Set after the events of The Dresden Fillies: False Masks, with permission by psychicscubadiver. Cover art by Appletank, with my thanks. Edited by SilentCarto, also with my thanks.
Warning, spoilers from MLP, the Dresden Files, and the Dresden Fillies may be present. Please be sure you are up to date on all three.
In their desire to rid Equestria from the threat of Obsidian, the Order Triune reached out to a power they did not truly understand, a power perhaps more evil than that which they sought to end, a power from Beyond.
Such reckless actions come with consequences.
Chapters (5)
I'm liking the start to this. Shame no snarking Dresden, but Gatekeeper is always an interesting character indeed, looking forward to more of this.
Scars don't have any measurable viscosity.
Leaving that aside, I am always up for more of the Gatekeeper. He's my favorite member of the Senior Council.
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Dangit, beat me to it.
Ooo...I await further development eagerly.
This was good, but the opening really does not work very well with Twilight because she is not the patron saint of fire and collateral damage Dresden is.
Considering that The Gatekeeper has very little known of him, I think you pulled him off rather well. And I see that Twilight has picked up Dresden's..... love of fire. And denying all the fault about it.
Some more chapters, please.
The beginning of the chapter has a few rough areas, but overall I am looking forward to what happens next.
The world needs more Dresden fan fiction that isn't centered around shipping, and you sir, are doing your part. You have my thanks.
Also, Gatekeeper. More....MOAR!
2920791 Yep, favorite comment of the night. Congratulations sir, you have garnered a chuckle from me.
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you need 7 parts for a potion and 5 parts for a ritual?
How the hell can I stay objective about this? It has dresden-verse and the Gatekeeper and Sharkface and I...
I'm gonna be watching this thing, and I'm gonna like it more than I should.
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Luckily we still have Twilight. Perhaps not an 8th degree master snarker like Dresden, but she's no lightweight.
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Says you, just because no one has ever bothered to develop the right measurement device...alright, good catch, thank you.
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More of a junior priestess in the works, and really it's just because the universe likes her more than Harry. Probably the whole adorkable factor.
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She is ever learning, no matter what the subject.
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Honestly now that you question it, I can't say I'm totally certain myself. But it's Twilight experimenting, so if I'm wrong, I'm not really wrong, right?
And a general thank you to everyone and everyone else, for taking the time to read and throw out your thoughts. Always appreciated.
2922496 Eh, Dresden tends to create situations in which he needs to burn things, and there have been plenty of MLP episodes where Harry would have resorted to fire.
Manticore?
Nightmare Moon?
Ursa?
Parasprites?
Winter Wrap Up?
Hydra?
Cockatrice?
Diamond Dogs?
Kill it with fire!
And those are just the instances in season 1 where it could have worked well. There were also two dragons he would have collapsed the caves they were in and brought mountains down on, and that is to say nothing of the other problems he would probably have created or exacerbated with collateral damage (like the Buffalo).
Really, Twilight is nowhere near Dresden's league when it comes to collateral damage.
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If only this were the reason there was a taboo in Ponyville on using magic to wrap up winter. Instant favorite FiM episode.
Time for mountains of dead ponies?
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I'm not so sure I'd say he creates the situations, more he's too stubborn to get out of the way when the situation is barreling towards him. He rarely goes looking for trouble, trouble just knows where he lives. And eats. And sleeps. And works. And goes for walks...yeah, trouble is Dresden's psycho stalker and he just doesn't know how to discourage her.
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Sweet Celestia I hope not. Did someone slip the Dark tag on this thing when my back was turned?
2925937 Well, evil powers from Beyond tend to like to construct piles of dead innocent creatures.
2925937 If memory serves, he more or less created the war between the Council and Red Court by himself.
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Well yes, if they manage to get into Equestria...well that'd be bad.
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Eh, I might think Bianca's insane grudge against Harry and Susan's overconfident naivete had something to do with it. Also one of the later books rather suggests Harry wasn't the cause of the war, but just the excuse for it, and that he might actually have touched the conflict off before the vamps were good and ready for it to actually start.
2926203 There were certainly other factors involved, but Harry really did blow that mess into a full blown war, and I am certain it is not the only thing he has made a total mess of, although it has been too long since I read the early books for details to jump to mind.
That said, a little more thought brings up the werewolf situation where he should have pressed for more details to know real help was needed to do the containment circle right.
2926238 IIRC, the war was going to happen anyway, but the Red Court was drawing it out until they got stronger. Between Harry and Bianca they just forced it into the open sooner. You can't really blame Harry for the war itself. Overall you really can count on him to do the right thing and circumstances be damned. Well and to run his mouth off when he should stay it once in a while, but Harry is Harry.
And yeah, the werewolf (there wolf!) thing was his fault, and he agonized over that right away, but that was an opposite thing, where him staying away and figuring that she knew what she was doing is what caused the situation.
2927109 Yeah, but the point still stands. Harry tends to jump into things without thinking them through and creates a lot of easily avoidable problems, although on the flip side this does also head things off before they can get too out of control so it is not like it is the end of the world (although with his luck, he could very well cause it).
As for the wolf, what he actually did was say not to touch it without getting details of the situation which caused her to stumble into a situation she was not equipped to handle.
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Insta-headcanon'd
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Harry pressed the Big Red Button for the war, but he didn't build the missile that the button launched.
Of course, like momma always said, don't start fights. End them. Harry did that. With a vengeance.
2926203 I shall punish the evil ones by sending them the demonic spawn resulting from the crossbreeding of Parasprites and Tribbles.
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Name one person the universe likes less than Harry.
Nicely done. Where is this set within the Dresden Fillies continuity?
"The forest was on fire, and it wasn't Twilight’s fault."
Somewhere in his own universe Dresden just felt a surge of fatherly pride and he doesn't know why.
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Dear god, bacteria could only dream of being able to reproduce as quickly as such an affront to nature.
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Hmm...everyone it's ever dropped in his way when he's on the war path?
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Thank you. And after the conclusion of False Masks.
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Heh, that or he's wondering who just swiped some of his mojo.
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No, their suffering is relatively quick and over with soon enough.
The universe just will not let Harry go.
I'm guessing you meant to say 'experimentation' here.
Also, if I may ask, is this fic canon to the main Dresden Fillies continuity, or a spin off story?
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Universe´s feat: favored enemy: Harry Dresden
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You might be guessing right. Good catch, thanks.
And it is canon so far. Psychicscubadiver has been extraordinarily helpful in listening to me in order to make sure I don't do something that might not mesh with any future ideas he has for the series.
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Favored enemy, or weapon specialization?
2931279 The best evil doesn't even have to kill.
Death is the method of the unimaginative.
Which is why I can NEVER BE DEFEATED!! MUWAH HA HA HA!!
A question: while the resolution of False Mask is still on air, I would be surprised if Harry wouldn´t recommend Celestia and Luna to reinforce Equestria´s wards on the Nevernever (like they wouldn´t figure out how badly the Triune has screwed their world). So, how did Rashid manage to get in undetected?
omg finally god dammit i've been waiting for so long
WHERE IS THE LIKE BUTTON! MUST FIND THE LIKE BUTTON AGH AGH AGH AGH
IT IS DRIVNG ME MAD I MUST HAVE THE LIKE BUTTON MUST HA...
oh there it is
*click*
there i feel much better
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The next chapter will cover that.
2922669 Slight correction on your Dresden reactions there.
Yes, almost everything on that list would be dealt with via a liberal application of pyromancy. But if he met Nightmare Moon, his thought process would probably go a little more like this.
"Enemy knows magic. Enemy probably knows I like fire magic. Screw dragging this fight out, I'm shooting it in the face."
2961335 Touche.
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Considering Rashid is the gatekeeper, I would assume that it would be damn near impossible to keep him out of anywhere.
Now I'm not sure what should scare me more. The fact that Twilight is receiving occasional lessons from everyone's favorite inadvertent pyro, or that Celestia can somehow flawlessly pull off a Pinkie imponynation (complete with brain frying moments of perfect and simple logic).
Hmm, this is getting interesting. On a side note, you should problably brush up on your writing of Dash. IMO, she seemed to care about being cool in exclusion to all else, and she would not have consciously done a bad job as a weather pony because she didn't feel like fixing the mess Twi made.
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Nice job with the tone of the story thus far. It still is Dresdenish, but more how I imagine a story with the Rashid would feel.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that was waiting for Pinkie to great the new pony.
Dash, you're over-thinking things again.... correction, you are thinking again. Hazardous things, there...
Heh, Celestia just wants to cuddle with Rainbow.
Of course, it's not like I can blame her for that. 
Also, I am really wondering what Rashid knows about Celestia.
interesting, giving Dash Intellectus even if only temporarily
>>>The thought flashed across Dash’s mind like a bolt as she watched the wizard sit down across from the princess, to discuss whatever terrible thing had brought him to their peaceful land. >>>
And then they went outside and found the heaps of dead ponies that the evil monster demon had slain.
Heh heh.
3002998 hey you don't know it is an evil monster yet. Maybe it's a special outsider from a land of cotton candy, and it wants to only force feed them with happiness and cheer. Of course that would also mean that all of reality would have to be a lie but still, it could happen.