Yo, I'm MadxHatter123. I recently started writing fan fics, and have also gotten into MLP: FIM. I started writing a fanfic for it on . I might put it on here eventually, but that all depends on how you guys respond to this one. I hope you enjoy it. It's my take on a send-self-to-equestria story, but mine has a twist. Oh, and the beginning may seem familiar to some of you, if you have read Living the Dream by kickass222urmom,I borrowed the idea of dieing and choosing where you get to go for an afterlife. Just that though. Everything else is completely my idea. If you read this I hope it's ok I used this idea. If not, I'll change it to have another explanation. So, without further ado, my self insert story, The Brother.
(starts at the beginning of The Ticket Master, oh, and for the sake of the story, Spike is still at the Library, sleeping)
Chapter 1:
(Twilight's point of view)
It was early on morning, and I was at Applejack's helping her take some apples to her barn.
"Thank ya kindly Twilight for helpin' me out. I bet Big Macintosh I could get all this golden delicious," at this she hops in the air, "in the barn by lunch time. If I win, he's gonna walk down Stirrup Street in one of Granny's girdles." Then she chuckles.
I begin to tell her that it was no problem, when I hear a familiar voice shout, "GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I freeze, knowing exactly what that means. Applejack see's me freeze and I hear her say, "What in the ha-" and next thing I know I'm in the air, flying away from Applejack and the basket of apples I dropped.
I hear chuckling and look up. "Dang it, Midnight, you know I hate it when you do this!" I yell at the stallion I haven't seen in years.
He laughs louder and says, "Oh don't lie sis, you know you love it when I take you flying." He then throws me up and get under me, and I land on his back with a grunt.
"Oof, yes, but only when I ask you to take me flying." I sigh. "What are you doing here anyway? I thought you were on tour with the Wonderbolts." I ask him, as I begin to remember what the Princess had told me about my brother.
"Eh, I have lots of vacation time saved up, seeing as I never took any in all the years I've been with them. I actually have about a year or two of total vacation time, so I finally decided to take some time of and pursue my real talent."
I smile. "It's about time. You may be the fastest flier in Equestria-" he cuts me off here.
"Twi, you know I hate it when you say that."
"I know," I reply, "but you know it's true. I have a friend who says she's the fastest, and while she is fast, I know I've seen you go faster."
I pause, and add, "plus, the Princess told me about, your past life. And what you asked before you were reborn."
He freezes, and we start to descend. I start to panic, but he quickly snaps out of it and starts flapping again.
He sighs. "Well, I did ask her to tell you. You have some where we can go and talk?"
I smile as I spot the Library. "Yeah, see that big tree?" He nods. "It's the Library. I'm staying there, so lets go there."
I hear him chuckle as we start to descend to land. "Heh, figures you would be living in the library."
We land, and I slip off his back and stick my tongue out at him. He laughs some more as he pushes the door open, and holds it for me.
(We leave Twilight's point of view now, and now we journey into the past to learn about Twilight's mysterious brother)A/N: Some of the info to follow is about me, and is mostly true, but some is also made up for the sake of the story. Mainly the me hating my life stuff.
(Third Person Point of view)
Before Midnight Sparkle, Twilight's brother, was Midnight Sparkle, he was a human named Dustin Zearfoss (strange last name, I know, but it's my real last name). He was 18, in his last year of high school, and had recently became a brony. He personally hated his life, and found his hobbies the only reason to keep going. He wasn't suicidal, but he wished he didn't have to live his sucky life any more. And one day, he got that wish.
It was a Saturday morning like any other in late January. His mom had decided she wanted to do laundry, which means make Dustin do laundry. They lived on the second floor of a small apartment building, along with his younger sister. It had snowed the night before, and a lot of the snow was slushy. He took down the first load, stepping through a good amount of the slush, making it stick to the bottom of his shoes. He started walking up the stairs to get the next load, but as he reached the top, his shoes slid, causing him to fall backwards. The last thought he had before everything went black was, "Ah shit."
Next thing he knew, he saw a bright light. After his eyes adjusted, he looked around. He saw nothing but white.
"Crap. I'm dead arn't I." He said, not expecting an answer. Suddenly, he heard a loud voice.
"Yes, you are Dustin. When you fell, you fell in a way that your neck snapped, which killed you instantly."
Dustin sighed. "So what now? Heaven? Hell? Nothingness?" he asked.
The voice chuckled. "Straight to the point huh? Well, you lived a good enough life that you get to choose."
"Choose?" Dustin asked confused. "Why would I choose to go to Hell over Heaven?"
"You didn't let me finish." the voice said slightly annoyed. "You get to choose between those two, or a world of your choice. With a life of your choice."
"Hmm, a life of my choice huh?" Dustin asked, taking a thinking pose.
After a few moments, Dustin snapped his fingers. "Ok, I know what I want to do. I want to be reborn into the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic world. But I don't just want to be reborn as just any pony. I want to be reborn as Twilight Sparkle's older brother, who's the official fastest flier in Equestria. And I want my special skill, or cutie mark, have to do with music, as in I can play any instrument ever made, write and make up my own original music, and be an amazing singer." he said finishing.
The voice, if it had a face, would have been seen blinking in surprise. Then it would have a smile on it's face. "You really thought this through, huh. Well, I'll have to ok all this with Celestia, and I need your promise you won't interfere with any big, important events in a way it would harm any...pony."
"Of course. Oh, and will I keep my memory?" Dustin asked.
"Yes, and I'm curious, why do you want to be Twilight's brother?" the voice asked.
"Oh, well, I just feel she is a pony who needs an older brother to be there for her. That, and I feel she would be fun to tease in a sibling like way."
The voice chuckled at Dustin's reasoning and said, "Ok, I have talked to Celestia, and she approved. I will now send you on to you new life, Midnight Sparkle."
"New name? Cool. And thanks, uh, God?" Dustin, now Midnight, said unsure.
"Heh, I never actually confirmed a name, but that is what most of you humans refer to me as so, yes, that is who I am." the voice, now called God, told him, as Midnight faded away to start his new life.
Midnight was born, and looked forward to Twilight being born. He had decided before she was born, that his first word would be her name. He vowed to be the best older brother that anypony ever had, and would protect her with ever fibber of his being. Finally, the day came, about 2 years after Midnight was born, that Twilight came into the world. As his parents were showing him his new baby sister, he heard them say her name, and decided, that was the perfect moment.
"T-twilight." Midnight said in a adorable baby voice. His parents gasped, and then smiled.
"His first word! And it's his little sister's name. I'm sure he's going to be a great big brother." Their dad said proudly.
A few years passed, and they grew older, Midnight becoming a great flier, and Twilight getting interested in magic. Midnight made sure to take Twilight to the Summer Sun Celebration that got her interested in wanting to pursue magic. He also helped convince their parents into getting her a chance to enter the program that would end with he becoming Celestia's student. The day of the test came and Midnight chuckled as he watched his little sisters attempts at getting the egg to do something magic. He suddenly felt Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom wave coming, and quickly dived to cover to avoid his sister's magic. He heard everything going haywire for a bit, and when it got quiet, he knew Celestia had arrived. He waited a few more seconds, and then popped his head out and said, "Is it all clear?"
Everyone turned to look at him, and he saw Celestia's eyes widen a bit. He came out and bowed to her.
"It is an honor to meet you, your majesty." he said, slightly nervous.
Everyone else was distracted by Twilight's success, that they didn't notice Celetia motion for him to follow her.
"It is nice to meet you, Dustin." Celestia told him as they walked.
Midnight sighed and said, "I haven't been called that in a long while, and to be honest, I don't even consider myself him anymore."
"Oh?" said Celestia, mildly surprised. "I didn't realize somepony would so easily let go of a piece of themselves."
"I, I really didn't like my life as Dustin. This one is so much better. I have both parents that both care greatly about me, I can fly, and pretty fast too, and I'm fantastic with music." he said as he gestured at his cutie mark, which was three sheets of music notes. "Why would I miss anything about a life where I didn't have much of a future. And, I guess I should thank you for allowing me to live this new life."
"It was no problem, but I need to ask you something sense you know of things to come, will I get my sister back?" Celestia asked him with a hopeful tone.
Midnight smiled and replied, "I shouldn't tell you, but I will if you can do one thing for me."
"Done, if I find what you tell me satisfactory." she replied almost immediately.
"I think you will, she will come back, and she will become your loving sister again." he said, and suddenly found himself being hugged by Celestia.
He blushed as she let him go. "That, is the greatest news I have received in a very long time. Now, what is you request?"
"I want you to make me a Wonderbolt. Not right away, in a few years, when a young mare by the name of Spitfire joins them. It will help me a lot in the future." Celestia raised he eyebrows at this, but smiled.
"Of course, but are you fast?"
Midnight smirked. "Am I fast? I can go fast enough to brake the sound barrier, in ten seconds."
"Really? You'll have to show me then, to prove it, but for now, we should return to your family. They are probably wondering where we are." They left, and rejoined his family. Now, we return to present time, but we go to a panicking Applejack.
A/N: Don't worry, will go back to his Wonderbolt career, but I have a plan to go with it, so just be patient.
(Soon after Midnight flew off with Twilight, and still in third person point of view)
Applejack just stared in shock at the spot Twilight used to be. She quickly snapped out of her shock and looked up to see Twilight being carried off by a Pegasus she never saw before. It looked to be a dark purple stallion with a short black mane with a small patch of light purple in the front, and a black tail with a stripe of light purple going down the middle. She could just barely make out his cutie mark, which looked to be three music sheets overlapping each other. Making sure to not forget any details, she ran off to find the others so they could help Twilight. She quickly found Rainbow Dash, who crashed near by, and told her what happened.
"WHAT! We need to find her quick, who knows why that guy took her or what he's going to do to her." Rainbow exclaimed.
They ran off and found Pinkie at Sugercube Corner, got Rarity at her boutique, and found Fluttershy walking through town.
"Ok, now that we have everyone, we need to figure out where to start looking for them." Dash said.
"U-um, s-shouldn't we go tell Spike first, I mean if that's ok." Fluttershy said quietly.
"Yeah, Dash. I think he should be the first to know Twi is missing. He might even know who took her." Applejack said as they started running toward the Library. They soon arrived, and burst though the door. They all froze at what they saw. Sitting in the library was Twilight and the mysterious stallion that took her. Applejack was the first to snap out of it, and she quickly tackled him while shouting, "Run Twi, I'll hold this creep down!"
"Creep?" exclamed the stallion, while Twilight sighed.
"Applejack, why would I run from my own brother." She said as she walked over to pull Applejack off of him.
The others froze in confusion, while Applejack said, "Brother?"
"Yes, he is my older brother, and I don't think he appreciates you sitting on him." Twilight replied.
"Well, actually, I don't mind, but if my marefriend saw this..." he shuddered.
"Ah, I'm mighty sorry mister..." Applejack apologized as she got off him.
"Midnight, Midnight Sparkle." he said getting up.
They all then heard Rainbow Dash gasp loudly.
"M-M-M-M-Midnight Sparkle! The Midnight Sparkle, the youngest of the Wonderbolts, who joined at the age of only 16!" yelled, flying up close to him.
"Yeah, that's me." He replied calmly.
Rainbow then turned to Twilight. "Why didn't you tell me you were related to the fastest Wonderbolt!" she questioned.
"I really didn't think it was all that important." Twilight replied.
"Ugh, whats with all the noise down here." Said Spike, who appeared rubbing his eyes.
"Sorry Spike, didn't mean to wake you." Twilight apologized to the small dragon.
"Hey Spike! I haven't seen you in a while." Midnight exclaimed, as he walked over and patted the small dragon on the back.
"Huh, Midnight? What are you doing here?" Spike asked in confusion, waking up fully.
"Yeah, that's what I was about to ask. Aren't the Wonderbolts on tour right now?" Rainbow asked curiously.
"Ah, I have a ton of vacation time saved up, and decided to finally use it. I decided to focus on my true special talent, music." He said smiling.
"Wait, you special talent doesn't have to do with your flying abilities?" Asked Rainbow in shock.
"Nah, being the fastest is just a natural thing." he told her.
Suddenly, Spike belched and a scroll appeared. He opened it and to golden tickets fell out. Midnight spotted them and smirked.
'Oooo, I arrived at the perfect time' he thought to himself.
Alright, that's it for now. I'll put up the next chapter soon. And I'll be making each chapter follow the episodes, with a few addition stuff thrown in every now and then. I hope you all like my story.