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Unforeseen Consequences - Chapter 11

By Trotte
Created: 2021-05-13 18:44:58
Expiry: Never
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  1. >The city of Canterlot thrived spectacularly under the tender midday sun, ponies and non-ponies of all walks of life crowded the streets, some just came and went in a rush, others stopped to have a small chat with bypassing friends or to take a look at one of the many shops that proudly populated the roads, some musicians and painters shared their gifts at the many small gardens that adorned the city.
  2. >It certainly wasn’t erroneous to say that Canterlot couldn’t be more of a far cry from the dusty and decayed slums you were used to, or the neon and metal oppressiveness from the company’s city.
  3. >You had barely scratched the surface of Canterlot and you were already enamored by everything it had to offer, and this feeling only got bigger when Celestia took you through a garden with many fountains that lead to one of the most impressive buildings you’ve seen so far.
  4. >It was like a small castle on the outside, powerful pillars and impressive statues of ponies decorated the entrance while a trio of golden vaults served as a ceiling and were crowned by a metallic sculpture of what you thought was Luna.
  5. >But the biggest surprise had yet to come, because upon entering the building you didn’t find a museum or an art gallery like you imagined, but rather the actual role of this building was something much closer to your particular interests.
  6. “Holly molly, lady! Is this seriously a library?”
  7.  
  8. >“Hard to believe is it not?” Luna looked past you, a strong sense of pride emanated from her as her voice replied with a grandiose tone, “Behold, dearest Resonance! These are the Canterlot archives, one of the biggest collection of knowledge in all of Equestria!”
  9. >A couple of hooves gently held your shoulders and pulled you to a warm embrace, it was Celestia, who playfully and somewhat arrogantly whispered into your ear, “Funded and designed by yours truly.”
  10. >You had to agree with Luna there, your mind had trouble understanding how something like this could even exist, especially when the palace of knowledge, your world’s biggest library, was lost to the war decades ago.
  11. >The only sources of information that you grew up with were either the company’s intranet, which was absolute garbage and only for the filthy rich anyway, or the old and languid bookstores at the slums.
  12. >Even if the palace of knowledge was still standing, everything that you’ve read about that place told you that both in beauty and sheer scale it wouldn’t hold a candle against the Canterlot archives.
  13. >The archives had to be at least several blocks long, and four stores high with an incredibly long main reading placed in the middle. Each floor was accessible by masterfully crafted ivory staircases while being supported by huge pillars that had beautifully painted tapestries that, what you assumed, depicted all sorts of historical events of Equestria.
  14.  
  15. >Everything was given a certain air of grandiosity and mystique partially to the sunlight that came from the skylights placed on the vault high above, but also because of all the candelabrums and lamps that expelled a blue glow.
  16. >The act of simply standing and seeing this library was a breathtaking one, and what blew your mind the most was the fact that it wasn’t just the building what came off as imposing, its contents didn’t lag behind, not by a long shot.
  17. >The collection of books in display at the Canterlot archives was nothing short massive, it felt like you had stumbled upon a city made out of nothing but books and shelves organized in endless sections and aisles.
  18. >You simply couldn’t start to imagine all the cool stuff to read they must have in this place, man, those days when you and Eris had to struggle to find even a single readable book seemed so far away now.
  19. >However, Celestia gently stopped you before having the chance of running into the library like a maniac, of course, your protests didn’t wait.
  20. “Oh, c’mon, lady! I thought we came here for the books!”
  21. >With a small giggle and a very tender caress to your cheek, Celestia softly whispered into your ear, “I’m sorry, Resonance, I know you’re very excited but we cannot do anything until I ask permission to the librarian.”
  22. “What?! But why?! We just gonna pick some books, read them and then leave! Why the heck do we…”
  23.  
  24. >Celestia placed her hoof on your mouth to shush you and playfully replied, “Ah, ah, ah! This is a library, so you have to lower your voice. Now wait here while I have a word with the nice lady at the reception.”
  25. >After Celestia left to talk to the unicorn mare sitting at the honestly amazingly sculpted ivory desk, you crossed your forehead and groaned to yourself.
  26. “Not fair, man!”
  27. >Taking notice of your obvious frustration, Luna raised an eyebrow and inquired, “What is the matter, dearest Resonance? You could barely keep your excitement at bay a mere moment ago.”
  28. >You kept silent for a couple moments, limiting yourself to watch as Celestia talked with the receptionist and another mare, a unicorn, whose looks kinda got your attention.
  29. >Not because she was hot, the opposite couldn’t be truer, but because she probably was the most unique pony outside Luna and Celestia that you’ve seen today.
  30. >The turtleneck sweater that she wore over her yellowish gray coat looked older than Discord, her amaranth mane with purple and violet stripes was combed in quite the awful style, and her incredibly thick eyebrows and glasses covered her actually charming dark purple eyes.
  31. >Despite all of this, what caught your attention the most was the aura that this mare expelled, a combination of both high intelligence and deep melancholy.
  32. >You couldn’t stare at that mare and ignore Luna’s question forever, though, so with a small sigh you turned to Luna and finally gave your answer.
  33.  
  34. “It’s just that, well, ain’t you two royalty and stuff? I mean, everything I’ve read about that a says that you folks can do whatever you want, so I dunno why Princess Celestia gotta ask for permission in the first place.”
  35. >With an understanding smile, Luna gently caressed your mane and amid small giggles she replied, “That is quite a fairly common misconception among ponies. You see, dearest Resonance, while that indeed used to be the case many hundreds of years ago, Celie and I have come to learn that it is impossible to be a good ruler by behaving above everypony else.”
  36. >That actually made your frustration to be replaced with sheer curiosity, so you tilted your head and asked Luna.
  37. “So, you gotta follow the rules, then? Sorry, to throw dumb question after dumb question, but why’s that, Princess Luna?”
  38. >Luna rolled her eyes and continued caressing your mane, “Little child, there is no need to keep the formalities around us, for you, I am Luna and nothing more, the same goes for my sister.”
  39. >You actually weren’t sure why you kept calling them by their title, but now that Luna had pointed that out, you couldn’t help but to feel a bit embarrassed.
  40. “Heh, heh! Sorry! I just… gotta get the hangs outta things, that’s all, but…uh, what about my dumb question?”
  41. >Luna had all the intentions to answer you, but she was quickly interrupted by Celestia, who like a ghost, had already came back without anyone noticing, “There’s only one type of dumb questions: the ones that are never asked, never be afraid of inquiring about what you don’t know, Resonance…”
  42.  
  43. >She then lowered her head to your eye level and with a little smug smile she said, “The reason why we have to follow the rules is because we can’t lead the kingdom without setting the example first.”
  44. >Luna nodded in complete agreement and continued where her sister left off, “It is like the popular saying goes: “Practice what you preach” why would anypony in Equestria care about laws and rules if their own rulers ignore them at any given opportunity? And even if that was not the case, the last thing we desire is to behave like tyrants.”
  45. >You could’ve sworn that Luna got a bit depressed when saying that last part, but it came and went so fast that you simply weren’t sure if it actually happened or you were just reading too much into the situation.
  46. >So after disregarding this little oddity, you shrugged and expressed your thoughts on the matter.
  47. “Oh… that’s… that’s actually awesome, man!”
  48. >You weren’t kidding about that, while this may have been a little preachy moment it sure as heck made you look at Luna and Celestia with actual admiration.
  49. >They were the exact opposite from how the company and every filthy rich pony from your world behaved, those idiots couldn’t give two bits about following rules… they just changed them to screw over everyone else and then made sure they abided by their laws.
  50. >You felt a bit of anger running through your veins, thankfully it quickly dissipated when you looked at Luna and Celestia.
  51.  
  52. >The companies and the rest of those jerks were in the past, Discord said Eris was fine and that you’d see her again, everything was fine… Especially now that Celestia was here
  53. >Seriously man, your excitement went into overdrive again and made you forget about any other worries.
  54. “Sooo… everything went good, right? We can go into the library now, right?!”
  55. >Celestia let out a little chuckle and gently patted your head, “Easy there, Resonance, we’ve just one small step left to do, and that is to take you a photo for your library card.”
  56. “Oh, c’mon!”
  57. >Before saying anything else, you swallowed all of your frustration in hopes that it could help to end this whole thing as fast as possible.
  58. “Fine! Whatever! Ain’t the first time I’ve done this, just tell me where I gotta go.”
  59. >“Over here, Resonance” Celestia motioned you to follow her to the reception desk, which you immediately did “Just be sure to…”
  60. >Your impatience was so high that you galloped past Celestia, and arrived to the reception desk while she was still midway through.
  61. >You didn’t care about that, her annoyed stare, or the fact that you were too short to even see the top of the frickin’ desk
  62. >No, you wanted that darn library card so frickin’ much that you hopped several times with your front hooves above your head so the receptionist could see you.
  63. “Where do I take that photo?! Is it here? Please tell me it’s here! C’mon, man I just wanna go through some books!”
  64.  
  65. >The receptionist poked her head over the edge of the desk, and with a giddy smile, she said, “My! It’s really been a while since I saw a foal… or anypony in general… with this much enthusiasm about reading.” The mare then turned her attention to the unicorn with the thick eyebrows and teased her, “Well, anypony except for you, Moon Dancer, sometimes I could swear that you know this library better than me.”
  66. >The other unicorn, Moon Dancer, adjusted her thick glasses and replied with a much more serious tone than her friend, “That’s because I do, but that’s not the important right now…” She then shifted her attention to you and pointed beyond the desk, “Hey, kid, there’s a stool behind the counter, sit there while my friend prepares the camera.”
  67. “Gotcha!”
  68. >You quickly darted to the stool and climbed it in the blink of an eye, and that’s when you noticed that Luna and Celestia were already at the other side of the desk, they simply waved at you and giggled while whispering stuff to each other.
  69. >Meanwhile, the receptionist brought the pieces of one of what it looked like one of those very old cameras that were quite common to see at the slums’ antique stores, or books about really old tech.
  70. >So without even thinking it, you tilted your head back and pointed at the pieces of the camera that were now lying on the floor.
  71. “What the heck, man? Is this a joke or something?”
  72.  
  73. >Looking more than a bit surprised by your words, Celestia inquired, “What’s the matter, Resonance? I thought you were excited about getting your library card.”
  74. >And it wasn’t just her who felt that way, Luna and Moon Dancer had very similar expressions of disconcert in their faces
  75. >As for the receptionist, well, she didn’t pay any attention to what you said, the poor mare was too busy struggling to set up the tripod of the camera, as well as some weird crystals that she tried to insert into the thing.
  76. >So you simply shrugged while happily spinning on the stool a couple times.
  77. “And I am! I really, really am! But c’mon, lady! Ain’t super weird that a library as frickin’ awesome as this would still be using ancient stuff like that camera? It just blows my mind, man!”
  78. >The receptionist finally stopped what she was doing and glanced at you in utter bafflement, “What are you talking about, little guy? We just got this camera last week.”
  79. >Moon Dancer raised one of her stupidly thick eyebrows and walked to where her friend was so she could give the camera a better look, “Yeah, and I’m pretty sure that this is the latest model too.”
  80. >You could see Luna and Celestia exchanging worried looks, which only got worse once Luna whispered something that made her sister get ballistic… you kinda didn’t care though.
  81. >The reason for this was simple, you were too frickin’ annoyed, man! You just wanted that stupid photo, but that would take ages with that relic of a camera!
  82.  
  83. “The latest model a hundred years ago, you mean! I ain’t even trying to be rude here, but give me a break! That camera is way, waay too old to be modern stuff! And now that I think about it, that thing ain’t even plugged to a computer, how the heck are you gonna print the library card without one of those?”
  84. >Both Moon Dancer and the receptionist looked at each other in utter confusion before the former narrowed her eyes and asked, “I’m sorry, kid but… what in the hay is a computer?”
  85. >That completely threw you off guard, did that mare hit her head or something? How can she not know what a computer is? Those things were everywhere!
  86. >Heck, half of the garbage that you collected… or stole back at the slums were broken computers!
  87. >Before you could say anything, Celestia quickly covered your mouth and offered the two mares a humongous awkward smile, “You will have to excuse Resonance, I’m afraid that the poor foal spent a little too much time with Discord prior to coming here, isn’t that right, Resonance?”
  88. >You struggled a bit against Celestia’s grip, but she dissipated any and all resistance when she hurriedly whispered into your ear, “Listen, we’ll be here all day answering questions if you keep pushing this subject any further, so I’m asking you, my little Resonance, please go along with my little story”
  89. >Well… as much as you wanted to prove how right you were, Celestia did have a very good point there, so… you’d let this one slip just for this one time.
  90.  
  91. >After Celestia released you from her grip, you did your part in this little play by acting all flustered.
  92. “So what?! I still don’t get why the biggest library in forever doesn’t have awesome computers and cameras the size of a pencil, and all that cool stuff Discord has at his place!”
  93. >“Because Discord uses chaos magic, kid…”Moon Dancer adjusted her big glasses and shrugged “It’s not really fair to make a comparison against somepony who doesn’t operate on the normal side of things.”
  94. >“And neither on the good one!” The receptionist barked, “That Discord may look like a cool guy, but trust me, Resonance! He’s a major meanie! We’re still putting things back together after the stunt that jerk pulled off!”
  95. >What… what the heck, man? Where did all this animosity towards Discord come from? Sure, that guy is kinda shady and creepy, but the way these two talked about him just felt wrong, and honestly, they actually bothered you a lot.
  96. >However, Celestia quickly placed her hoof on your shoulder and told you to just drop it by subtly shaking her head.
  97. >You knew what she meant, and what would happen if you opened your mouth again, but… gotta get that stupid card first, and that meant sucking up all that frustration.
  98. >Once the receptionist finally finished to assemble the camera, she scratched the back of her head and offered everyone a nervous grin, “Uh… I have good news and bad news! The good news are that I’m pretty sure I put up this thing in the right way, but for the bad news... I forgot we’re out of charged crystals for the camera.”
  99.  
  100. >“So what?” Moon Dancer quickly replied, “Just use a recording spell instead of the crystals, they work under the same principle.”
  101. >The receptionist nervously chuckled and scratched the back of her head, “Well… I kinda forgot how to cast spell too, sorry! B-But maybe the princesses can help us out with this little problem, right?”
  102. >Moon Dancer frowned at her friend and scolded her, “What?! You can’t ask the princesses to do your job! Ugh! Move aside, I know the spell!”
  103. >As Moon Dancer walked to her friend, you blinked a couple times in disbelief and asked.
  104. “Wait, hold up! Are you serious about that camera actually works with magic?! Because that’d be all degrees of awesome!”
  105. >After adjusting her glasses one more time, Moon Dancer finally took charge of the camera, “Of course it does, that’s why this camera is the newest model: it uses magic to imprint the photo onto the card, faster, cleaner and incredibly less annoying than the old ways.”
  106. >Moon Dancer’s horn started to glow with a light magenta aura, and despite the camera not being engulfed by it, you could tell that there was indeed magic being used, since the lens zoomed and focused on you all without a hoof ever touching the darn thing.
  107. >This wasn’t as big as say, causing a mini solar eclipse like Luna did, but man, you couldn’t stop being amazed by the fact that there was magic happening right in front of your face.
  108. “Whoa!”
  109. >“You still think this is stuff from the last century, kid?” Moon Dancer giggled as a bulb and a couple gears came out of the camera.
  110. >Your only reply was to frantically shake your head and spin a couple times on the stool.
  111.  
  112. >“Good answer!” Moon Dancer proudly nodded to herself before going back to the camera work, “Everything is ready, now we only need one last thing and we’re good to go: You have to put up a big smile, kid! You don’t want your card to be all gloomy, do you?”
  113. “Heh! No need to tell me twice!”
  114. >After the photo was taken and your eyes recovered from that frickin’ blinding flash, you were once again blown away by the awesomeness of magic.
  115. >A small blob of ink that was firmly held within Moon Dancer’s aura started to come out from the camera and then got burned into a small piece of plastic that Moon Dancer levitated from the desk.
  116. >You quickly jumped out of the stool and dashed to see more clearly the whole process, and while most of the details were already in place, you could still see how the letters started to appear in the card.
  117. >“Alright, a new library card for a new avid reader, I think the next part is for Twinkleshine to say” Moon Dancer proudly remarked as she handled the card to receptionist.
  118. >The receptionist eagerly nodded and with big excitement she said, “I hope that you enjoy all the wonderful knowledge the Canterlot archives has to offer and that this isn’t the last time we see you”
  119. >You could feel an electric sensation running across your body once you finally had the library card in your hooves… that said, you did look a bit too goofy in that photo.
  120. >“You look absolutely stunning, Resonance!” Celestia happily messed with your mane and looked down at you with a heartwarming smile, “How do you say to the nice mares?”
  121.  
  122. “Thanks for the card, ladies! I’m gonna use this baby to find me a good book about magic, oh yeah! ”
  123. >Moon Dancer adjusted her glasses and scratched her chin before replying with a curiosity in her voice, “I’m sure that I help you with that, how much do you know about magical theory?”
  124. >You vehemently shook your head and gave her a shrug.
  125. “Nothing about nothing!”
  126. >“Hmm? I thought you were a studying at the gifted unicorn’s school… do you know any spell?”
  127. “Lady, are you kidding? I didn’t even know there were schools for unicorns!”
  128. >“Well, that’s actually a surprise, but I guess is not an impossible scenario…” Moon Dancer adjusted her glasses and with the tone of a true erudite she said, “Okay, many will recommend Starswirl’s “Introduction to magic and spell crafting” as the best starting point, however, I’d say to instead read Lucky Blossom’s “The Great Voyage” first since it has a much simpler language and very useful practical exercises, and after mastering those, you can jump to Starswirl’s stuff to learn the more technical terms.”
  129. >At that moment you found her to be so cool, that you replied in the most polite way you could.
  130. “Gotcha! Thanks again for the help, lady!”
  131. >“No problem, kid and remember, magic is a bit frustrating at first, so every time you have trouble casting a spell or even getting your magic to work, take a deep breath and try to relax.”
  132. >Luna gently tugged your shoulder and after she caressed your cheek with hers, she said, “I am sorry for cutting your conversation off, dearest Resonance, but it is time for us to continue our path, so say your farewells and follow me.”
  133.  
  134. >She didn’t need to say that twice, you quickly waved the two mares goodbye and promptly followed Luna into the library.
  135. >“Yeah, you two go on ahead, I won’t take long…” Celestia however, seemed to have other plans, she waved her hoof in a somewhat dismissive manner and glanced over you before shifting her attention to Moon Dancer “I just want to ask something to Miss Dancer.”
  136. “What? C’mon! I already got my card and even said thanks! What else…”
  137. >Luna promptly stopped any attempt of protest by holding you within her soft hooves and whispering into your ear, “Do not pay attention to Celie’s antics, I am certain that she has her motives for wanting a private conversation with that mare, besides, I do have to point out that you finally possess access to the Canterlot archives.”
  138. >Luna didn’t need to say anything else, you quickly disregarded whatever Celestia was doing and started hopping in circles around Luna.
  139. “Oh, man! This was gonna be so awesome! You can’t wait for…”
  140. >“Your highnesses! We have an emergency back at the castle!” One of those patrols rushed inside the library, his face while strong, was immediately telling that he wasn’t carrying any good news.
  141. “Oh, no…”
  142. >This only made you feel like a pit was forming in your stomach, especially after Celestia’s face changed that chill aura for a much more serious expression, “Corporal Lance, please calm down and give me the details of the situation.”
  143.  
  144. >As much of a hurry as that guy was, he certainly didn’t forget to give a profound salute to both Luna and Celesta, “Cragadiles! A whole pack of ‘em was spotted near Tall Tale! No injured so far, but those things have already destroyed crops and dealt heavy damage to an outpost tower.”
  145. >Luna looked deeply disturbed by these words, and her tone didn’t really hide this fact, “That is impossible! Those creatures can only be found deep within the confines of the Everfree forest! And Tall Tale is hundreds of miles away from that place!”
  146. >The patrol looked at Luna with a sorry face and replied, “The town’s leaders and the captain of the squad stationed at Tall Tale are at the castle, your highness, and they even brought evidence with them, that’s why I rushed here as fast as I could.”
  147. >Unlike her sister, Celestia was in absolute control of her emotions, which was super cool actually. “An odd event to say the least… What else did these ponies say, Corporal Lance?”
  148. >The patrol scratched the back of his head, clearly struggling to think on any detail, “Uh…not much really, only that a local foal supposedly saw a group of strange ponies the night before the sightings began”
  149. >Both sisters looked at each other with wide open eyes, all while you were getting more and more lost in this conversation.
  150. >Luna placed her hooves on her mouth and gasped, “You don’t think…?”
  151. >“It has to be them, no doubt about it…” Celestia replied with absolute certainty before turning to the patrol and giving a new order, “Thank you for the information, Corporal Lance, we shall leave for the castle immediately.”
  152.  
  153. >Knowing full well what was coming next, your mood was absolutely destroyed, your ears flopped and you kicked the floor in utter defeat.
  154. “Aw, man! I was THIS close to getting into that frickin’ library!”
  155. >Just like expected, Luna and Celestia told you how it was imperative to come back to the castle, they apologized and all that stuff, but you honestly didn’t care to hear any of it, you were already bummed out beyond belief.
  156. >However, Celestia managed to snap you out of that state in quite the simple way, “I know how disappointed you must be feeling right now, Resonance, but not everything is lost, I mean, you are about to experiment quite the spell…”
  157. >While you weren’t looking directly at Celestia, your ears perked up by this turn of events, which of course, she used to continue with her enticing words, “In fact, this a spell so advanced that only very few unicorns are even able to dream of performing it, let alone mastering it, the reason for this, my little Resonance, is because…”
  158. >You finally broke out of your silence by waving your hooves over your head and almost yelling to Celestia.
  159. “Alright, Alright, I get it! Just do the frickin’ magic please!”
  160. >With a massively smug grin, Celestia nodded to herself and chuckled, “Very well, but just as a word of advice, if you want to puke after the spell is over, please, do it at the flower pots in front of the throne room.”
  161.  
  162. >Despite knowing her for less than a day, you were already sure about one thing of Celestia: She’s frickin’ weird, man… and you actually couldn’t be more thankful for that.
  163. “Alright, I guess?”
  164. >Luna’s reaction couldn’t come faster, as she frowned at her sister and yelled, “Wait a minute, Celie! Those flower pots in question are the same ones that I…”
  165. >“Ah, Ah, Ah! Too late, my dear sister!” Celestia quickly interrupted as her horn started to glow harder than a frickin’ power plant, “You can complain all you want after the teleport!”
  166. >Everything after that happened faster than the blink of an eye, one moment you were standing inside the Canterlot archives and the other…
  167. “BLEEERGH!”
  168. >The other you were puking your guts out at a quite beautiful flower pot, but you didn’t mind, that stuff was awesome, and the scent of those weird blue flowers was perfect to hide the smell of regurgitated pancakes.
  169. >While you recovered from your… explosive landing, Luna shot a murderous glare to her sister and growled, “Be careful, Celie, be very careful! For my revenge shall be worse than the wrath of a thousand…”
  170. >After getting rid of all tracks of food from your body, you raised your head and… well, you were mind blown to say the least.
  171. >The three of you were already back at the castle, or that’s at least what you assumed based on the somewhat familiar architecture of the hallways and the staircase behind you.
  172. >What was new were the imposing pair of tall doors in front of you. The right door was made out of gold with a sun engraved on the center, while the other one was dark blue and had the moon as its symbol.
  173.  
  174. >“Oh hush, Luna, this makes us even for that stunt you pulled this morning” Celestia simply rolled her eyes and instead focusing on rubbing your back “My little Resonance, please don’t take this as an excuse to leave you alone, it’s just that we must solve this situation as soon as possible.”
  175. >Maybe you were a bit more receptive after that amazing showcase of magic, or maybe all the puking had made you dizzy, but you actually took the notice way better this time.
  176. “Okay, I understand… you gotta do your job and all that, but… we’ll do other cool stuff after you’re done with this, right?”
  177. >Luna quickly answered your question by lovingly rubbing her cheek against yours and planting a small kiss on your forehead, “Do not fear, dearest Resonance, for that shall absolutely be the case”
  178. >If all of those sweet affections weren’t already enough to warm your heart, Celestia scratched you under your chin and complimented it with a small wink “That’s the plan, in the meantime, why don’t you explore the castle a little? I’m sure there are a couple areas that’ll be of your interest.”
  179. “Well, that ain’t a bad idea, but can you give me a map of the place or something like that? Because the last time I tried “exploring” I got lost and… some bad stuff that wasn’t my fault happened.”
  180. >“I’m afraid we don’t have a map at the moment…” Celestia said, “But just do what Luna usually does, stumble your way around and ask everypony who comes your way for directions, it works wonders for her!”
  181. >Luna slapped her face and groaned “You are never going to let me live through that, are you?”
  182.  
  183. >“Nope!” Celestia graciously shook her head before finally giving you a small kiss on your forehead “Seriously though, this is your home, go wherever you please, we’ll be back to you as soon as we’re able to.”
  184. >Once everything was said and done, the doors were opened, allowing you to see a large room with a couple of thrones located at the far extreme of it, as well as a very interesting series of stained glasses that adorned the right and left walls.
  185. >It was a bit sad that you couldn’t see much more since the doors closed as soon as Luna and Celestia went through them, but not everything was a disappointment.
  186. >You already had set a plan on what you wanted to look for, and the prospect of it was endearing to say the least.
  187. “Man, I’m sure this place has a frickin’ library, I mean, all castles have one, right? And even if I’m wrong, I can always assault the kitchen.”
  188. >Since you didn’t know a thing about this place, you thought that the best course of action would be to pick a random direction and see where it lead.
  189. “Let’s see… innie, minnie, miny, moe… well, down the stairs it is!”
  190. >Your trek took you through the castle’s entrance hall, a couple hallways filled with offices, a small art gallery that had the weirdest paints you’ve ever seen, and finally came to a momentary stop when you stumbled upon a small but very beautiful indoors garden.
  191. >Lush trees whose trunks were covered in luminescent blue vines prevented any light source to permeate into the garden.
  192.  
  193. >That is not to say that the garden was covered in darkness, there were lamps placed along a pebble road that produced a calming blue light.
  194. >But the best part of this place were the myriad of strange flowers of all colors, shapes and forms, each with its own form of luminescence, that grew at the base of the lush trees. It really felt like you had stepped out of the castle and into an unknown alien world.
  195. “This ain’t a library, but man, this is to frickin’ cool to just pass on it.”
  196. >You trotted along the pebble road with your entire focus being placed on admiring the wonders that the garden had to offer.
  197. >Which kinda proved to be a bad idea, as you quickly ended up bumping into someone in a rather bad way, which is to say, you hit your head against someone else’s and fell to the ground recoiling in pain.
  198. >After rubbing your forehead and putting your goggles back on, you groaned and glared at whoever that other pony was.
  199. >You didn’t really care who was at fault here, so you jumped back on your hooves and barked at the pony.
  200. “HEY! Are you blind or something?! You just killed my groove, man!”
  201. >Well, man was probably a wrong thing to say as this pony turned out to be a filly, maybe around your age, and while she wasn’t really gonna win a beauty contest, she had some traits that immediately caught your interest.
  202. >She was of a stone gray color except for the lower parts of her hooves and the large spot on her chest which were snow white, her opaque golden mane was short and messy.
  203. >But more importantly, she had purple bat-like wings, a very fluffy looking coat, ears that ended up in an also fluffy tuft, and a couple of visible small fangs.
  204. >She was kinda like that scary patrol that tried to play nice with you, Moonlight or whatever the heck her name was.
  205. >And just like you, this bat filly was lying on the ground, trying to recover from the impact by rubbing her forehead.
  206. >The filly opened her eyes, which had slit pupils and were of the same color as her mane, and shot you a furious glare, “Then watch where you’re going, you big dumb!”

Unforeseen Consequences - Chapter 1

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Unforeseen Consequences - Chapter 2

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Unforeseen Consequences - Chapter 3

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Unforeseen Consequences - Chapter 4

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Unforeseen Consequences - Chapter 5

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