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Dusk-Spark


Just your run-o-the mill pony fan who happens to have a variety of skills.

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Twilight Sparkle is lost and broken, living a new life in a new town, she has forgotten who she truly is. Something happened to Twilight in Equestria that caused her sudden departure, and has half of Equestria scouring the planet for her.
"What did I do?" Is... not a question Twilight had thought of. She'd been happy, and content living her new life in Frostglade. However, she'd always felt like there were pieces to herself missing. Like, she'd lost something important.

When Sunset Shimmer and Trixie Lulamoon finally track her down after months of searching (and barely tolerating the other's presence), the reunion is not a happy one. Their presence has upset Twilight's new life by revealing the first step in unraveling the web of secrets bottled up in Twilight's psyche.

The three mares journey to a place of ancient magic, where they must piece together Twilight's shattered memories, solve the mystery, and then finally go home to where they truly belong. Of course, their journey will not be easy; dark shadows follow Twilight's every move, trying to stop her party from seeing the truth. If that weren't bad enough, it's not just Twilight Sparkle who is being tested by the challenges of the Nexus.

Chapters (4)
Comments ( 117 )

interest peaked..lets see how this turns out :trixieshiftright:

Intriguing long description... Read-Latered as I doubt I could read this in 7 minutes or less. (Not this late, anyway.)

Fascinating, you have my curiosity aroused. Looking forward to more. Although, you could probably add more tags than you have onto it (Just depends on where you go with the story).

Twilight is a crowned princess of Equestria and one of the four alicorns in the planet... how hard can be for people to identify her?

Colour me intrigued. More please!

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Depends on whether or not the people who find her keep up with current events in Equestria. Though yeah, I agree, she's not exactly hard to find, she sticks out amongst a crowd like a bear in a pet shop. :twilightsheepish:


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I just hope I don't disappoint everyone. :twilightsheepish:
I probably should add more tags, but even as I wrote up the rough draft, I'm still not entirely sure what to give it. Maybe once I put up the finalized chapters, it'll become clear to me. :twilightsmile:

As a special treat, here's a little preview of the cover:
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Still have a lot more to do, but I thought an image of Sunset looking badass would make people happy. :twilightsmile:

4505813 looks like sunset shimmer wants to mimic guan yu or Zhang Liao

Oooo, intriguing. :pinkiehappy:

I've always wanted to see those three on an adventure together. Looking forward to see where you go with this.

The Mares of Many Hues

Many Hues
Hues
I was expecting a comedy...

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I'm sure there'll be something in the story you'll laugh at... I hope. :twilightsheepish:

Interesting story so far, I look forward to more!:derpytongue2:

This story has me wondering what'll happen next. Keep up the good work. :pinkiehappy:

Now that is a story hook.

Ooh, this is a good one! Great start to a story! I love these type of fics where Twilight is thrown out of Equestria to lands unknown. A good break from the SoL fics that I normally read. Can't wait to see the next chapter!

Well this story is better than the other piece
oh and grats on making the popular stories list:twilightsmile:

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This story had the benefit of having a much longer cooking time in my brain, whereas the other story I came up with in like... 5 minutes, and spent 2 hours writing it. :derpytongue2:
I'm actually surprised people liked it, even more surprised that so many people like this story. Kind of makes me feel like I'm defusing a bomb, only instead of fiery death it... nope, actually it is just like fiery death if I mess up. :rainbowderp:

Yeah, I saw it was in the popular list... and then I fainted. :twilightsheepish:
I ended up missing the 100th favorite! :raritydespair:

I have added chapter art for the prologue. :twilightsheepish:

Soon as the next chapter's all edited up and I've finished the artwork, I shall release it. I can only hope you're not disappointed, and I apologize for the wait. :pinkiesad2:

Damn it sunset where's the closest anger management place I'll gladly pay for her

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:rainbowderp:
You, have just given me an idea for something random in the future. Here, take this invisible cookie! :yay:

Well, this is after Twilight was made alicorn, so it's plausible Trixie learned new tricks (no pun intended). Although I am wondering why in the wide, wide world of Equestria Sunset and Trixie are looking for Twilight. Please keep writing. :pinkiehappy:

Wait, Trixie's hamsters are pulling the cart? Damn.

Hmm, I'm liking their competence levels so far. Sunset really can fight, and Trixie's a very competent magician, both with magic and performing skills. That was a very good fight scene, too.

nice story and all...
but why does twilight have red eye?!?

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:twilightoops:
I've been in a state of constant worry for the eventual day that someone would bring that up. So...
*takes out watch*
It's trivia time. :yay:

The OOC story behind the decision is:
When I was drawing the teaser artwork many moons ago, I had just about finished it when I noticed, Trixie and Twilight's eye colors were too similar when standing side by side with Sunset, and it made my brain go: "No. :ajbemused: "
I tried pleading with my brain, but it would not have any of my silver-tongued witchcraft! :flutterrage:
And then my brain did something it was very adept at: "Procrastinate for 9 hours." And then it did the other thing it was good at: "It came up with a reason for Twilight's new eye color." It's something that I was constantly worried about during the writing process.

The in-story reason is something I can't reveal right now. I wouldn't call it a huge spoiler, but I don't wanna set anything in stone until I get to that part of the story, in case I come up with a better explanation for the eyes. :twilightsheepish:

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okay anything but spoilers :twilightsheepish:

Great chapter! Reformed Sunset is still badass, and she makes Trixie look like the straight-man in their little pair. Would've reviewed sooner but the site didn't alert me to the update for some reason.

Are we gonna find out what Twilight was doing in the middle of nowhere next chapter?

4577547 I hopes so. The Trixie and Sunset parts make this story worth the price of admission. :pinkiesmile:

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You get an ice-cream sandwich for being the first to point that out (and because my brain is stuck on draw-mode right now).
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Congratulations! :pinkiehappy:

I saw the update for chapter 4, but somehow I didn't get notified of this chapter!:twilightangry2: Grr... well, it was a nice update. Onto the next!

Once again, sorry the chapter took so long. :applecry:
I'm drawing the chapter art as I type.

Random note:
Would it be a case of irony that this is both my most loved and also most hated story? :twilightsheepish:
I'm just... gonna go spend a few hours in the failure hole.

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Hopefully the next chapter won't take nearly as long. :fluttercry: If it's any consolation, I was constantly racked with guilt over the past few weeks. :twilightsheepish:

Awesome chapter. Though I do have to say, the fact that Twilight is an alicorn should've tipped her and everypony else off at some point that she might be from Canterlot or the Crystal Empire, seeing as those are the only two locations where alicorns are known to live. Unless that isn't true in this fic, and there are more of them out there. It just rubs me the wrong way that no one would think to contact either city about an amnesiac alicorn, even if they were unaware that there is a fourth one in their midst. Aside from that bit, I look forward to seeing what the hell is going on in Twilight's noggin. Update again soon!:twilightsmile:

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They used to work for the KND.

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I thought the same thing during the story's planning stages. I do have a half-decent explanation for it, but it's a long explanation and the short answer would be: "Sheer dumb luck." :twilightsheepish:

for some reason, certain ponies wouldn't tell Trixie what they knew until she did a favor for them. While it didn't take the pair long to find the clinic, it could've been a lot easier (Trixie was thinking about retaking her earlier comments on the resident's friendliness and replacing it with: lazy jerks).

Sidequests in a nutshell :twilightangry2:

This story needs more more mordekaiser.drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/5-13/G99QajrsdQ-4.png .

Mordekaiser is número uno. Huehuehuehue

After reading through the first chapter. I can say I'm impressed. The fact that you put enough time and effort into a story like this is beyond my level of comprehension. Maybe it's because whenever I'm about to write something I immediately delete it because I crack under pressure like a walnut in a car compactor .3.

But I will be following this story. I'm always here. Watching. Being número UNO.

how did sunset get out of the the human world 30 moons is at least 2 years:ajbemused:

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