Whenever Twilight no longer has a use for something, she often teleports it away without thinking of a destination. This results in the item being lost forever. But where do these objects actually go? Twilight resolves to find the answer to this question and discovers a strange room disconnected from the rest of Equestria where various objects have been banished to throughout the ages. Some of them were banished for a good reason, such as the tome on necromancy. And it turns out that the skeleton of a pony that she found isn't quite as dead as she thought, and now has access to a portal into the rest of Equestria. But is the necromancy practicing pony truly so evil?
Chapters (6)
Interesting. I look forward towards the next update.
I was hoping for some more gruesome darkness, but I still like what I am reading. I look forward to a next chapter.
4877629 Your hopes are Twilight's fears (and everypony elses if they find out). But yes, not going to be gruesome. There will be mischief and minor adventures though.
Maybe if I get people wanting me to, I'll make it darker in the future.
Hmm.
Shadow Shroud.
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No offense, but that name makes me think of one of those dreaded red-and-black OC alicorns.
It's cool that he changed his name, but how about something more... appealing to his new, bony nature?
Like... Um... Marro! That sounds much better.
Well, to me anyways
But hey, whatever, it's your story (and a mighty good one a that) so you do whatever you want.
It's just an opinion.
4879123 There is a reason for the name. Like many pony names, it is indicative of who he is, which I will build upon. And for the record, I don't even know exactly what colors he would have had for a coat and mane, but I have a strange circumstance in which I don't have to decide.
I just know that at least a few of you want the Crusaders to actually be under the control of some evil magic. An intriguing idea if you like dark stuff but... Nah.
Hmm, a nice start. I'm looking forward to future updates.
Please don't be dead. Undead is fine but not dead.
5548500 This comment actually means a lot to me. And it made me laugh. No, I didn't die, but my old computer did. Have a new chapter.
More??? And those figurines are creepy.... but helpful
Well this here be the conflict then. I can only hope the resolution and such is as entertaining. Other than that please don't give up. It's awfully good.
This took me much longer than it was supposed to to write, partially because I'm sick and I feel like I'm constantly cold. When I put on a coat I feel sweaty and still cold. It's miserable. I wish I had magic to quickly solve the problem like Sweetie Belle did. The other reason is that no matter how hard I try to remember, I can't get this to look quite like the original and now lost forever version of this chapter that I did months ago, and that drives me kind of crazy. Hopefully this version is just as good.
Really digging this story so far. I'm glad I spotted it in the 'updated stories' row in time.
Always a treat to see undead characters on the side of the heroes, for once. Never quite got why only the 'photogenic' undead get to be good-guys, even when their Hearts and Minds are intact.
This story is awesome! I'm a big fan of necromancy and this story is on of the better ones I've read.
It's probably better! Usually when you do something a second time, you're unconsciously polishing it up even if you try to just write the same thing.
But not perfect:
I don't think "stone brick" is a thing; "stone block", or "stone", or "brick", or "stone and brick"
Probably so
This has a very interesting start. I'll track it for now just to see where you'll go with it.
5697377 Fixed both. To be honest, the stone brick thing is probably minecraft terminology corrupting my vocabulary (lol...), but if you think that it is wrong then I will take your word for it.
5698264 It's been a while since I played Minecraft. I remember stone, and I remember brick, but ... stone brick? Do you call the cubes bricks? I think I called them blocks. I can see why people might call them bricks, though, if they do a lot of construction, as in "thing I use to build stuff with".
Technically speaking, brick is a more specific term.
5698405 They have existed for quite a long time by now. They are textured so that the "bricks" are half a block tall and a full block wide, much larger than ordinary bricks. If you were to call them stone blocks, people would confuse them with regular cubes of stone.
5698542 I see. (30 seconds of Internet research later) I haven't played it much since before Strongholds were released, if I remember correctly, so that explains why I had no idea what you were talking about. Thank you!
(I was wrongly thinking you were using "brick" as a generic term for "block".)
Hmm, with only one chapter to go, I hope things wrap up nicely. At least the firework is easy to guess: he's related to Pinkie!
Given how Celestia was talking about the lost prince, I do hope they get a scene or two together; sound as if it should be poignant stuff.
Interesting.
Nitpicks:
Multiple friends: friends'
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Spike
I love the idea of that sculpture village!
If you ever wanted to you could make side stories from the sculptures point of view!
Little friendship reports...Adorable!
5724253 Fixed all of these. I'm glad they were all just technical mistakes instead of bad grammar, or worse, incorrect spelling.
I'm going to find some of those too now I bet.
5724255 This is seriously tempting. My one concern is that a story like that would be targeted at a different kind of audience, and some of that audience might not enjoy a story like this, and this story would be a prequel. But I still want to do it.
5724265 I wouldn't worry too much about that particular point; I doubt this story would be considered required reading for that one given a bit of background explanation. After all, the basics are almost all established right in this chapter: "A skeletal alicorn creates living figurines, then makes more to keep them company, resulting in a tiny Ponyville. Hijinks ensue." I would be worried about whether there's enough story material in that, but I guess the worst case scenario is just a gimmicky Slice of Life fic
Go nuts.
Here's a list of grammatical errors for this story. Enjoy!
but at least when I saw carts loaded with tiny little apples started showing up, I knew where they came from.
Sugarcube Corner
Capitalize Pony of Shadows for the other chapters.
I'm liking this very much so. I do hope to see more soon.
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My friend wants me to continue this in another story by actually introducing the villain Bahamut the sun eating Chinese dragon (although China doesn't have a pony equivalent and therefore he would not actually be called such). Shadow Shroud would be a main character, but not the protagonist, and it would allow me to also write a bit more about the sculpture village on the side. What do you guys think?
5732215 Hmm...
That is really more your call than ours.
Of course that being said it sounds like it would be a neat idea.
Although that level of villain sounds like an epic tale that should take up quite a bit of chapter space.
Not complaining of course
I am just saying to be prepared for the challenge ahead.
If you do decide to do it your readers will most assuredly cheer you on!
As far as the sculptures go...I have read this story several times just to read more about the sculptures.
I do not exactly know why, but they are an amazing idea that has gripped my attention and simply will not let go.
I would love to see more of that village.
when will there be a new chapter
5755183 I must have accidently dismissed the notification for your question. This story is complete. My latest story has exploded with popularity, so I am spending most of my time with it for the moment , but I am going to make a sequel to this soon.
You know what this chapter made the surcharge of data overage basically worth it. So I'll stop sulking now about that. Why doesn't Shadow Shroud make some villains to pester the figurine populace and see how they react. Could be like a sandbox for Equestria's own villains.
5833700 I'm confused. You are saying that the overload of information in the last chapter was a good thing? Also, you do know that Shadow Shroud would never intentionally make a villain, especially since he has to befriend the real version of that villain first. That's not going to happen, except possibly Discord. Still, I'm working something out for the sequel.
5835248 not anything like that. The context there is that I went over on my mobile data to view the site but I have no regrets mostly. I reckon Shadow Shroud wouldn't make a villain since he has to befriend them, its logically sound.
Interesting. Shadow Shroud may have bitten off more than he can chew, he'll need a leg up to get one past the Crusaders once they start clamoring for 'CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS NECROMANCERS YAY!'
If he's an alicorn, he's presumably ageless, but then Celestia says he might have starved or suffocated. That's a little bit more troubling than just dying of old age to me.
Of course Twilight Sparkle would decided to investigate a phenomenon that might trap her forever in another realm without telling anypony or Spike beforehand.
I see Twilight learned more than just magic from Celestia, but also how good cakes are and how bad everything else is
Twilight Sparkle getting into a panic, overreacting, and jumping to conclusions as always. Well, all that exercise will probably keep her from getting a fat flank, unlike say Diamond Tiara
4881445 Are you kidding me? If the Crusaders were under control of evil magic, it would be a good day for the insurance companies of Equestria. At least, that's what the fandom has taught me when it comes to the destructiveness of those three adorable silly fillies
Damn, I wonder what SS did to those figurines in the first place for them to manifest magic like that. Perhaps he's been studying dark magic too long that his aura simply touched them to be more useful than he intended or something.
Twilight of course blows through all the warnings in the Book of Doom. Of course it takes SS running into the Everfree for her to even consider summoning Celestia a day early, and then she doesn't even bother to write a two-word letter "Come immediately" and hand it over to Spike? Sounds like classic Twilight Sparkle.
Clearly something that doesn't have sensitive hearing, that's for sure.
No Pinkie Pie in this chapter or accompanying the rest of the Mane 6 in the last chapter. I'm beginning to wonder if this is her pulling a meanie meanie-pants elaborate prank to scare the hell out of the Crusaders for some reason or another, and/or set up Shadow Shroud for the most biggest 'Welcome to Ponyville' party possible along with making up for two THOUSAND missed birthday parties.
That was a chapter, and a pretty wicked one at that.
Between AJ's mentions in Castle Mania of the legend of the pony of shadows as being a remant of Nightmare Moon, the armour, and Twilight's mention of Luna's interest, I'm going to take an easy guess and say Granny Smith's storytelling was true.
It's a good thing Twilight forgave Shadow Shroud. After all, if he hadn't he could have pointed out that she intruded in his home, practically breaking in, snooped around in his belongings, left litter in his house, and intended to trap him back inside there.
Just wait until the figurines figure out how to kidnap Shadow Shroud and turn him into a figurine, or at least make a figurine-version of him. Then madness!
Shadow Shroud doesn't really need a moment at the end there though, he's already had two thousand years! At least he's forced to make friends. I can see Twilight Sparkle at the start of the series continuing to completely shirk making friends if Nightmare Moon hadn't come along, and then Celly doing something like this to her
6381931 I went through all my stories a while ago looking to catch myself up on old comments that appeared since I disappeared, I was surprised to find yours on every chapter of this story. I don't know if you even remember reading this, but thanks for telling me so much of your thoughts.
You seriously do this for every story you read? And have over 5 million words to read in your list? Hope you manage to catch up some day.
I looked at your profile page.
6561898 I do. You should see my bookshelves of what I've commented on
(of course, I don't mind if the favour's repaid either
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That explains everything..........
6754035 Especially if you have read my Discord Underground Talk Radio story. It's hilarious to me. The vast majority of people who've read that thing have no idea where that idea sprang from, I suspect.
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Behemoth, Leviathan and Ziz are tree Beast which will be served as a meal in new world after apocalypse.
Thus your Bahamut looks more like Leviathan than Behemoth...
Yay DT was insulted
now all we need is a bonfire to burn her fatness away.
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This is further confirmation of the fact that the community's views of characters almost never change. Lots of people still think of Twilight as the bookworm librarian instead of a princess (which she would probably appreciate actually, she doesn't like to flaunt her princess status), Celestia will always be considered manipulative and larger than life, and Diamond Tiara will always be thought of as the local bully, conveniently available to be the all too necessary evil that drives plots forward in our own works of fiction.
So, basically, first impressions really matter.
Come to think of it though, there is one exception. People changed their view of Discord after his reformation (unlike DT for the most part), but the only reason they did so was that the new Discord is just plain awesome.
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I think people haven't really changed their opinions of DT, because after the episode where she was redeemed, we pretty much never saw her again.
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Actually, the crusaders mentioned they had fireworks earlier, and the box of chocolates came with them, so why not the fireworks as well?