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Perpetual optimist.

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Shamelessly inspired by I Am Legend.

It's been about ten years since Princess Celestia disappeared. Ten years since her disappearance changed Equestria forever. Ten years since nearly everyone became vampires.

But Twilight's not keeping anniversaries. Heck, she can barely remember her own birthday now. But that doesn't matter. She's had more important things to do, such as defending herself from the mindless vampires that attack her every night, and hunting them during the day, where she, as the only one not a vampire, has an advantage. She's killed ponies so often that she regards all the blood as a mild inconvenience. It's just the daily grind.

Or at least, it was until she left Canterlot. Her life there had become unsustainable, and so she took the train that ran through Canterlot to a small town far away on the edge of the Everfree forest- Ponyville.
There, things were different, as she discovered when she collapsed near the edge of the forest. A vampire took care of her, and that was just the start. A sequence of events leads to her making a momentous discovery:

Not all vampires are mindless. The denizens of Ponyville drink blood and sleep during the day, sure, but they're polite, friendly folk who befriend the refugee Twilight. She begins to integrate into the community, and her life seems to be looking up.

Of course, her blood-spattered past will not let her go that easily, and worse than vampires hide in the darkness. Twilight will have one last fight to keep her past from dragging her down and the future from overwhelming her. But she will fight. She has fought since she was a filly. She can win. She can hope.

After all, she is legend.

Chapters (4)
Comments ( 82 )

I Am Legend with ponies? Sign me up! Just please don't be one of those people who let their stories end unfinished.

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Don't worry! I have an ending planned out.

DUDE! Awesome.

Will this have the same or similar ending as the original book?

O MAH GERD DOES OWLOWISHIOUS DIE LIKE SAM!!!:fluttercry:

5239275
What? I'm not sure I understand you.

Looks pretty good so far, hope you continue it.

5241705
well in the movie I am Legend there is a Zombie like apocalypse and Will Smith (actor, I forgot his name.) had to kill his dog while it was getting infected heres a link to show you I am Legend IMDB.com.

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I don't think that Owlowiscious is going to appear. This story mostly takes place before the beginning of the show.

This pun's even better than Twi Hard!

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OK well if THE LAST EQUESTRIAN HERO staring Swats and Daggers...(reference to the last American hero staring Arnold Schwarzenegger.)

a particularly unlucky unicorn wizard (or wizzard, as he wasn't too good at spelling)

Discworld reference? Cause I couldn't stop laughing.

5247294
Yes, it's a Discworld reference.

5248216 And a really good one at that. :trollestia:

the pacing seamed a bit fast and could use some work. Alsi Twi wouldn't have been able to kill her parents like that (she's just a filly) it shoul fave been her magic-ing them away from her and something heavy falls on their heads or something, but it seems good so far, I awiat the next chapter.

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Please note, this is just the prologue. And as to your statement about how she couldn't kill her parents, I'm not if you meant whether she wouldn't be able to bring herself to do so or if she was physically incapable of doing so. I think that she would be capable, as she was always a good magic user, and she was channeling all her magic into that one action.

As for her mental capability, she wasn't in the best of mental states by that point. She was panicking and in shock, and I don't think she really thought through all the consequences of her actions until she'd already done them.

5250487 I mean mentally, not many kids are capapal of killing their parents, those that are are normally psychopaths.

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I fixed my first post to include the reasons why she was mentally able to do it. And it's not like she did it without consequences- the poor filly was scarred for life by that experience.

5250603 all I'm saying is that it would have been more believable if she killed them by accident, also now that I think about it she wouldn't have been able to do it physically either, that was only a common kitchen knife, it would have shattered if it went that fast into a spine, it is exceptionally hard to decapitate a horse, they have very thick spines.

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Magical enhancement and sheer force of speed. Although, now that I think of it, I should put in an edit about how the knife was mangled by what happened. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

And, just so as you know, I know just about nothing about real horse biology. If there's any biological inconsistencies, that's why. Please let me know if I do anything wrong again, and thank you for telling me about horse spines.

5253295 well think about it this way, humans are hard to decapitate, horses have much thicker spines than humans to support the extra wait of their head, tell you what if you want someone to look over it before you post it to make sure it makes sense or something like that, or just want a wall to through Ideas at, just throw my a PM.:pinkiehappy:

5253320
Thank you for your help. I've never had any experience decapitating a human (and don't intend to ever gain any), so, yeah. Thank you for your offer. Editors are great.

5253325 I haven't ether, I just pick stuff up from places, and I would most likely only be able to pre-read, I'm not the best with grammar, but I'll point anything I do see out.

so when the next chapter?
:moustache:

5272604
When I finish editing it. Probably pretty soon, but I make no promises.

Awesome job, keep it up! I can't wait for more!

Wait I might be goin crazy but if this IS related to "I Am Legend" shouldn't this have a crossover tag?

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Well, it's only the idea. It doesn't cross into the I Am Legend universe (otherwise, I'd need a human tag), it doesn't involve the I Am Legend characters, or all of the plot. The vampirization wasn't caused by a virus (the cause will be revealed later in the story), and the way it worked was different (Twilight avoided it by being in the right place at the right time).

So, I wasn't sure if there were enough similarities to add in a crossover tag.

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I think it's fine right now, no crossover tag needed. The existence of good vampires and Spike (who isn't a dog) probably are enough differences from the movie, as well as a different plot. Right now, it's only "inspired", basically a similar concept, but overall different than the original work.

Frankly, this is basically your average zombie apocalypse, except you use vampires. Other than the name and "vampires" (Not even sure if they suck blood), it doesn't have enough to be an actual crossover.

5287870 Hm. Still, it's good to see a story like this for once.

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I don't think Twilight knows either. After all, their only target would be her, so I don't think she's going to be willing to try any experiments.

If anyone is going to downvote this story, could you please leave a comment telling me why?

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5298826 I have a feeling there's going to be one or two comments saying either: CAUSE I CAN, or CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT.

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And perhaps, one will have useful information.

5302639 I left a like, 'CAUSE I CAN.

Hmm, Twilight's injured leg didn't seem to give her any troubles in the last chapter through the night.:twilightsmile:

Interesting take on I Am Legend (The pun in the title alone attracted me) and it would be Fluttershy wouldn't it? Can't wait to see how that NMM tag comes into play!

Honestly, I expected Rainbow Dash to be the first one Twilight meets, since she was the first that she met in the show.

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Actually, in the show she met Pinkie Pie first (although not for very long before Pinkie Pie ran off to plan her welcoming party). Also, there's a reason she meets Fluttershy first. You'll see in the next chapter.

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Well, it did, but a) Twilight had a lot of other things to focus on (adrenaline is really good for temporarily blocking out pain), and b) she wasn't moving around as much. She was mostly staying where she was and using her magic kill the vampires at a distance, operating on the Zombie Survival Principle that if they get close enough to bite, you've lost.

And you'll see how Nightmare Moon comes in. But rest assured, she will. It's nearly the Summer Sun celebration day, the longest day of the year. And Twilight's just as old as she is in canon, and while she might have had a rougher ride to Ponyville, she's still there, just a bit early for the big show!

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Unfortunately, I'm bad at forecasts. I can, however, say that I've got most of the chapter plotted out, and I have started writing it.

5489481 Ah, yes. I suppose I did not count Pinkie Pie because all that meeting had was Pinkie gasping loudly and running off. Plus, she is likely the first every new pony meets upon arriving in Ponyville.

A reminder: If you're going to downvote this story, please tell me why. I want to know! I can't get better if I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

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