Title: Stan(d)on In Equestria Chapter 4: The Pull of ?Gravity? Author: AusAnon Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/SQr1gVUy First Edit: Thursday 20th of October 2016 07:32:15 AM CDT Last Edit: Thursday 20th of October 2016 07:32:15 AM CDT >To say that the two of you (or, at least Dash) get some odd looks as you make your way back through Ponyville would be an understatement. >Though it’s still relatively early in the morning there are enough ponies around that Dash can’t go more than a handful of steps without being stopped to ask if she’s alright. >Damn ponies and their good natured helpfulness. >Fortunately though you make it back to Twilight’s castle without incident. >Unfortunately, the extent of her ‘crazy healing magic’ is using telekinesis to apply the better part of her medicine cabinet to Dash’s wounds. >”And this stallion was able to do what WHAT with his stand?” >Dash sighs as Twilight seems to produce a quill and notepad from nowhere to take notes. >”I- we figured out he was able to reset the location of everything in a set radius.” >”Fascinating, the diversity in stand powers truly immense.” “It didn’t stop us from kicking his ass.” >Dash relays your comment, and Twilight just rolls her eyes. >”It’s just odd that you would meet him today, of the day after you gained your own stand.” >”It must be like Princess Luna said; Stand users attract other Stand users.” >Twilight purses her lips, clearly unhappy with such a simple answer. >”There must be more to it than that though…” >Dash offers her a shrug and a thought. >”Hey, we deal with big complicated problems all the time. Why can’t it be a simple answer for a change?” >Dash slides herself out of her seat, and in her haste knocks the open box of medical supplies off the table. >Acting almost unconsciously, you snap your hand out and grab the box in mid-air, before it has the chance to spill all over the floor. >”Huh. Nice catch Anon.” >You go place the box back on the table and notice Twilight staring at the (what would appear to her) floating medical kit before muttering a single word. >”Gravity…” >”What was that Twi.” >Dash’s voice seems to snap Twilight out of her state and the mare quickly turns around and heads for the door, notepad in tow. >”One moment, I need to write this down!” >You and Dash share a confused look, and follow Twilight, curious as to what she’s up to. >The two of you are lead to an adjacent room strewn with notes and papers and dominated by a large chalkboard that Twilight is frantically writing on. >You take a look at a small, nondescript journal on the nearby desk and see that it seems to describe a number of different stands, as well as a number of theories the writer seems to have about them. >”Twilight what are you doing?” >”Writing down my theory, what does it look like?” “A bunch of squiggles.” >Dash stifles a laugh, then goes ramrod stiff when Twilight spins around to face her. >”Rainbow Dash, you understand the theory of gravity, yes?” >Dahs shoots Twilight a look as if she just asked her what her name was. >”I’m a pegasus, of course I do.” >Rainbow clears her throat and casts her mind back to her school days as she puts on her best teacher voice; >”What goes up must come down.” >Twilight sighs, and with a flick of her horn conjures a magical grid into existence, with a large sphere suspended above it. >Before your eyes the sphere lowers itself into the grid, dragging it down around it and creating a divot in the middle. >”To put it in Laymares terms; The bigger the object the stronger its gravity. In our case a planet;” >Twilight stomps her hoof on the ground. >“-contains exerts more gravity than a pony. That’s why we stand on its surface.” >”So what does this have to do with stands? Are you saying that there’s one that can control gravity?!” >”It’s a possibility, but that’s not what I’m saying. I’m more interested in relating this to stand USERS.” >Twilight conjure another sphere in place above the grid. >”While as a rule smaller, or rather less dense objects are drawn towards denser ones when they’re caught in their field of gravity-” >Twilight drops the second sphere onto the grid, close to the first. >”Two objects of equal density will be mutually drawn towards each other.” >True to her word both spheres move; meeting in the middle. >”My theory, and it is just a theory, is that stands and stand users have their own, unique field of ‘gravity’ that like Princess Luna said; draws stand users towards each other.” >”That...actually sounds like it could be right.” >”Now I know the theory has several holes in it but- Wait what?” >”It’s a good theory Twi-” “I don’t see how it helps us but…” >”-, really, it is.” >Twilight goes to respond, only to stop and gasp as a light appears from behind Dash. >Or more accurately, from Dash’s behind. “Uh Rainbow, is your cutie mark supposed to be glowing?”   <=To=Be=Continued== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNEk5Yf-MYY