Background Pony #158B
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Well there IS_*The Great Alicorn Hunt_* by Ralph Hayes Jr. where not only is Apple Bloom turned into an Alicorn (1/5th the way through the story so far): but also the Mane Six to become Alicorns because Twilight had modified Starswirls' Spell to have them all Ascend at the same time:
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> *In another time, another place, an alicorn Princess sent her faithful student a final test-- an unfinished spell by the greatest unicorn mage in Equestrian history. After a near-disastrous first effort, the student finally solved the riddle of the spell, completed it, and was transformed (as her mentor had planned) into an alicorn princess._
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> This is not that time and place.
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> In_*this_* time and place, when Twilight received a certain notebook by a certain Starswirl the Bearded from a certain Princess, she actually had half a clue as to what she was doing the FIRST time...[/bq]
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*"From one to another, another to one._
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*A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, UNfulfilled;_
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*From all of us together,_
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*To each of us together,_
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*With the marks of our destinies made one,_
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*and one shared by all without end."_
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> *The canon version seemed to be more about fulfilling one pony's destiny...which made it seem like the spell was about exploiting five other ponies to ascend oneself. Starswirl, I suspect, was a jerkass._[/bq]
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A recommended starting point of this story would have to be its prequel_[*Parting Words_: *](https://archiveofourown.org/works/5510981/chapters/12727478)
Well there IS
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> *In another time, another place, an alicorn Princess sent her faithful student a final test-- an unfinished spell by the greatest unicorn mage in Equestrian history. After a near-disastrous first effort, the student finally solved the riddle of the spell, completed it, and was transformed (as her mentor had planned) into an alicorn princess.
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> This is not that time and place.
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*"From one to another, another to one.
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*A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, UNfulfilled;
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*From all of us together,
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*To each of us together,
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*With the marks of our destinies made one,
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*and one shared by all without end."
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> *The canon version seemed to be more about fulfilling one pony's destiny...which made it seem like the spell was about exploiting five other ponies to ascend oneself. Starswirl, I suspect, was a jerkass.
A recommended starting point of this story would have to be its prequel