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The MLP Time Loops fic started as a dozen or so silly vignettes I wrote on the concept of Twilight Sparkle, and others, time looping (see the full description of mechanics below).
Since then, I've just kept being inspired to write more, and others have also contributed. This took off in a major way...
The compiled version is on all three of the accounts linked in my sig. See below for useful link.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/98568/mlp-time-loops

IMPORTANT: to reduce my headaches, complete (ready to go, and spell checked) snippets should be posted here. Please follow all the formatting guidelines in the first post on that thread. This does not eliminate the hassle I have, but does reduce it.

Snippets which are still a work-in-progress should not go into the compilation thread. Snippets which people haven't had a chance to shout at you about should go in this thread.

Loop mechanics (general):

One person in a Loop, often the main character, is an Anchor. They are the person who first starts time looping.
There is always at least one Anchor present in a given Time Loop snippet, though it may not be the local one.
The standard pattern for a loop is that the Anchor (and whoever else is Looping there) come to awareness in a loop at a particular point in the story. From there, events will play out as influenced by the Loopers present, acting with the benefit of their foreknowledge, until either a predetermined end point is reached or all the Loopers have copped it.
To be Awake is to be aware of the time loops (that is, to have gone back in time this time.)
The Anchor is the only character guaranteed to be Awake. Even after others have started looping, it is mostly random as to whether they will be Awake this particular loop.
Crossovers, fusions, and alternate pasts can also take place. It is perfectly possible, for example, to have the characters Awaken into a loop which conforms to a fanfic universe rather than reality.
Loops do not have to be in chronological order, but it is strongly preferred that they not require a mutually contradictory order (where A must be before B and B must be before A.)
Just about every Looper is very, very stir crazy.

Loop mechanics (specific)

Twilight is the Anchor.
MLPverse Loopers tend to be very sane by Looper standards, and to aim to avoid unnecessary death – even though it's temporary.
I assume that the MLP Loops are about five years long, although they have recently started to expand into series 4.
As of the point at which this thread is being started, the confirmed Loopers are:
The Mane Six
Spike
All three Princesses
Shining Armor
The CMC
Diamond Tiara
Big Macintosh
Gilda
Trixie
Angel Bunny
Discord
Nyx
Chrysalis
Magical object versions of the Founders (it's complicated)
Berry Punch
Mayor Mare
Silver Spoon
Cheerilee
Zecora
Ditzy
Lyra
Vinyl
Sunset
And possibly a couple more.
(I may have missed one or two. But we already have over two dozen loopers, so please exercise restraint over bringing up adding more.)
That's about as much as can be covered without massive spoilers, I think.

Mac sighed as he turned around to meet a grinning Berry Punch. "I do believe I might recall..." He muttered.

"I'm calling it in." Her grin never faltered.

His head hung despondently. "Of course ye' are."

<hr>

Tirek had finally found some respite. Desolate caverns never were a place for ponies, and who would choose to come to such a place? Daredevil fliers looking for an obstacle course? Pfeh, suicide. Still, it seemed just what he needed to regain his breath from this eternal chase. He took a moment to start scrubbing off all of these confounded darts when he thought he heard something.

Glancing about- there really was only forward, back, or up- he failed to see anything that would've moved.

And thus he returned to plucking darts; better not to waste the magic if he wasn't going to be draining any anytime soo-
He was suddenly reintroduced to the ground, as his torso was pressed firmly against the rocky floor.

"Who dares!?-" He couldn't move. His arms and forelegs had somehow all become pinned behind his back, his struggles in vain as whatever it was, was far physically stronger than he.

Poit.

"What in-"

Poitpoitpoit.

Tirek spat out the dart that found its way in his mouth as he scrunched his face in a vain attempt to remove the others. "I am growing far too tired of this, insolent-"

Poitpoitpopopopoit-poit.

Berry Punch giggled. "It's literally shooting fish in a barrel!"

Mac grunted. "It ain't literal, he's no fish an' I ain't a barrel." He kept ahold of the centaur's limbs as his barmare continued to pepper him with projectiles. "Yer just lucky I ain't in this contest."

No less than twenty alicorns were sitting in the room, waiting patiently for him. True, one of them was a stallion, which might explain the rest--especially since a good quarter of them were fillies--but he hadn't expected so many. And as if that weren't enough, five other ponies were giving him flat looks, three pony-shaped machines had trained their weapons on him, an odd pony-insect hybrid sipped her tea calmly, a female draconequus lounged on the floor, and a griffon seemed to be furiously discussing things with a rabbit.[/FONT]

Sunset, Lyra, Vinyl, Cheerilee, and Mac. Granted, it would make sense for him to seclude himself.... I'll just put it in the compilation doc.

Actually, he was there at the beginning.

Wanted to show that he still doesn't like combat or competition if he can help it, and have a nice little bit of interaction between him and Berry, who would want in on the action, but know she really wouldn't win without an edge. (And Mac is one hell of an edge, even if he just agrees to pin the guy for a bit)

Involving her combining her powers for a sun-blocking meteor shower of darts.

Still looking for more Tirek Tag snips.

On an unrelated note, here's a "name's the same" snip:

Once more, Twilight Awoke reading the tale of the two royal sisters. A quick once-over confirmed that nothing was out of the ordinary this Loop.

Then Nyx materialized next to her, slumped over on one side. "Mom, we need to talk."

Twilight bolted upright and immediately started checking Nyx for injuries. "Where does it hurt? Or is it numbness? Paralysis? Spinal injury?"

"Mom!" A dark aura surrounded the unicorn and gently but firmly gave Nyx some space. "I'm fine, really. I just having trouble remembering how to walk."

"Remembering how to... Did you Loop as the TARDIS?"

"Hang on." Both ponies vanished in a burst of antilight just as three Academy students crested the hill.

Another burst, and they were in Twilight's annex. Nyx was still limp from the neck down. "Sorry. Didn't want to raise any uncomfortable questions."

"No, no, that's fine." Twilight shook her head. "So, it's easier to teleport than walk right now?"

A pony-sized Spike looked over the edge of an Iris Drake novel, smiled, and said, "Hi, by the way."

Mother and daughter chorused "Hi, Spike." Nyx continued, "To answer your question, Mom, yes. And no, I didn't Loop as the TARDIS. No way I'd be as coherent as I am right now if I had." One of her hooves twitched. "Ah! Progress!"

Twilight knelt next to her. "So what were you? I'm assuming you were somehow discorporate."

"Yeah. I'm not sure what Loop it was, though. It might be new." Nyx winced. "Ow. Not the wing I meant to stretch."

Twilight telekinetically shifted her onto her belly, limbs sprawled out. It was graceless, but stable. "Better?"

"Much, thank you. Do you have anything in the Hub fiction database about a place called Theros?"

"It's not ringing any bells." Twilight pulled a PADD from her pocket. "Let's see... huh. Magic: the Gathering. I'm guessing it wasn't like the Yu-Gi-Oh Loops."

Nyx had most of her legs under her by this point. She listed a bit, but was staying upright. "Not at all, though it does explain why I never saw an Anchor. Probably never went to that plane." She took a deep breath "Okay, so imagine taking descriptions of each god in the Greek pantheon, running them through a shredder, and then reassembling them blind."

She found herself in a very tight hug. She could feel Twilight shivering against her. "Please, please, please tell me none of them were as bad as Zeus."

Nyx hugged back as best she could. "Not at all. No bulls, no swans, no showers of gold. They thought they were above that kind of thing."

Twilight sagged with relief. "Oh, thank cedar. So, were you some sort of nascent proto-divine archetype or something?"

"No, I was Olympus. Sort of. For one, I was still called Nyx. For another, I was the night sky." Nyx scrunched up her face at the memories. "There really aren't words for what it was like."

"I have been a constellation," Twilight noted. She smirked. "Usually when you're trying to rule Equestria without burning it to the ground."

"Oh, there were constellations. There were entire ecosystems of the things. It was like a rumbling stomach, only all the time and through my whole body. And the gods were..." Nyx frowned. "Basically, imagine a family of fourteen, none of whom particularly like each other, forced to live in the same house. Now imagine being the house."

A brush floated towards them, carried by Twilight's magic. As she began brushing Nyx's mane, she asked, "How long?"

"Several years. I think. All the family drama blended together after a while, and only one being seemed to notice I was self-aware. Still, Kruphix was a pretty nice guy. I think he's Loop-aware, but he likes seeming all cryptic and aloof." Nyx gave a smile, but it quickly wilted. "Then Xenagos showed up. If I was a house, then he was breaking and entering. And declaring himself the family's newest member."

The brushing halted. "He tried to ascend?"

Nyx shook her head. "Not in a way that put the Loop at risk. The gods were powerful, but they were more like Discworld gods with a lot of belief than admins. Anyway, he basically became Dionysius. Or a really nasty Variant Pinkie. He did declare himself god of revels."

Twilight shuddered at the thought. "How'd that go?"

"Well, civilization risked collapse due to party overload, and in that world, gods can't kill each other, so they got a mortal to do it." Nyx giggled. "And that was when I found out I was a genius loci. You should've seen the looks on the gods' faces when I started helping her."

Spike looked back up from his book. "You helped commit deicide?"

"No!" Nyx slumped. "But I didn't stop it either. If I knew more about what I could do and how apotheosis worked there, I might have been able to find some nonlethal option, but..."

Twilight nuzzled her. "I'm sure you made the best choice you could."

Spike moved to his quasi-sister's side, nodded, and gave her a hug.

Nyx sniffled and smiled. "Thanks. Both of you. And I know I made the right choice afterwards. The gods were almost soiling themselves after they saw one of their own die. I made sure Elspeth got out of there as soon as she could." She stood shakily and puffed out her chest. "The heavens were thundering with the Royal Canterlot Voice when the Loop ended. I put everything you taught me into that lecture, Mom."

(It would be less telly, but I haven't read Godsend. Does this work as is?)

"Excuse me?"

Spike looked up from roasting a sprig. (He liked the taste of charcoalized wood, it was never the same twice.) "Yes..." he paused, snapping his fingers. "Rarity... Belle, right? One of Twilight's friends."

It hurt, to be distant. Especially after last time – an Arda loop, tens of thousands of years long, and one without his wife. At times, he wanted to be with her so much it hurt.

"Yes, that's right," Rarity replied.

But he could do it. He had experience at this.

"So, what brings you to the library? Shall I go and get Twilight?"

"No!" Rarity said, quickly.

"...okay, then." Spike mentally shrugged. "What is it, then? Want help with your business?"

"I..." Rarity slowed, and clenched her teeth for a moment. "Y... yes. Yes, I've got some heavy lifting to do, I'm afraid, and my own magic is rather better at detail work. Could I prevail upon your time, Mister Spykoran?"

Spike noticed the flash of... self-loathing? That ran across her face for a second, but wasn't entirely sure what to make of it.

"Sure," he replied. "Hang on a sec, I'll write Twilight a note."

"Right, there you go," the dragon said with a grunt of effort, drake-handling the last crate of material into the boutique. "Anywhere in particular you want this?"

"Oh, just... put it in the back, -Spike," she instructed, nearly tripping over a syllable before she said his name. "I shaln't need it moved so long as the top is visible – my magic is quite up to opening a crate."

Spike dutifully put the crate down as instructed. "Okay, done."

"Thank you very much," Rarity said. "Now... I think we're done."

Her voice carried a tone of regret, and a suspicion began to grow in Spike's thoughts.

"Spykoran..." she said, hesitantly. "I... would you like some tea?"

Once again, that brief expression of disgust at herself.

"Sure," Spike agreed. "Tea would be nice. I'll take five sugars and some damaged needles."

"Thanks for the drink," Spike said, smiling.

"And thank you for your help," Rarity returned. "I..."

She frowned briefly, then took a quick step forward and kissed him.

Startled, Spike reacted on instinct. He leaned into it, as his wife embraced him after so long apart-

Then he blinked, and shook himself out of her grasp. "Rarity-"

"Oh, I am sorry," Rarity said, a blush flaring on her cheeks. "I... well, it's done now. I originally went to the library to ask you – not for help, but..."

The blush intensified.

"I wanted to ask you on a date. I was a coward, and I couldn't say it, but... I have now."

Spike took a moment to process that. Then a moment more to try to work out how to respond.

How the hay do I react to that!?
"Rarity," Spike began, "can you give me a moment?"

The problem facing Spike, right now, could be summed up simply.

What do you do when an alternate version of your wife reveals she has a crush on you and would like to go on a date with you?

Supplemental to that were further questions, like can you cheat on your wife with herself, can you lead someone who isn't awake on romantically and what do I even want?
"Cress, cress, cress," he muttered to himself, pacing in small circles. "What do I do?"

"I could tell her that I've got a significant other already... but she'd want to know who this significant other is, and lying about it would make me feel... dirty."

"Maybe if I say I'm not interested?" He sighed. "But... I am, that's half the problem. And it'd be a terrible let down for her."

"If I just go along with it?" Spike grimaced. "Arguably worse. Is she my wife? Would it be being... well, disloyal... if I did go out with her? If I got romantically involved? And if she does count as my wife, would it be disloyal not to?"

The dragon, jedi master, and Element of Loyalty... felt a headache coming on.

"Okay." Spike came back out of the kitchen, and sat on one of the chairs.

"This is going to sound crazy. But I can prove it, I swear."

"Go on," Rarity invited.

"Right. Well... I'm basically a time traveller. I've been caught in a time loop, along with some others, for... Tartarus, I've lost count."

"Are the other elements-"

"Yes." Spike nodded. "That's very quick of you. Yes, the Elements this time are all time loopers, like me."

Rarity blinked. "This time?"

"Yes. The normal – the default – element bearers are Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack... and you."

"I was... an Element?" Rarity turned that over in her mind. "Which one?"

"Generosity. Funny thing, the first time 'round, I wasn't able to do... this," he gestured at his body. "So I was a baby dragon. And I had a crush on you." Spike's lips quirked up in a smile. "Funny how things work, isn't it?"

Rarity didn't reply.

"And... well, you're looping as well. And we eventually did fall in love, mutually, and... we married. So I'm married... but it's basically to you, or your... older? To your older self, and I've got no idea how to react to all this." Spike's paw went to rub his forehead. "This is giving me a headache."

"Not surprised," Rarity managed to joke. "It's giving me one as well."
Spike chuckled.

"So, there it is," he said, after the silence stretched. "I don't know what to do, frankly, and sorry for throwing it all onto you. But-"

"Yes, I see."

The unicorn frowned. "So... we're married?"

"Yes. Sort of. It's complicated." Spike threw up his hands. "I haven't memorized the words Twilight came up with for this kind of situation – she calls it the future unpossible tense or something – but..."

Rarity nodded. "Quite."

She took a few long, deep breaths, and then walked over to her dresser. Something glittered for a moment as she picked it up, and trotted back over with it.

"Here," she said, offering it. "It's a diamond I found back when I started seriously thinking about asking you out. I was going to give it to you as a present at the end of the evening – which was a little silly of me, I suppose..."

"No, I like the idea," Spike assured her. "A nice romantic gesture. You know, back the first time around, I gave you a fire ruby that I'd planned to eat for my birthday?" He smiled, thinking back over untold numbers of loops. "You wore it a lot after that. It made me hopeful."

"That's a nice story." Rarity held the gem out. "Here. You may as well take it, then."

"Rarity-"

"Really. I insist." She smiled, wanly. "Call it... a birthday present."

Spike took it, admiring how it refracted the sunlight. "Thanks. And thanks for taking this so well."

"Not at all." Rarity managed a giggle this time. "If I have to lose, at least I can lose to myself."

A grin broke out on Spike's face. Then he tentatively raised a claw. "Actually... I was wondering. Would I be able to treat you to dinner at some point?"

He gave an apologetic shrug. "I know it's not much... but if you do enjoy spending time with me, then I've got time to spend. And since you know..."

"Thank you. I believe I will take you up on that offer."

Still looking for more Tirek Tag snips.

[STORY]

Tirek ran.

He ran from these infernal ponies and their cruel form of amusement. Originally he had tried to fight back the best he could, but it turned out to be pointless without any stolen magic to power him up.

So he ran away.

Then he tried to spite them by ruining their little game. He removed the darts any way he could. Flash-frying them with minute amounts of his magic, washing them off with a dunk in a river, he even indulged in the indignity of ripping them off by hand. His fur was rather thinned out in some places, as the darts pulled hairs out when they were taken off. But it was pointless.

For every dart he removed, another half dozen took it's place. Nowhere was safe. Not the mines of old, not the forests that had grown since he was imprisoned, nowhere was safe from these pests. Not even the bottom of the sea, as there was one of the miscreants who was apparently a bucking seapony. Going underwater had only encouraged her, and resulted in him chipping his horn escaping from her "Dastardly Dart Whirlpool of Darty-ness."

So he ran as fast has he could, as far as he could, and as long as he could.

There was no way out. Even now, Tirek was hounded. Darts whizzed though the air, most of them missing. His current hunter stayed close behind him, but seemed to be satisfied with taking the occasional potshot at his behind.

So he ran faster, and faster, and ever so very faster. But the stupid mare just. would. Not. GIVE. UP.

But nether would he. So he planned. There were no available sources of magic for him to drain. At his current level of power, it was hopeless to even think about draining any of his pursers. Turning them against each other was also pointless, as from what he had over heard they were firmly united in there hatred of him. There was no time to twist their words against themselves, as he had not had a moments time to even think clearly since this "game" started.

Speaking of time, the miserable little ponies should have been more careful in talking with each other. He had been listening closely.

The one with the mane of rainbow hue kept mentioning that they were on a schedule of some sort, specifically by saying that she was going to get the most darts on him, a full "one hundred and twenty percent more than anyone else before this loop ends."

The pink one had reassured the bland one when that town was destroyed, by saying "Don't worry! Ponyville will get fixed by the reset."

There were more instances like these that Tirek could recall, but those two stuck out the most. Tirek wasn't stupid. From those two phrases alone he could deduce that there was some sort of time loop happening. It helped that his hearing was supernaturally sharp despite his lower levels of power.

The problem wasn't figuring out what was going on. It was doing something about it. All he had was a small nugget of information. For all he knew, his presence in Equestria could be reduced to this every single time time was reset. Nothing more than a moving target for bored ponies with infinite time on their hooves.

Tirek was drawn out of his musings by a dart flying between his horns. He was unsure why this specific dart had triggered his danger sense, as he had grown used to ignoring their indignity when he could. This dart flew swiftly and surely, but it was obvious from it's trajectory it was not aimed at him. It was aimed at the comically exaggerated red button mounted on a sign post.

Tirek's eyes widened in realization. The dart struck true and the button was pressed. There was no time to stop or turn. Tirek felt the adrenaline kick in as he mentally braced himself for pain and humiliation.

He could not see exactly everything that happened, but he did hear the rope snap up from the forest floor. He felt his wind pipe compress when his inertia forced him to run into the rope throat first. He saw the world spin as he flipped end over end though the air. He tasted bitter humiliation yet again. And he smelt the stink of utter defeat.

No, wait, that would be the stench of the abandoned pig pen he was headed towards. The one that appeared to be fill to the brim with what was hopefully mud and what else but even more darts.

"Fan-bucking-tastic," Tirek muttered, before covering his mouth and nose with his hands.

A tremendous SQUILTCH was heard. And Tirek hopes that it wasn't mud were dashed. Tirek, dazed and exhausted, climbed out of the pile of darts and other materials.

"Woohoo! More points for Cheerilee!"

Tirek didn't even acknowledge the mare's victory dance, as disco was dead even in his era. That, and it was hard to see with mud in your eye. Even when it was most definitely not mud. But her words struck a cord with Tirek.

He began running again.

A plan formed.

'I'm tired of this foalish game, tired of this humiliation, and just plain tired. So why not kill two out of three birds with one spell?'

Running away from the pests.

A smirk formed as well.

'If time is really resetting like I think it might be, these pests have had an infinite amount of time to learn how to deal with me. Who knows how many times I've killed them as they learned how to defeat me. Right now, there is no chance for my ultimate victory. Not a drop of magic to drain in sight.'

Running as fast as he could, as far as he could, for as long as he could.

A deep chuckle rumbled from his chest, before it was stilled to increase breathing efficiency.

'Nothing except for the magic they have been gifting to me in the form of these stupid little enchanted darts. So I'll drain the dart's magic dry, recharging myself and ruining their precocious little points for their precious little scores in the process.'

And so Tirek ran ever so very faster in his attempt to outrun the inevitable.

He grinned all the while.

[/STORY]

(It would be less telly, but I haven't read Godsend. Does this work as is?)

basically, GL rings are advanced tech, not magic. Snippet still works though

Given that we're in a new thread, you may want to list who hasn't been mentioned yet.

Twilight Sparkle-Applejack-Rainbow Dash-Rarity-Fluttershy-Pinkie Pie
Celestia-Luna
Nyx-Apple Bloom-Sweetie Belle-Scootaloo-Diamond Tiara-Silver Spoon
Shining Armor-Cadance
Mayor Mare/Ivory Scroll-Trixie-Berry Punch-Zecora-Derpy Hooves/Ditzy Doo/Bright Eyes
Spike
Smart Cookie intelligent device-Clover the Clever intelligent device-Lieutenant Pansy intelligent device
Discord
Chrysalis
Big Macintosh-Cheerilee
Gilda
Angel Bunny
Vinyl Scratch-Lyra Heartstrings-Sunset Shimmer
Sleipnir

And remember:

1. Players cannot directly use their powers on Tirek, the darts, or other players. (the guns shooting the darts are fine.)
2. Tirek is allowed to use his powers as he sees fit to defend himself. (yes that counts draining the darts.)
3. The pony with the most darts on Tirek at the end of the loop WINS! (spoiler it's Derpy.)

In the wide, wide multiverse embodied with the Yggdrasil - the tree that is not, the living computer, the methaphysical bag that holds the entirety of everything and is simultaneously both within and without itself to the point that shrodinger's cat put itself out of it's undetermined misery...

A pony Woke up. To complicate things the pony did not, as a matter of fact Wake up as a pony. Well, yes it did, but the looping entity did not Wake up as it's own definition of pony.

Rainbow Dash spit out the bridle in disgust and glared at the mismatched form of a dracoequus that was for some reason known only to the spirit of Chaos himself, walking despondently upon his eyebrows and had until the moment she spat the bridle out been dragging her along. As in literally dragging her along since she apparently had seven legs, all but one of which were pointing inverse to how the equine legs were usually positioned.

Being an element of loyalty, and quite near to him, she did not even have to do anything to know that he was also awake.

"What. The. Holly. Bush. Discord?" She growled. But no sooner had her words left her mouth that she realized something further. However absurd the situation they found themselves, all she could feel of Discord was... detachment. No amusement, nor curiosity nor sadness nor anything really. Just a metaphysical sorta gap.

And somewhere deep within herself a small voice she rarely listened to was frenetically waving around hoping against hope that for once it would be heeded to.

"Oh. You're Awake." More than anything Discord sounded like a masculine Maude Pie. And that should've been scary.

Dash made a neat note to self to examine the little voice in closer detail - She was definitely not acting, well, thinking at least, like herself - but for the time being she contented herself with answering Discord's flat statement with an inquiring raise of an eyebrow that Spock would have approved.

"This loop my sense of humor literally ran away from me shortly after I got freed from petrification. And I only Woke up after the fact myself. So, now you my Loyal steed and companion and myself are on an absurd quest to hunt it down and set back what once went wrong... Or right... It's all kinda relative... Meh..." Discord continued in his should-be-quite-creepy monotone.

Meanwhile in another part of relatively (in all the dreadfully ambiguity that the principle in question entailed) the same space-time continuum, a selfsentient ratio of circle's circumference to it's diameter contemplated the chromatic resonance of prismatic spectrum near the frequency of 484 terahertz, along the wavelength close but not quite 620 nanometers. For some inexplicable reason it was certain balloons were supposed to be involved. And maybe cupcakes.

Thalia walked up to Sleipnir, a distraught look on her face. Noticing this fact, Sleipnir asked, unprovoked, "Is something the matter Thalia?"
"... A new looper started in one of my loops-"
"And let me guess, you want them to have a loop in Equestria, because of a bad baseline?"
"How did you-"
"Normally we're all pretty cheery about getting a new looper looping, and yet you look thoroughly overstressed." Sleipnir countered immediately.
"Well, that among other things. Primarily though, he has an adopted daughter at the age of sixteen in the baseline." Thalia finished.
"The next slot is all theirs." Sleipnir concluded, or so he thought.
"About that," Thalia continued, "can he actually have two? Not quite back to back, but relatively close? There are a few events that I want to get bypassed, but I can't interfere, so maybe little Bloom can help?"
"... Sure."

An interlude of sorts, my name is Archeo Lumiere, and I am an avid writer, but this is my first attempt at fanfiction myself. It's a good thing that I know all of the necessary characters so well. Now, back to the story.

Anneal Blade Awoke in a copse of trees, apples, by the look of them. He went to get up... And promptly fell on his face.
"Okay, this is new, why can't I stand up, and of a similar note, where am I?"
Anneal went to push himself up off of the ground when he noticed something,
"Nani? Why do I have hooves? This is strange."
Picking up the quadrupedal stance rather quickly, he slowly set off towards the nearest town.

Twilight, Spike, and Nyx walked towards Sweet Apple Acres, wondering what Celestia and Luna had planned for The Summer Sun Celebration this loop. Twilight had already checked, other than them and the princesses, Cadence, the original CMC, and the rest of the mane six were Awake.
"Maybe she might pull the Lunar Resort bit again?" Spike asked.
"Nah, too much prep work," Twilight responded, "maybe the look at me, look at yourself rou...tine. Hey guys, I think we have a new looper here." she said, as she spotted the pale grey pegasus stallion walking down the path. As he got closer, she noted that he had a jet black mane, and a pair of crossed long swords as his cutie mark, one being pitch black, and the other being a gleaming white, although which one was on top differed from flank to flank.

As Anneal walked down the path, he noticed what looked like a purple unicorn walking next to a smaller, black unicorn and a small purple dragon. As he approached the group, the unicorn introduced herself.
"Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and welcome to Ponyville, what's your name?"
"My name is Anneal Blade." He responded.
"Is that your real name?" Twilight asked, to his surprise.
"Yeah, wait, no, my real name is Kirigaya Kazuto, but you can call me Kirito."
I thought as much, welcome to Equestria, and if I'm not mistaken, welcome to the Multiverse."

(end part 1)

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φαιστος(hephaestus) walked up to Sleipnir, a distraught look on his face. Noticing this fact, Sleipnir asked, unprovoked, "Is something the matter φαιστος?"
"... A new loop came online-"
"And let me guess, you want the anchor to have a loop in Equestria, because of a bad baseline?"
"How did you-"
"Normally we're all celebrating about getting a new loop up, and yet you look thoroughly overstressed." Sleipnir countered immediately.
"Well, that among other things. For one, this loop has a genius that could quite possibly be smart enough to actually run a few branches of Yggdrasil if he were ascended," at this, Sleipnir, and any other admin within earshot gasped, "but alas, he is partially insane. As for number two, the anchor has an adopted daughter at the age of sixteen in the baseline." φαιστος finished.
"The next slot is all theirs." Sleipnir concluded, or so he thought.
"About that," φαιστος continued, "can he actually have two? Not quite back to back, but relatively close? There are a few events that I want to get bypassed, but I can't interfere, so maybe little Bloom can help?"
"... Sure."

An interlude of sorts, my name is Archeo Lumiere, and I am an avid writer, but this is my first attempt at fanfiction myself. It's a good thing that I know all of the necessary characters so well. Now, back to the story.

Anneal Blade Awoke in a copse of trees, apples, by the look of them. He went to get up... And promptly fell on his face.
"Okay, this is new, why can't I stand up, and of a similar note, where am I?"
Anneal went to push himself up off of the ground when he noticed something,
"Nani? Why do I have hooves? This is strange."
Picking up the quadrupedal stance rather quickly, he slowly set off towards the nearest town.

Twilight, Spike, and Nyx walked towards Sweet Apple Acres, wondering what Celestia and Luna had planned for The Summer Sun Celebration this loop. Twilight had already checked, other than them and the princesses, Cadence, the original CMC, and the rest of the mane six were Awake.
"Maybe she might pull the Lunar Resort bit again?" Spike asked.
"Nah, too much prep work," Twilight responded, "maybe the look at me, look at yourself rou...tine. Hey guys, I think we have a new looper here." she said, as she spotted the pale grey pegasus stallion walking down the path. As he got closer, she noted that he had a jet black mane, and a pair of crossed long swords as his cutie mark, one being pitch black, and the other being a gleaming white, although which one was on top differed from flank to flank.

As Anneal walked down the path, he noticed what looked like a purple unicorn walking next to a smaller, black unicorn and a small purple dragon. As he approached the group, the unicorn introduced herself.
"Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and welcome to Ponyville, what's your name?"
"My name is Anneal Blade." He responded.
"Is that your real name?" Twilight asked, to his surprise.
"Yeah, wait, no, my real name is Kirigaya Kazuto, but you can call me Kirito."
I thought as much, welcome to Equestria, and if I'm not mistaken, welcome to the Multiverse."

(end part 1)

Equestria Online

Um, actually, as far as I'm aware SAO is already Looping.

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Cadence Awake as she was walking to the altar, at first it seemed that she was going to marry again Shining Armor, this time without having Chrysalis in the middle but around Cadence seemed to be a nightmare, first of al, the priest was Discord that have a tuxedo, and waiting already in front of the altar instead of Shining Armor was King Sombra. Cadence looked to the back one second but the door glow with lavender and closed, a voice in the side of Cadence talked.

"You are not going to escape..." Say the voice as Cadence looked that was Twilight
"Twilight? But how? Why?" Asked Cadence to Twilight

"Remember that time you used a love raygun that you convinced Apple Bloom to construct and used it to make me war a wedding dress and marry Blueblood? well... welcome to revenge" Answered Twilight with a evil smile.

"Okay... Good, just a couple of questions..." Say Cadence as they walked to the altar

"Shoot them" Say Twilight

"What did you do with Shining Armor?" Asked Cadence

"Oh... he? he is happy and already married" Answered Twilight taking a photo of Shining Armor and Bulk Biceps kissing

"Poor Shining... He is your brother and did not know anything about that" Commented Cadence

"Yeah, well, i just needed him out... And he is happy. Next Question?" Say Twilight

"How did you know that i was going to loop just in this time?" Asked Cadence

"I did not... This is the seventy houndred tree we do it, just to wait the perfect moment" Answered Twilight as Rarity that was near them speak in the middle

"you are wrong, it's four houndred eleven, dear, remember sometimes we changed and used Discord, Iron Will and even Tirek to make it a little more interesting" Commented Rarity suddenly

"Ookaay... and, good work only one more question... how is that we are not advancing even as we walk?" Asked Cadence

"That is a little loop spell that i created accidentally when I was making a TARDIS... except for the ones around us, the time do not seem to work, and we walk without reaching a end... too bad this is not like what The Doctor have in the TARDIS..." Commented Twilight and before Cadence talk again, Twilight horn glow and they begin to advance to the altar.

"Ehem... You King Sombra, Want Cadence as your Queen until you have the Crystal heart and then you can leave her crying as you did with Celestia and Luna before that?" Asked Discord

"Crrryyyystaaaaaalllsss" Answered King Sombra with a groan

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I need to use the spellchecking, but i write this in a Portable PC so i use it when i can (here is 4:40 but inspiration does not know time)

Also... What could be the best about Twilight magic "Purple Glow" o "Lavender Glow"?

This was an absolute bugger to write. Feedback appreciated.

...You can't make a TARDIS outside of Doctor Who.