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Hello

Welcome to my absolutely ridiculous thread about the edgiest most dramatic RariTwi AU I have ever conceived

It’s called Soul Ponies

Tagged SAD, DARK, DRAMA, and ROMANCE

This is me going drama and angst hardcore so be warned

Other trigger are body?? Replacement??? I guess? Or your body being taken over so be warned

The AU takes place during a war in Equestria. The rebellion is the princesses and everyone allied with them, the bad guys we’ll call the Empire bc I can’t think of a better name

Technology is also a thing here, really advanced technology

So the story proper starts with a pony called Triple Diamond escaping a facility alongside a bunch of other ponies.

Triple Diamond and these other ponies are what we will henceforth call “Soul Ponies”

What are soul ponies?

Well. The Empire needed a way to make hostages useful so it created a device that, and this is the DARK part of the AU, wipes the soul of a pony and a new soul takes it place.

Effectively, a new pony is born in an old body.

Soul Ponies aren’t really guilty of this, they didn’t ask to be created, but those that escape the facilities are treated badly by the rebellion bc

They basically overtook the pony who used to live in that body

Anyway so we go back to Triple Diamond, she escapes and becomes the leader of a bunch of soul ponies

She hates all sides of the war, and hates that she and her friends are hated for an existence they did not chose to have

She also has no interest in knowing who she was before because she DOES feel bad

Anyway eventually she and her friends get cornered by a rebellion group and they /freak/ at seeing her and even more so when she reveals she’s a soul pony

They insist the group come with them and that they’ll protect them

Diamond and co don’t really have a choice, they’re basically amnesiac in the sense that they don’t know anything about this world so they agree

They reach the rebel facility and are told one of the Elements of Harmony are there

Diamond is like “elements of what?”

Someone briefly explains what they are and that they’re the rebels biggest asset along with the princesses

So the Element arrives, this quiet stoic yellow Pegasus and she takes one look at the Soul Ponies and at Diamond and she goes

/pale/

A look of quiet horror

TD is immediately defensive of her and her friends, and she introduces herself

The pony, who calls herself Fluttershy, after a moment asks if any of the Soul Ponies knew who they used to be before... well... you know what

They say they don’t

Shy is like ok. Well. Ok.

Shy asks if they can please stay, because they could be useful to the rebellion and TD accepts if only bc she doesn’t want any more soul ponies being created and she wants the existing ones to be treated better

A few days later, news comes that a Princess is coming to see them.

The soul ponies and Triple Diamond are cautiously intrigued obviously

Some of the soul ponies are interested in finding out who they used to be, TD has no such interest

So the day finally comes

They’re all gathered in a room, everyone who is not a soul pony looks STRAINED as hell, especially Shy

The doors open.

A cyan pegasus steps in, followed immediately by a lavender alicorn

As Twi stares in silence, RD speaks:

“Holy shit.”

And the princess turns stone cold.

Even as Triple D introduces herself, the princess is incredibly curt, incredibly to the point, and everything about her screams that she isn’t happy to see the soul ponies

When she leaves, Triple D is kinda super pissed

What a princess!!! Rude!! What’s her issue, she demands

Shy speaks up and asks her to please understand

One of their friends, an element of harmony was... well... turned into a soul pony and she was also her wife

Triple D is like oh. Ok. That’s awful but??? That isn’t our fault???

She looks at her cutie mark of three diamonds and says that she didn’t ask to be put here.

Or take anybody’s place.

And Her Highness has to deal with that

Quick shoutout to people actually reading this, god bless

Anyway to her surprise, Twilight ends up staying with that rebel base

And even though she’s always still terse and distant and cold, Diamond can’t help but... feel some weird sort of fascination to her

Like she’s drawn to Twilight

Days go by, plans are going, missions are going, but idk the war is still going badly and morale is low

So Triple D decides they ought to throw some sort of small party

A gala! None of the soul ponies ever got to have a normal life so they decide to throw a party

Some of her friends joke around, say that Triple could never be girly enough for a gala, she’s too ready to throw down and she’s like OH?

So she ends up asking Shy for help and actually goes all out preparing for this, she makes a dress and it actually turns out really well!!

Shy is just weirdly quiet the entire time

The rebels have supplies from before the war, including makeup and the like, so she puts it on, curls her hair and she looks ABSOLUTELY STUNNING

And she’s even a little touched when Shy tears up awww

Her friends too are stunned, and they joke around, all of them dressed up and Triple D puts on a haughty accent and acts as posh as she can

And secretely she’s excited for Twilight to see her and to join in even

finally Twilight comes to see this so called party and

She looks at TD: in her dress, with makeup, her usually straight mane curled up, looking great,

fabulous even

And Twi stared wide-eyes, and encouraged, Triple D says, in her silly posh voice:

“Well, hello, darling.”

And Twilight L O S E S it

EXPLODES in anger, saying that this entire thing is STUPID, THERE’S A WAR GOING ON, THEY HAVE LOST FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES,

and they’re /partying/?

And she just storms off and in tears, and everyone is stunned and shocked as RD and Shy run after her

And now Triple Diamond is LIVID

And infuriated and she chases after Twilight, storms into the room and as Twi opens her mouth to tell her off, TD just lets her have it

Says that Soul Ponies didn’t ask for this bullshit, and how hard it is for them to have been in this...

... situation and GOD FUCKING FORBID they try to have a party to try and forget for a goddamn minute that their life came at the cost of someone’s else!!!!

And after calling Twilight some very unkind things, she storms off

She insists that the party continues and so it does, and they’re all having fun, even the rebel ponies are dancing

Eventually the party ends, and everyone’s going to bed except

Triple finds Twi waiting for her

And just as she’s about to tell her off

Twilight apologizes

And she says that she admits she’s been difficult and unkind and that... the soul ponies didn’t chose this.

So she asks for a truce. A do over.

And Triple accepts.

So the days go on, and Twi’s keeps good on her promises

She’s nicer, isn’t dismissive, and as a result, Triple ends up spending more time with her

She even agrees to have Twi run some safe procedures on her

And as this happens, Triple feels more and more drawn to Twi

And though Twilight sometimes is still distant and though sometimes she can seem conflicted?? For some reason??

Even despite all that, it’s obvious Twilight also seems drawn to Triple D

One night, as Twi’s running some tests, she kinda stops and asks Triple D if... if she wants to know who she used to be.

“...Do you know who I used to be? Can you find out?”

“Yes.”

And TD goes quiet and then finally says no. She doesn’t want to know.

“You don’t?”

“No. And I don’t ever want to know. That pony is gone, after all. It’s better to let her go, right?”

And there’s this long silence.

“Right.”

And Twilight continues her experiment in silence

Second shoutout to people still reading, I hope you’re enjoying it!!

So it continues, and they grow closer and closer, even though Twi never actually crosses the boundary. She never acts or initiates, the air is tense between them but nothing ever happens beyond friendship

And even though TD’s affection for Twi runs deep now, she’s ok with this

Eventually something happens and for some reason Twi needs to leave base for an unknown amount of time to go back to her main base (the castle in Ponyville)

Initially she tells TD she can’t come along, she can’t, but Triple Diamond insists and insists and Twi caves

So they go the castle with the other soul ponies bc they’re ride or die for Triple D

and Twilight makes Triple D swear she will not snoop around nor touch anything that is clearly not meant to be touched or moved, she is not to move ANYTHING

So they get to the castle, and a bunch of things are covered. With sheets and stuff

They go through the throne room, and TD notices of the 6 thrones is covered up

With a pang, she realizes that must be Twi’s wife

And she realizes she’s upset. Upset she can’t comfort Twi.

There’s portraits too, of the Elements of Harmony, and again one is covered

And again TD feels bad, and sad, and wishes she could help Twi move on

Now.

I mentioned this was a technological equestria, yeah? So let’s say they have video tapes. Security cameras.

The reason Twi got called in was because the rebels managed to recover security video tapes of the main Empire base.

Particularly, tapes of the soul-extr. process

And now, the rebellion has never seen the process before. This is HUGE. They could learn a LOT.

They gather in the big video room, and all the soul ponies are there because they feel they need to see this.

Twilight is there. Triple Diamond, too.

The projector whirrs to life.

An operating room with a huge device. A stallion is slammed onto the table.

I’ll spare you the details, but suffice to say, it’s quite awful to watch. To see a ponies eyes filled with fear, to see them close, and to see them open again and have a different gaze.

When it’s done, everyone is feeling oof.

Twi says that they’ll watch one more and that’s it for today.

A rebel looks through the tapes, finds one that seems important.

The projector whirrs to life.

The same clinical operating room.

Rarity is slammed onto the table.

Twilight reacts first. “No,” she gasps, and yet before she can stop it, Triple Diamond slams her down with ur magic.

“Don’t you dare.”

And Twi freezes, her and TD and everyone staring at the screen as Rarity is restrained and the Empire leader comes in

Comes in, talking and taunting and the entire time, Rarity is stoic as fuck

Her eyes are wet with tears, her ears are folded back, but her eyes burn with the bravery of someone who looked death in the eye and went “go to hell”

Which she will.

And when the leader taunts her with the machine, he casually adds, “I wonder if you being a bearer of an element of harmony will make this more interesting”

And Triple Diamond’s eyes go wide

A word tumbles out her mouth.

“...No.”

And he threatens and threatens her and she does not fucking flinch.

He loses his patience and tells her in no uncertain terms that if she doesn’t tell him where Twilight Sparkle is hiding, well...

And Rarity looks him in the eye and says

“I’d sooner die than betray my wife.”

And the video goes on but that doesn’t matter because by this point Triple Diamond has gone /numb/

Numb, numb, numb

I’d sooner die than betray my wife, a sentence /she/ just saw herself say but it wasn’t her and and

And she ignores the calls as she rushes out the room

Rushes up into the throne room

Tears the cover away, three damning blue diamonds unveiled

Rushes to the portraits and tears the cover away, and her world crashes around her as her reflection grins back at her

But that’s not her reflection, is it? That’s Rarity, and she’s Triple Diamond, and Triple Diamond killed Rarity and and

And Twilight.

The puzzle pieces fall into place, every reaction, every hesitation, the hostility, all of it

It’s too much

Twilight rushes up, in tears, distraught and before she can speak, Triple Diamond wants to accuse her to say that Twilight should have TOLD HER

But... but how could she have

So she talks about all their time together. The moments they shared, when Twi came to her

“Who were you trying to spend time with?”

Twilight falters. “W-what?”

“All those times. Who were you trying to be with? Me? Or—“

Stars.

“Or her?”

Third shoutout to y’all still reading

Me or her.

And Twilight says: I don’t know.

And she breaks and says that she doesn’t know, because she likes Triple Diamond, but she’s also Rarity, and sometimes they have the same mannerisms, but she does like her, but she misses Rarity, and she doesn’t know

She doesn’t know

Triple Diamond decides she needs to leave.

This is too much. Because she loves Twilight, and this is an entirely new kind of hell, and she can tell Twilight loves her, but... but... stars above.

So she goes to the other base.

With her friends.

Twilight doesn’t stop her.

She ends up leaving the rebellion too, and her and friends find a small protected town and try to live normal lives.

And even though she’s still in pain and missing Twilight, she’s still drawn to that world

And so she ends up learning about Rarity from the townsfolk

Learns Rarity was a reputed seamstress, and hates to admit she’s not /bad/ at the trade

Eventually, a few months pass, and the rebellion comes for her.

There’s a huge upcoming battle and they need all the elements of Harmony

Triple Diamond says that she’s not Rarity

Shy is there and she says that... well... they haven’t found a new bearer for the element of generosity...

And she reluctantly agrees even though she thinks it’ll be useless

So she meets up with the others, reunited with Twi, both are not cold but...

Reserved.

Distant.

Even if they obviously still have conflicted feelings for each other.

The day of the battle comes.

She puts on the element necklace and... and it feels... strange.

Like it fits. In a weird way.

The battle starts, ponies attacking each other, and the Empire gets the upper hand

And as she sees the mane six, as she interacts with them, she gets /flashes/ suddenly, each accompanied by her element flashing vividly

Flashes of memories. Of a different life. Of a fabulous life, shall we say:

Memories that don’t feel like hers, but are also hers.

suddenly, one of the leaders attacks Twi, like really attacks her, is about to kill or maim her

And that’s when the element flashes and the unicorn is overcome with fury as she rushes forward, slams the dude away with unholy force and snarls

“Not my wife, you goddamn beast”

And after she’s knocked him out or killed him??? She just

Passes out, barely registering Twilight catching her

She wakes up in a room later, dazed and confused and... and sees Twilight sitting there

Twilight instantly stands, “you’re awake!!”

“Did we win?”

“Yes.”

And there’s a silence and Twilight carefully asks: “Rarity?”

And the unicorn replies “No.”

And Twi reacts. Not dissapointed. Just. Reacts.

She speaks with care: “Triple Diamond?”

And the unicorn speaks: “No.”

Then frowns and adds, dazed: “Both?”

BECAUSE THE ELEMENT OF GENEROSITY PRESERVED RARITY’S SOUL AND MERGED IT WITH A NEW ONE

And Twilight’s like “wha... what? Both?? How?? I MEAN I LOVE YOU BOTH SO THIS WORKS?? I THINK?”

And then Rarity/Triple Diamond is like “Twilight, darling, no offense intended, but I feel like dying so can you just shut up and hug me for the next three days? Thank you, great.”

And Twilight hugs her and Rarity is back but her personality is now Rarity but also as a badass warrior and it all works out in the end

thank you for coming to my TED Talk

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