Lux

Sky saw another familiar face approaching. It was Sunrise, Silver's mother. Apparantly she was calling to her son. "Hello Sunrise," Sky said, "Silver and I are going to see Cloudius." Sunrise then gave Silver his meication and flew off, leaving the two again. "Ok then. Let's go see Cloudius. He must be getting bored at that hospital."

(OOC: Sad to hear Pip's needing a possibly redo. It would be a shame for Light to lose his buddy.) Lisght took as deep breath as Pip drew his sword and charged deeper into the forest. Pip seemed excited to go on this adventure. Light was not as sure. The white unicorn lived in Ponyville all his life. He knew about the creatures that lurked there, or at least he heard the stories from other ponies. While some sounded like blatant stories, he was unsure about a few. Nevertheless he was there to support his friend and he didn't want to frighten the other ponies with what he knew. "Alright then. Let's go to the caves."

Glad to see it's back. I missed you all. (Gives sad pony face)

Interesting how that was used in that story. And granted that there is nothing worng calling them that. The only thing I was noting was that they were never called that in the show. It wasn't like Twilight ever said, "Princess Celestia, what's it like being an Alicorn?" I personally use the term Alicorn in my fanfics, because it's how the fandom defines them.

Hello. First, nowhere in ine show were the princesses called Alicorns. The trem Alicorn refers to the substance that makes up a unicorn's horn in myth (not pony myth, general myth). Alicorns are really the name the fandom gave to the princesses. Actually they aren't given a type name like they do with pegasus or unicorn or earth pony. They're only called Princess. Probably the most accurate name would be a winged unicorn. I have heard in fandom lore that a winged unicon or alicorn is created by the infusion of all three pony types, making them have the benefits of those types (flying, magic, connection to nautre).

(OOC: Um, looks like just you and me Silver until Stainless returns) Sky walked with Silverbolt down the road through Ponyville. He wondered how earth ponies and unicorns did it, having to weave through crowds of ponies. Suddenly he heard Silverbolt wince in pain as most likely a pony bumped into his sore wing. He thought he had some pain medication in his bag but to his dismay he didn't. "Don't worry, Silver. I'm sure you'll get some medicine soon." Before Silver could answer, Sky heard a pony yelling, but Sky had no idea who was yelling, to whom the pony was yelling to, or where this pony was.

"Ok. Bye then Ms. Mayor," Lore Weaver said with a wave. She was always on the go it seemed! Lore then turned her attention to Rarity when she spoke. Apparantly this pony also knew the mare who owned the library, Twilight Sparkle. Lore began to wonder and a little bit worry about how well his chances of having a bookstore would be with a library next door. He wasn't upset about a library, in fact he wanted to be a librarian himself. But if many ponies knew this Twilight and the library, it might be hard to sway them to go to the bookstore. "Fashion and romance. Well I'm not really knowledgable about either," Lore said to Rarity, blusing a bit as he basically admitted that when it came to romance, he, although like many ponies was looking for a special somepony, wasn't having much success in that department. The stacks of self help books on how to find a special somepony attested to that fact! "But I do have some books on fashion and a pretty big collection of romance novels." Lore also noticed that another pony, a pegasus, showed up. "Hello there! I'm Lore Weaver. What's your name?"

I agree that the jewelry is not the Elements, or it could be a catalyst (like the rings from Captain Planet). The Elements are within the ponies. It seemes Celestia was able to use it to defeat Discord and Nightmare Moon the first time. Perhaps she was able to only banish Luna/NMM because the two shared the elements. This could be why Celestia said that she was able to earlier wield the Elements, but could not now, making Twilight and co. have to use them to defeat NMM and Discord a second time. Celestia uring the 1,000 years must have been looking for new candidates for the Elements. The Elements are MacGuffins or the fantasy element of the Magical Artifact. The effects vary, but mostly they are used to restore harmony. This means turning Discord into stone, banishing NMM, etc. I bearer of the Element can't decide on the effcets, but the overall result of restoring harmony is the same. Note that being a kid's show, the Elements don't kill a vilian unlike adult fantasy. As for Chrysalis, the Elements would probably stop the Changelings from syphoning love, possibly doing the same thing as Cadence/ Shining Armor's love spell by blasting them away from Equestria. As for requirements... its like the title says: Friendship is Magic. The bearers need to represent their respective element and need to be friends or at least harmonious with each other. The Element of magic is probably the most powerful, but like in Return of Harmony, without the others, it fails. I hope that there are more ways to defeat evil, but at the same time I don't think the Elements are being overused (after all they were in 4 of 52 episodes.)

(OOC: I know I'm after Rarity, in order, but I'm waiting for the Mayor to reply. Then I guess I'll post after the Mayor).

(OOC: Eyup, still here!) Light was shocked when he heard Timid somehow teleported from Canterlot all the way to the Everfree Forest. Unfortunately he knew nothing about teleporting, so if he was going to help Timid, he would have to somehow get him back on hoof. Then Light turned to the task at hoof. Pip was mentioning some kind of cave in the Everfree Forest that he wanted to go to. "Um... caves? I heard of them but never went to them. Actually I haven't been in the Everfree Forest long. I actually got lost here when it was dark, but had I not been lost, I wouldn't have found my mark."

The Mayor mentioned lunch. Lore didn't realize that it was that time already. But working and talking did eat away time. "Thank you for offering lunch. I'd be happy to go to the cafe." He was happy to be offered lunch and especially that the Mayor was so kind to him and Ice Storm. Lore felt that if many of the ponies in Ponyville were as nice as the Mayor was, then he would be doing fine living here. Of course he did wonder if the ponies liked books as well. That would definitely be a plus to his bookstore. Lore then noticed that Ice Storm had finished sorting all the books into various piles according to their subject. He didn't expect her to do all the books, but sure enough she did. "Hey thanks, Ice! Now I can start shelving these books into the right areas. That will take some time, but I'll be in good shape with the store when that's done." Ice then announced that she was ready, and the Mayor seemed eager to go as well. "I'm at a good spot to break for lunch. Lead the way, Ms. Mayor. I'm still getting used to town, so I'm not sure where everything is, including this Cafe."

Fire Heart sputtered as the wall of water splashed over her. This obviously wasn't going to be easy as she planned. But, as Bonfire said, until she learned to control her emotions, she couldn't guide her magic. And she knew the drenching would continue until her control improved. (OOC: Slight Timeskip) Several minutes later, several rounds of firecrackers, and a few more showers, Fire Heart looked less like a pony and more like a drowned rat. It was exhausting, trying to control her emotions! She realized that in the past her teachers, her friends, even her parents told her to control her emotions, but no pony showed her how or was that hooves on about it. Fire Heart, after the last bucket barrage, stopped and closed her eves. She decided to close her eyes and focus on the flame. As she did, the blackness changed. In her mind, she pictured her perfect happy place. It was a clearing in a forest. Birds were chipring, squirrels chittering, and the sun shown in a cloudless sky. She felt calm, at peace there. Nothing could upset her or make her sad. Finally she opened her eyes. "I'm ready," she said, her tone now more confident.

Sweet Surprise let go of Pinkie from her boa constrictor like hug. She didn't want to cause the pink pony to pass out. "Ok then. I'll get the details and see what Apple Bloom is looking for..." Before she could get a confirmation, Pinkie was whirling around the store like a tornado giving things to some ponies while comforting others. Sweet wondered why a bakery shop of all places was cause to make ponies cry. Maybe it was the cakes that reminded ponies of happier times. One thing was certain, her candy shop was nowhere near as chaotic. "Hi there Apple Bloom. I'm Sweet Surprise, Pinkie's party planner in training. I like your accent, and your bow. Oooo! Maybe I can when I get back to Canterlot I can make something chocolatey in the shape of a bow..." Sweet paused, realizing she was wavering from the task. "Anyway, you said that you're planning a party for your grandmother, right? That's really nice. So, what are looking to do? Does your grandmother like certain food? How about colors: Purple, pink, chartruse, plaid?"

Sky then saw another familiar face in the form of Silbverbolt. The pony had a wing in a sling and asked if the two were going to see Cloudius. As much as Sky preferred flying to walking, he didn't want to have a friend feel alone. "Sure I can walk with you Silverbolt to meet Cloudius at the hospital." Then Pixie mentioned how due to her job she couldn't come too. "Ah don't worry Pixie. Cloudius knows you'll see him when you can. He's not going to be upset."

For me the most evolved pony was either Twilight or Fluttershy. Twilight for discovering friendship and with trying to work with all her friends and assisting in defeating numerous enemies. For Fluttershy, she went from being scared of just about everything to confronting her enemies and overcoming her fears. Worst - I'd go with Applejack. Besides learning that her friends are there for her, she didn't learn much about herself.

Sky saw that Pixie was not her happy self. She must have been thinking about that day and especially about Cloudius. "You're thinking of Cloudius, aren't you? Me too. That pony sure was brave to just fly up there and defat that cloud thing all by himself. I hope he's alright. I've seen pegasus ponies get pretty hurt when falling or crashing into things, but never losing their ability to fly or walk on clouds." He pasused, thinking he shouldn't say anymore as this would upset Pixie. Then he had a thought. "Hey, why don't we go visit Cloudius in the hospital. I'm sure he'll want some company after being there."

Every great character goes through an evolution of their personality. In MLP this is clearly seen withing the mane six. So, who of the mane six do you think evolved the most from the start of the series until now? Who evolved the least? Let the debate begin!

Why are some assuming that this is the peak and everything else will be downhill? First of all, the animators, writers, and voice actressses will always try to make the show last as long as possible and keep the quality up. Granted some episodes are better than others, but overall we've seen a good even quality. Now yes there have been changes (focus on each of the mane six's character development, departure of lauren Faust, etc.) but these changes didn't diminish the quality of the show. As for the fandom, the show exists for its initial purpose as for girls. Hasbro has been kind enough to recognize the bronies and add bits of fandom goodness into the show. I haven't seen any indication of that changing. As for people joining versus leaving, that's a common thing for the fandom to have a cycle. You'll have those who just get tired and leave or just recently discover MLP and join. I haven't seen any sins of people joining slowing down or people leaving accelerating. The point is to not worry about if the show has reached its peak, it's about enjoying it now. Enjoy the present and not worry about the future.

(OOC: This thread is open to fillies and colts just learning to fly. Also, Sky's father is just an NPC, and aside from setting up the thread, he'll not be there for the rest of it. Also, I'm keeping the thread at five max. so once I get five, I'll close the thread.) Sky Flare arrived at the cloudsdale Flight School bright and early with his father. His father hinted at being a surprise for his son, making the stunt pegasus wonder what. After waiting in anticipation, his father gave him the surprise. "Son, I want you to instruct the New Flyers class by yourself." "Um... wow," Sky said regarding the surprise. He wanted to lead an instruction, but not necessarily the New Flyers. He thought he would teach epic stunts to the more advanced ponies, not teaching ponies how to fly. "I guess I can teach them. I was kind of expecting to be starting with a more advanced class." "Well, everypony instructing here starts with the New Flyers class. If you do well there, there's a good chance you'll be able to teach the more advanced classes. And who knows, you may like teaching the new foals." "Well I guess it can't hurt dad. I'll go and wait for them." He went to the New Flyers practice field wondering who he'll meet.

"Well nice to meet both of you," Light said to both Timid and Geary. The unicorn was still a little worried about the two as one seemed... well timid and the other appeared to be going through an identity crisis. Geary asked what everypony was doing and if he could be friends. "Well I think we're going on a little adventure, right Pip? As for being a friend, um sure. Why not?" Light then turned to his friend Pip, with a very important question. "So um Pip? What exactly are we doing? You said a cave or something"

My other favoite is that this episiode had the most songs than any previos one. Three songs. i personally like the last song, but all were nice.

Ok. Got to part 2! Loved Chrysalis, the Real Princess Cadance, DJ Pon3 returns, Luna's cameo, The ending song (can't wait to see others make it). Interesting how neither Celestia nor the Elements of Harmony helped, but the love between Shining Armor and Cadence I admit I was afraid it was going to be too girly, but in the end it was a great ending. Hmm... maybe I should try to app for Cadence or Shining Armor? Not much to go on, but I will summon all my writing powers to create this RP app! (Activates Element of Creativity)

Ok. Saw episode 25. I'm amazed so far. Especially that ending... Why won't you load the next part faster YouTube?

Well, having no Hub (bad Dish network for not having it as part of my channel package), I'm going to at around 1ish look for it on You Tube. No real celebration... just me and my computer. Sadly, my brony friends live a distance away from me. But then I'll come back here and post my fun with it.

Light was now on his sixth book. The colt never studied more in his life! Usually he was accustomed to reading a chapter or so for Miss Cheerilee at the school, and at home he may finish a book within a week depending on how big or complex it was. But in his quest to find how to advance his simple light magic to illusions, he became like a machine. He would read while eating, read before bed, and read while going from one place to another. He tried even reading two books at the same time, but that didn't work out well. Light was distracted reading that he didn't exactly know where he was going. He could have been walking all the way to Canterlot for all he knew, but he knew that he was still in Ponyville. At least he hoped so. "Let's see... turning ponies into plants... no ... growing moustaches... what's a moustache? This Advanced Spells book is... well advanced. I can barely understand this much less cast them." He was so busy reading and talking to himself that he failed to see the baby dragon and the cart that he was carrying...