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ZhaoZoharEX


Keep moving forward and tell yourself the right story.

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My name is [NAME CLASSIFIED]. I belong to a powerful organization that effectively controls Equestria and to a further extent, the entire globe, albeit unofficially. My life has always been a constant learning experience. I accomplished many things, and now I live happily with a stallion I married and had children with.

Then I was approached by a journalist, a conspiracy theorist of sorts. He had heard rumors of my past and requested an interview with me. What does he want, I wonder? Only one way to finds out.


EDIT: This was originally the first story in a now cancelled series, so some details end up not leading anywhere. Just a disclaimer, I apologies for any confusion.

Chapters (10)
Comments ( 18 )

A conspiracy theory fic? :pinkiegasp: That's a new one.

3508131 Just a heads up, much of the content in the files (chapters are called files in this project) are going to be intentionally vague, due to the format of the audio conversations.

This was kind of a spur of the moment idea. I just wanted to do something on the side of the bigger one.

3508131 Also, see if you can figure out the identity of the narrator as the project progresses. I want to see if what I have planned works.

3510743 Iron Will is not Bastion.

For the most part, the only OCs in the project are a few nobles, certain members of the order, and one idiot that has the unfortunate honor of being Pandora's first victim.

Other than that, all characters present are characters in the show, a lot of them background characters. I'm going off the assumption that some characters are older or younger than others so forgive me if there are any inconsistencies. For reference, Pandora is about 16 in this first flashback. In present day she is.... well, that is kind of a spoiler but she is much older by this point.

Also to prevent spoilers for future chapters, I'm going to be intentionally vague with the tags, which is why I only have OC and Other.

As an avid fan of the X-Files I gravitate to anything involving the word conspiracy. I'll give this a read when I have more time.

3827411 Sorry for the late response. I don't know if there is really much "conspiracy" in this but this story is more an experiment than anything. See if you can figure out the identity of the characters, specifically the narrator. Feel free to share your thoughts but be very careful with spoilers.

Wow, excellent excellent EXCELLENT story. Excellent idea, excellent writing, excellent characters, just everything (for this type of story) is just....fucking great. In a world of hit or miss fanfiction, this is how hard you hit
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I'd comment more, but I don't wanna spoil it for anyone. But I will say I imagined Pandora to be Fleur de Lis and her husband Fancy pants
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4451206 Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback, especially considering I've been having a hard time getting attention for this story.

I see my intention of misdirection regarding the identity worked. :yay: While I don't think this is my best work, I've had a lot of fun with it and I do have two sequels in the works.

By the way, I don't particularly mind the story being spoiled (that new cover art pretty much gives it away) so you don't have to hold back. If you want, we can carry this conversation over PMs but that's up to you.

4451206 Also, thanks for the fave :pinkiesmile:

Yeah, cover art does sort of give it away and I know Fancy Pant's appearance doesn't fit Night Light's but I just needed a mental picture to read it is all :twilightsmile:

4451449 At the time of writing this, the cover are was the same picture I use for my avatar. This new cover art as updated not even a week ago and the story has been done since February. Honestly, one reason I made the cover art was to get the story a little more attention because Twilight Velvet does not have a character tag (seriously Knighty? :ajbemused:) so I have found that stories with her in the cover or her name in the title tend to help remedy that.

So yeah, the parts concerning the identities was intentional as this story simply started as an experiment with twist endings. It has since evolved into something larger. Even with that plan, I did insert small hints (WARNING. ANALYSIS MODE [ON] OFF):

Pandora treated Cadance amicably despite not being fond of the royal family, especially with her vendetta against Celestia. That vendetta makes a little bit more sense when you realize who her children are.

She also mentions being a magic prodigy. We only know of two magic prodigies (Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer, going off the comics) and the latter went missing before the former got her cutie mark. If Shining Armor's barrier spell is any indication, he has some talent in defense magic too. The description of her children is another hint as her first child was a son while her second child was a daughter. The only other couple that I am aware of so far to have a son first and a daughter second are Applejack's parents and they were already named early in the project.

To top it off, two of the three major times Velvet was seen clearly, she was wearing a pearl necklace. Her mentor's gift from the Velvet box was in fact a pearl necklace which she cherishes and is almost never scene without. (ignore the fact that the necklace changed color from her son's wedding and her daughter's coronation).

Analysis mode ON [OFF]

4451596 sorry :fluttershysad: I'm pretty damn stupid when it comes to deduction and inferring stuff. This is why I cannot for the life of me watch or read a lot of mystery. If something isn't out in the open, I usually can't find it. Like in the MMMMMystery train episode thing or even watching Scooby Doo. I'm a young adult and I still can't see how Velma figures out who is behind the damn mask!! :flutterrage:

4451647 S'alright, not a big deal. These subtle hints are mostly there for when people decide to reread the story again and can look out for stuff like these. I simply wanted to have some buildup so that the twist didn't end up being a Shocking Swerve.

I kinda had just gotten around to to reading this :twilightblush: but I am really glad I did. I really enjoyed this story and your artwork is awesome great work!! :twilightsmile:

4693528 Thank you. :twilightsmile:

Keep an eye out for the sequels. They should be coming out in coming months.

4693553 oh you're welcome I really loved your version of Twilight Velvet :rainbowdetermined2: :twilightsmile:

4693992 To be honest, Twilight Velvet is one of my favorite characters and I wish, REALLY wish she had a character tag, even if it's just one for both parents. But that aside, she is a pretty badass mom and she will have a major role in one of the two sequels along with her new apprentice (three guesses as to the type of fic it will be by the way, and the first two don't count :trollestia:).

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For the other sequel, you may recall Photo and Hoity speaking of a son they had in the Briefing chapter, and their talk regarding Silver Spoon's attitude. :raritywink: I post blogs detailing major projects so information regarding these two stories will be told in greater detail there. Hopefully, I will be able to fight writers block enough to get those stories out, seeing as how Ein Sof Zealotry is also being worked on.

Until then.

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EDIT: Yay, now there is a character tag for Vevlet.

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