EmptyPlotFiller, who both helped with editing and contributing ideas. I'm very grateful to both of them and you should go check out their pages.

I'd also like to thank my test readers Nate5700 and Notowa, you were both great!

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Unless Twilight de aged him, this just went into the "This is so stupid, even the canon villains thought it was stupid" catagory.

Yeah. Child soldiers are a thing. I know that. But this is pushing it me thinks :/

Will stick around to see how you have this actually play out anyway.

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there is no Random or Comedy tag, so this will definitely be very interesting.
Also, remember Cozy Glow?

What an amazing story it is! I loved it. very wonderfully written and executed. Storyline is perfect and very smooth to hear it out. And the most important thing is that it doesn't have any random tags of genre which makes it more interesting to read.





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Twilight was sitting on her throne. Her eyes were red and baggy, and she had multiple bandages wrapped around her body. Even her waving mane seemed duller than normal. A pile of paperwork was in front of her.

Damn, that assassin messed her up. I need to see the attempt or something.

“No, thankfully, Equestria is fine.” Twilight felt the tiniest bit of annoyance at the disappointment on Dash’s face before continuing. “As for my injuries, they’re incredibly minor, all things considered.”

Naw, she hurting.

“This is a nursery.” Fluttershy noted, looking at what was set up. There was a nightstand, toy box, a rocking chair, but her gaze stopped and her eyes widened when she saw the crib. “Oh my!”

Don’t tell me.

Inside the crib was a small colt, dressed in a navy-blue hoofed sleeper. His coat was a pristine snow-white, save for a stripe of gray fur that ran along his muzzle from his snout up to his messy jet-black mane.

No way

Applejack tapped Twilight’s side, getting her attention. She sounded frustrated, but kept her voice down. “We got more important things to worry about. Who’s the one who tried to do you in?”

Twilight looked from her to the colt, seeing Pinkie and Fluttershy fawning over him. It seemed almost cruel what she was about to do. She lifted a foreleg, pointing right at the crib. “He did.” She said with a regretful tone.

I’m weak.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that this is a new form of reformation where the villian starts life over as a baby.

Whoa! I did not expect this outcome for the end of this chapter! Definitely curious as to how the little colt, if that is his true form, managed to make an attempt on Princess Twilight's life.

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Aside from less than a handful of typos, this came out quite clear, easy to follow, and achieved its goal in creating a desire to figure out what may be coming next. :)

This an excellent opening, I can't wait for more!

So... Can we get a name to the assailant turned infant?

Wow. I thought this story was dead.

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You will, I promise

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No, I just write at a depressingly slow rate

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That....
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Happened.

Awesome ending to this Awesome story

Will the ponies act more in-character than they did in The Assassination of Twilight Sparkle?

“No, two ponies died that day. A couple. I found out they had a foal, but I couldn’t find him anywhere. I don’t know what became of him, but I always hoped he was alri-”

It’s ironic how the only ponies that died were his parents.

This didn’t dissuade Aegis. “If it weren’t for her, no ponies would’ve died at all! Tirek was after her! She could’ve led him anywhere in Equestria, and he would’ve followed her like an imprinted duckling, but she brought him right down on us! It’s a miracle more lives weren’t lost.”

Oh yeah. Isn’t that a strategy some heroes use?

His words had a sting of truth to them, but Twilight tried to reason with him. “Maybe, but if I’d tried to lead Tirek somewhere more secluded, other lives could’ve been lost. We can debate this but it won’t change what happened. What matters now is that you’re alive and how we move forward.”

What is she talking about? If she brought him somewhere secluded no lives would have been lost.

Twilight’s expression softened. “Compared to other ponies I’ve met over the years, that’s not that bad. After all, Starlight nearly destroyed the fabric of time itself and I made her my student. Fizzlepop led an invasion against Equestria and now she’s in charge of protecting Ponyville. I helped both of them, and I can help you, too.”

Now thinking about it that is the least we’ve seen.

Twilight recognized the fire instantly, she’d seen it when Chrysalis had banished her to the caves beneath Canterlot. Between his immunity to throne dust and now this she was going to have a number of questions for him once she got that fire out.

Throne Dust?

“I have, and they’re not going to know.” The princess looked like she’d eaten something bitter. “Besides myself, you five and Spike are the only ones who know the truth, and it’s going to stay that way. The official story will be that the intruder managed to get past his barrier and attack, undoing his enhancement spell and resulting in his tragically irreversible condition and that adopting him is my way of saying thanks for saving my life.”

Won’t they find out the truth?

“Nothing,” Twilight pursed her lips in contemplation, “by doing this I’m lying to all of Equestria, including creatures I consider my friends. Celestia did the same thing and that’s not something I’m comfortable with, but at the same time telling what actually happened isn’t any better.”

Why not?

She shook her head, her eyes betraying a sadness in them. “Through magic, all things are possible. One night in the throne room I was attacked, and you were there, but what no one but you knew was that when you were a colt you’d had an enhancement spell cast on you. During the fight it came undone and then everything went bad.”

This is bad.

Twilight paused, mulling over her answer for a moment. “A misguided pony trapped in a bad situation who didn't see a way out. I don’t know what he was hoping to accomplish, but after the fight was over, he just... Disappeared. Nopony’s seen him since.”

Oh boy.

“They’re yours.” She moved a bit closer. “They’re your bits and finances from before.”

Before what?

He looked back at the orbiting stars on his flank, then back at what Twilight had presented him with, and the marks weren’t at all similar. His past self was a Royal Guard, and while he was many things, that wasn’t one of them. Would accepting change who he was?

Why does he have a different cutie mark?

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Whoops on that one! You caught something that was ultimately cut from the story. I guess we all missed that one when we were doing the editing and reading of it, thank you for pointing that out to us.


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Before his little accident, and as for his cutie mark, I've always wondered if a pony's destiny is determined from birth, or from life experiences? In this case, I went with the latter.

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Which part are you talking about.

I’m pretty sure it’s determined by birth, but the latter is interesting.

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The throne dust. It was an idea for a powder made by crushing shards of Queen Chrysalis' old throne that when inhaled would nullify a creature's magic, something Aegis had an immunity to. It was originally going to be part of the fight scene where Aegis would've fought Spike after using it on him and Twilight, but these ideas were ultimately cut.

That was my interpretation of it. I hope you had a fun time reading this!

Comment posted by miocado deleted Dec 1st, 2021

If Tirek killed the guy's parents shouldn't he be mad at Tirek?

An interesting concept that's actually kind of touching at times.

Comment posted by jodak14 deleted Aug 24th, 2023
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