His world collapsed. Everything he knew, believed and loved, everything he was, disappeared, swallowed by darkness of his own doing. This agony continued until a light dispersed the shadows, along with what was left of him. Knowing that leaving this world would be a fitting punishment for his crimes, he was ready to accept whatever was to come. However, by a cruel joke of the Universe, a twist of fate, or just a pure coincidence, he was given another chance, to redeem himself, to fix what was destroyed... Maybe even find a true love?
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Her world was simple, filled with love for her friends and various creatures that always longed to be with her. While content with how peaceful her life was, one incident and a meeting changed the outlook she had. This one stallion helped her when she was in dire need, and now she wanted to repay his kindness, despite her initial fear of him, and unaware of him slowly becoming a constant to both her thoughts and her heart.
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This is my very first story for "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" fandom. English isn't my native anguage, I'm not a shipper of any kind (I accept practically all pairings if they make sense to me), therefore my only request to readers is that you give this story a chance. I'm open-minded for constructive critique and will gladly answer any technical questions, should those arise.
Disclaimer: I do not own MLP:FiM or any character presentented in this story and I don't have any financial or material benefits from writing it.
The concept of Sombra's past and the crystal cutie mark on the cover belongs to StasySolitude. Vector of Fluttershy's cutie mark was made by Hawk9mm, and the background was made by Tollaner.
The story was inspired by this video: A tale of one shadow
The cover was put together by me!
Fluttershy x Sombra?
GENIOUS!!!!!!
Also Sombra is best bad guy.
Okay.
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Huzzah, it's nice to see this up here and with an added touch of chaos, too.
As I said before, if you need any help, please ask me.
Looking forward to hearing this tale from the greatest pegasus ever born.
Ooh! This looks really promising so far.
Somehow...some way...this has finally put a spark in my head to write a story inspired JUST BY THE DESCRIPTION. (That's a compliment.)
Though I haven't read it yet, I'm sure it'll be a blast down the road, oh but BTW:
Ya don't need to put a disclaimer saying that you don't own the show, and the story's just for fun. I understand that it's your first fic and I'm happy for you. Heck, I'm just now getting good story reviews, and I've been here for awhile.
Hope to see more from you soon.
Yes, I could like this. Also, I love long Prologues, so you won me. And this is my favorite shipping. Actually, is there any reason why I would not like this?
I loved the way you set this up. Having this be told by an older Fluttershy makes this more nostalgic and heartwarming.
Though, it sounds like it's going to have a bittersweet end.
And hey, don't worry about the shipping. I like the pairing {not a big fan, but still} so it's nice to see it.
Have you ever considered submitting this story to Equestria Daily? You can find out how to do so here.
Okay I just read...
No! Not one of the stories which starts out several decades from now! My feels!
Start from the ending....ah...That spoil me how this story will end. (2 love not belong together in the end).
I much leave from this fiction now before story will hurt me in future. Thank you for spoil the ending for me.
I'm personally a Scratch/Tavi fan but hey... I'll get down on another shipping. Not to mention I haven't heard of this one before now... Just makes it that much better. 20% cooler
Sombershy not I ship I see a lot of but I keep reading, this intrigues me.
MOAR NOW
Finally! The wait was way worth it!
MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aw, yeah!!! Updaaaaaaate~!
I'd started to think this had died.
I'm glad to be proven wrong. Nice chapter!
Nice to see this is still going, and it's nice to see a vast improvement. If I am honest, I liked this chapter more due to the fact that most of this is from Fluttershy's perspective, and since she is the one telling the story to her friends it seems more reasonable that it is told from what she can see and not others.
But then again, it is nice to see the point of view from others as well. Liking this story so far, and can't wait to see what happens next.
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I'm glad you like it. If you have some ideas of your own, then I'd be glad to hear them. Shame to admit but I need some inspiration to start the next chapter and I really admire your own work, so your input would be very appreciated.
If you do have something to share with me, please send me a PM.
4455472 I will try and think of something to help you, my friend, and I'll let you know once I do.
But I am sure you will think of something, you are already doing a great job on your own.
Oh snap
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In a good or bad way?
5277516 in a good way I love it, a very good chapter
P.s why would it be bad
I love how nicely this is flowing - I'm just waiting for a guard search party to come and completely misread the situation :p
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Well, snapping can be either good or bad. I just didn't know what you meant by it. If you liked the chapter then I'm glad.
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I can already tell you, there will be something much more shocking than that later on.
Firstly, don't ever apologise for this beautiful chapter. Just keep at it bit by bit until it is at your level of satisfaction. Anyway, adore how this chapter turned out. The pacing was great, it was nice to see Fluttershy being adorable (which is fairly easy since it's Fluttershy), and Shade and Fluttershy are getting to know each other and feelings are coming out. Very well done, good sir, looking forward to the next one
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As always, your words are like a balm for my suffering soul. It's getting hard writing this thing at the pace it goes, mostly because I don't want to rush it too much, but lately I've been afraid if I'm not going too slow with the development. I mean, I nevere was in love, I don't know if a few days, weeks or months are needed for someone to know they feel something for another person. I find it difficult to describe things that I have never experienced and I don't know how I'm doing, if it's enough, or have I made the characters too OOC (my editor actually pointed out that Fluttershy exploring her host's home without clearly said permission is a little against her character, though I like to think that our little pegasus learned to be just a little bit more daring from all the lessons she and her friends had).
Anyway, enough of my moping. I'm glad you liked this chapter and hope you'll be here when the next appears. By the way, how do you find the musical part? Did I make a good choice on the song? I'll admit, I'm a huge fan of various anime but movies of Ghibli Studio and their soundtracks have a special place in my heart, and that one piece seemed perfect to me for that scene in the cave.
I know what you mean, good sir. I know it's hard to write about something like romance when I haven't had a relationship before. Though I have a crush on a girl, and I've known her for about a year, it took me at least five months to know how I feel about her. Still haven't told her how I feel.
Again, I like to think Fluttershy can be an inquisitive little thing; she did kidnap Philomena without permission with the idea to help her get better, and brought home a dangerous, yet adorable bug that later multiplied and destroyed Ponyville. So I like to think her curiosity gets her more into trouble. And take your time and pace; if you follow someone else's then you are going to rush and then it won't be it's full potential. Quality over quantity. Remember that
Oh, I will certainly be here for the next ones. I admit, I have never watched one the Ghilbli animes, but I did like that piece of music. Seems to fit to the one she has when she is older and frail. Anyway, good luck with the rest of the story; I'm rooting for ya
Can you please, give us the next chapters of the story.
I want to now how this story ends.
How faster, how better, Pleeeaaase.
A javelin is also a type of spear.
I'm loving this! I can't wait for the next chapter!
Too bad,another beautifully written story that will never be finished