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Inspired by Bronyvids' PMV "This is War."

When Princess Celestia introduces a new regime that leads to destroyed lives and talk of uprising, all of Equestria questions whether their monarch has descended into madness. And the question on everypony's mind is, "Where is the Element of Magic?"

What do you mean I can't try my hoof at something serious?

Chapters (4)
Comments ( 15 )

Oh yes! Ominous detector off the charts...:pinkiegasp:

I believe I must track. Keep it coming when you can.

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Tracking this. I must know where this will lead!

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I know right? Who knew? :rainbowwild:
We all know this will somehow devolve into a clopfic eventually. :pinkiecrazy:

Uhh...
I hope this doesn't go into grimdark territory. If it doesn't, though, it's a definite track, because you wrote this very well, I must say. I especially liked the part where it said the empty eyes on the wall watched her... chilling.
Although I noticed a few things that slipped by spellcheck, and maybe you can get to them before many others read it and think bad of you for them.
Onward!

>polished until they shown, reflecting
Should be 'shone', not 'shown'.

>It came before the time of Princess Luna’s descent into NightMare Moon.
'Nightmare', not 'NightMare'.

>head and lowered it gently over her ears and settling it against the base of her throat.
Maybe put a comma after ears and remove the and, or else it's a run on.

Anyways, they didn't detract from the story at all, and you should continue!
No grimdark though, or I will hurt you. :twilightsheepish:

This looks interesting, let's see where this goes.:twilightsmile:

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Whoops! Thank you for pointing those out. :twilightsheepish:
I'm really not planning grimdark. Grimdark is gratuitous violence and gore right? Not really my area.

327714 Yyep. *Phew*. I don't need to call another hit, then.

Don't call him MacIntosh, just Macintosh. No capital I.
Anyways, another chapter that has me seriously worrying for these ponies, and wondering what the buck is going on with the princess. I need to know what happens. :raritydespair:

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HOW DARE YOU PRINCESS!
and where's Luna in all of this...?

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Oh Princess Celestia you silly pony! That's not how you treat the ponies you love! :facehoof:
And just where is that silly filly of the night? Probably hiding under the blankets again. :trixieshiftleft:

Well RD, you're going to have one hell of a challenge. You gotta snowball a revolution and that is gonna be quite difficult since Celestia's Iron Hoof doesn't play around. But it's possible because you have something worth fighting for.

No apologies. Real life comes first!

Any update is better than none. Thank you.

And we delve deeper into the DARK tag. No killing Mane 6, no me gusta!

I'm not familiar with the video, but I've been digging this. My favorite part, I think--though it's a part that just shatters my heart--is when Twilight is imprisoned and thinking about why she's been imprisoned, about how it must be some kind of test. And then Celestia releases her, and Twilight is so HAPPY and still so trusting of Celestia and ... gah, my heart! I also really liked the opening. The prose did a very good job of creating a sense of foreboding.

My biggest concern with this story is: Where is the questioning of Celestia? All the characters seem to just go, "Oh, Celestia's evil now? Okay. Guess life sucks now." The Celestia that the Mane Six know and love acts very differently, so I expected the characters to wonder if Celestia's been replaced by an imposter or is under mind control or something that explains why she is doing what she's doing. (I think it's a bit different that Twilight doesn't--there seems to be some clear Stockholm Syndrome going on with her.) I've been assuming myself that something's up with Celestia beyond "well, she's evil now," and I have to think that the Mane Six minus Twilight would have similar thoughts.

I'm slightly confused as to if celestia is under discord's control, or if he is now a good guy. But I have to keep reading to find out. Must keep reading.:pinkiecrazy:

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