The Numbers Don't Lie

by ShortSkirtsAndExplosions

When the Cutie Mark Crusaders dig up an ancient magical artifact, they unleash a spell on the town that allows everypony to see a "lie meter" floating above each other's heads. While attempting to solve the mystery, Twilight Sparkle has to analyze the tenuous balance between friendship and honesty. She doesn't like what she finds.

71 pages, ebook

First published March 15, 2013

About the author

ShortSkirtsAndExplosions is a prolific author of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction.

ShortSkirtsAndExplosions also goes by the pen name "Imploding Colon" for the Austraeoh series.

Reviews

[Facedeer · Rating 4 out of 5]

You would think that a story about a magic lie detection field permeating Ponyville would feature Applejack prominently, and be about honesty and stuff like that. But in fact this was a surprisingly deep story focused on Twilight, and ultimately illustrating why it is that Twilight is the element (and eventual Princess) of Friendship. She really is good at the friendship thing, it turns out. Quite a nice twist.

[Sparrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

A touching tale of understanding, of protecting ones you love, and forgiving others.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very entertaining fanfic that puts an interesting spin on all the main characters. It derives humor from its lie detector plot device in pretty much every way I could have thought of, and more.

[Galang Syahya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Change the way I see about honesty.