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[armore]

[The speaker has a light male voice, pleasant and golden, and has a half-worried tone to it. The text writing itself to accompany it is firm and precise - neat, clear, and without flourishes.]

... Cadance? ... sweetheart? Are you...

...

[A SUDDEN PAUSE.]

Where-

[His voice breaks off mid-sentence, and is a little softer when he continues. He sounds distinctly uncertain.]

What... what is this place? And how did I get-

[Another pause as he suddenly realizes this might be related to that threat they've been worrying about.]

All right, who did this? Where am I? And if this is or if you've done anything hurt my fiancee or threaten Canterlot or Equestria, I promise you, you'll regret it.

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[armore]

My room, huh? All right. But I still don't know where in the, uh, castle I am.

[No, Twilight, no I'm sorry not really.]

[checklist]

Try the door. There should be a room number.

[ She sounds a little desperate now. She is - desperate that this hope she's clinging on to will pan out into something.

She doesn't know what she'll do if it doesn't. ]

[armore]

[She just sounds so... so...

Biting back a sigh, he goes over to the door and looks at it on both sides.]

It's 212.

[She's probably harmless, and even if not it's not like he can't at least throw up a shield.]

and now action;

[checklist]

[ ...Yeah there's a pop of magenta magic and Twilight is standing right there in front of the door. ]

Shining Armor, it really is you...

[ She... wants to go in for a hug. But holds herself back. :( ]

action forever

[armore]

[He almost rears back in surprise at suddenly finding a strange purple pony RIGHT THERE where previously there was none, but just about manages to hold in the impulse. His front hooves only lift maybe a few inches, and he barely moves back.

But hey look this is not something you see every day.]

Uh, hi. I'm guessing you're Twilight Sparkle?

[checklist]

B.B.B.F.F.!

You... do you recognize me at all? [ She takes a step forward, making sure he takes a good look at her. ] Don't I look a little familiar?

[armore]

[He still seems pretty uncertain about all of this, but gamely looks her over, before shaking his head.]

I'm sorry, you don't.

[checklist]

Nothing familiar? Not even a little? Not even a spark?

[ She moves to the side, showing off her cutie mark. ]

Look! Even our cutie marks are similar!

[armore]

Yeah, they... are. Your magic looked like it was the same color as mine too.

[He's looking oh-so uncertain rn]

[checklist]

So... So do you believe me?

[ THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW. ]

[armore]

I... guess....

What are mom and dad's names?

[He... cannot think of a better quiz just in case right now - sorry, Twilight, being Captain of the Royal Guard does not the most readily trusting pony make.]

[checklist]

Mom and dad?

They're... Star Sparkle and Night Light.

[ Did he forget them too?



...Yeah she's too emotional to be running on full cylinders right now. ]

[armore]

[A breath which he may or may not have been holding - he didn't realize if he was.]

Yeah, that's them.

[Well they're not as well known as he is, at least. It'll have to do for now.

Hesitantly he takes a few steps forward and pauses again.]

So - Twilight Sparkle, huh?

[checklist]

That's right. I... I guess I should properly introduce myself, huh?

[ She's going to.. try not to sound too hopeful here. And it's very awkward, introducing yourself to your big brother. But... ]

My name is Twilight Sparkle. I'm, well, your little sister. I used to study under Princess Celestia, but I've more recently moved to Ponyville in order to perform advanced studies on friendship.

[armore]

[This is awkward for both of them, Twilie. This is awkward for both of them.]

Why did that... change?

[checklist]

Well, after the incident with Nightmare Moon..... [ A small pause. ]

Do you remember that? I mean, that involved me, so I'm not sure how your memories might have been... [ She trails off, thinking about it for a moment. How did this memory loss work, exactly? ]

[armore]

Nightmare Moon- her return, you mean? She came back in some little town. Not much of it involved Canterlot, so there wasn't much I could....

I... had my orders to defend the city and the palace.

[He maybe doesn't sound as certain as he might as he talks about this, because remembering is somehow trickier than he expected.]

When Princess Celestia failed to raise the sun at the usual hour, a lot of ponies started panicking. Later we were told what happened by... by the Princesses, when Princess Luna was brought back.

[WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT?]

She said that a group of ponies from Ponyville had found the Elements of Harmony, hidden in the ruined castle in the Everfree Forest. I never got the whole story, but I never needed it, so I never asked.

[R...ight?

His head hurts :(]

[checklist]

That... Those ponies were me and my friends. We found the Elements, defeated Nightmare Moon, and restored Princess Luna back to her normal self.

But you knew about it... you wrote me to tell me how proud of me you were. [ Plus they kind of had, like, commemorative stained glass windows about it made in the palace.

She shakes her head. She's being sidetracked - though obviously the memory tampering seems pretty thorough. ] Anyway... before that, you were my only real friend. But when me and my new friends were able to harness the Elements, I ended up staying with them in Ponyville to study the effects, the magic, of friendship.

[armore]

[He shakes his head a little and just hides a wince because seriously ow.

Dang it head he doesn't even have any huge spells to maintain anymore can't he get a break from the migraines too.]

I... Sorry, but that seems like it's a lot to just forget.