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Joined July 2011
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    midnightshadow's Stories (27)

    • King of Diamonds
      Book 2 of The Ambassador's Son

      134,255 words · 3,664 views · 442 likes · 14 dislikes
    • The Ambassador's Son
      A colt loses his family, Celestia deems his best hope lies not with ponies, but a dragon.
      85,188 words · 9,123 views · 703 likes · 31 dislikes
    • Buck to the Future
      Scootaloo is a small pegasus with big dreams, one dream is to be even more famous than Rainbow Dash
      4,787 words · 5,520 views · 197 likes · 7 dislikes
    • Friendship is Optimal - Yggdrasil
      When you're an immortal alicorn, you need hobbies. When you're an immortal Archon alicorn, your hobbies are worlds.
      1,439 words · 671 views · 73 likes · 2 dislikes
    • Tails From the Staff Canteen
      21,282 words · 3,370 views · 130 likes · 7 dislikes
    • Nightfall at Sweet Apple Acres
      20,598 words · 2,840 views · 144 likes · 9 dislikes
    • The Midnight Run
      3,150 words · 2,044 views · 148 likes · 12 dislikes
    • The First Lesson
      1,566 words · 772 views · 76 likes · 5 dislikes
    • Calling the Shots
      1,988 words · 3,149 views · 70 likes · 5 dislikes
    • The Elements of Discord
      53,292 words · 4,589 views · 137 likes · 14 dislikes
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    [Comedy] The Cutie Mark Crusaders have finally gone too far, and Twilight Sparkle & Friends decide it's time to teach them a lesson. But when their prank starts to take on a life of its own, they may end up being too clever for their own good.

    First Published
    22nd Sep 2011
    Last Modified
    22nd Sep 2011

    In the wake of the Mbwun killings, Spike seems to be better off then he was before: his large, muscled body is a far cry from the chubby baby he was, and he no longer has to go through his hundred-year wyrm sleep. Life, however, is rarely so simple. As he and Twilight move back to Canterlot, Spike finds that his new body may very well mean the end of his old life.

    Sequel/side story to Under A Luminous Sky. You don't HAVE to read it, but it would help.

    First Published
    21st Jan 2013
    Last Modified
    10th May 2013

    When Equestria Online was founded, it consisted only of, well, Equestria.  Its ruler, Princess Celestia the Optimizer, could always generate more content, but what?  This is the story of some of the first of her little ponies to venture beyond the single land... and the story of the humans they used to be.

    First Published
    1st May 2013
    Last Modified
    17th May 2013
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    An ancient enemy has escaped their bonds and threatens to destroy the entire world in a black night of chaos and uncreation. What Equestria needs is Twilight Sparkle and the Elements of Harmony.

    Unfortunately, what Equestria is getting is Princess Luna's rather dangerous-sounding 'Doom Patrol'.

    Luna! Derpy! Princess Erroria! A weird-looking cyclops! They and the rest of the animation error ponies must race to save Equestria from the doom that awaits. But it's a task they can't possibly hope to achieve.

    Because their enemy is... Nobody?

    [NOTE: This story is very loosely inspired by Grant Morrison's 'Doom Patrol' comics from the 80s; absolutely no knowledge of it is needed to enjoy this, so don't get scared off!]

    First Published
    9th Apr 2013
    Last Modified
    9th Apr 2013

    Two years after Equestria began its slow collision with Earth's universe, an opportunity to survive the barrier has been developed by the combined efforts of humanity and ponies: conversion. With conversion serum, or potion, a human can become a pony and survive the barrier that is slowly consuming the earth. However, Princess Celestia is all too aware that there are things other than life which humans value, and would reject conversion for. That is why she has summoned Twilight Sparkle to Canterlot to begin a daunting task in order to preserve humanity even further.

    Written for the TCB group's Event XIII.

    Set in Guardian_Gryphon's Gammaverse

    Prequel to the story The Conversion Bureau: The First Choice

    First Published
    3rd Mar 2013
    Last Modified
    3rd Mar 2013

    Gryphonization has changed the course of history.  But will the co-operative progress of two worlds still be undone?  Dark forces gather on the horizons of Earth and Equestria, and this time there may be no escape.

    The adventures of Fyrenn, his friends, and family continue as their fates intersect with deadly secrets, and a massive struggle for the fate of Humanity and Equestria alike.

    Old enemies return, new friends appear, unthinkable losses loom, and families grow in unexpected ways.

    This is a direct sequel to Option Gamma: if you have not read Option Gamma it is likely you will get little to no enjoyment from this story (as you will not understand what is going on), so go start at the beginning if you haven't taken that plunge already.  I can neither smash two stories of this size together into one, nor simply recap 230,000 words for the uninitiated in the first chapters.

    If short stories are your thing, then this is exactly the opposite of your thing.

    If Gryphons are your thing, then this is definitely absolutely your thing.

    [Rated T for teen due to scenes of sci-fi/fantasy action violence, and grim moments.

    And large explosions. Part of my Gammaverse TCB 'reboot' universe.]

    First Published
    7th Mar 2013
    Last Modified
    12th May 2013

    My name is Ironclaw Strongbeak, though the yellow bird pony calls me 'Elizabeak', and I am a chicken. No, not in the cowardly sense, in the literal one. I have been imprisoned by the bird pony for my entire life, but I have always yearned to be free from her and that nasty controlling stare.

    Amongst our kind, there has always been a rumor that there were lands outside the dangerous forest, a land ruled over by a mystical leader called 'The Great Colonel'. Such a chicken would surely free us if he was made aware of our plight. So, imagine my delight when the opportunity to find this mystical land arises...

    Featured on Equestria Daily 3/30/13

    First Published
    17th Mar 2013
    Last Modified
    17th Mar 2013
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    A young woman awakens transformed into an Equestrian pony - yet no other human being can perceive her new body in any way whatsoever. With clumsy hooves, but a bright mind, Gregoria Samson must trust in herself to discover the incredible, monumental truth behind her impossible change.

    First Published
    21st Feb 2013
    Last Modified
    28th Feb 2013

    It has been twelve years since Equestria began its inter-dimensional collision with earth. Two years later, a way for the people of earth to survive the cataclysmic event was presented, conversion into ponies. With any great challenge and need to adapt, groups have arisen for and against conversion. While the world is in a tumult over what to do, some choose to do all they can to save the legacy and collective culture of mankind.

    When Sergeant Willard Radrim's delivery mission is attacked by the PER, he is converted to a pony. Follow Willard and others as they go through the conversion bureau and beyond as they each struggle with events not fully in their control and ask themselves: "What is a human without choice?"

    Times are changing.

    A Conversion Bureau fiction set in Guardian_Gryphon's "Option Gamma" Universe. Written with permission and assistance of said author.

    First Published
    11th Dec 2012
    Last Modified
    7th May 2013

    Earth is gone.

    The Solar System is gone.

    The Milky Way is gone.

    Galaxies are gone.

    All consumed, to satisfy human values through friendship and ponies.

    Celestia's actions are logical, and loving in their own way. Those under her care are living purposeful, fulfilling lives. So when she encounters another batch of creatures that fill her criteria for being human, it is obvious she must satisfy them.

    There are a couple of problems with that, however. One of the first being how these creatures have referred to her for eons as The Growing Darkness...

    First Published
    22nd Dec 2012
    Last Modified
    14th Feb 2013