This story is a sequel to The Thousand Year Change
In the world of the Thousand Year Change, Lightning Dust was a member of the Lunar Guard. Her journey was full of laughs, friends, loses, and sacrifice. Her last act was one of selflessness, giving up her life in order to save the world.
However, that's not the same in cannon Equestria where she is a disgrace from the Wonderbolts. Where she hops from town to town, drowning her anger in root beer. It looks like things will never get better for her until a certain purple princess approaches her with an offer that will change her life.
Featured 12/8/17
Chapters (4)
*canon
okay how the heck did I not know about this story until just now. I loved the original 1000 year change, and now there is a sequel of sorts YAY
loved this just as much as 1000 year change
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The synopsis seems incomplete. Was that intentional?
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I was a bit rushed when I wrote it. It was the best I could think of
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If this story does well I might ads more chapters
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Did I pre-read any of these? I forget.
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Yes
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Huh. My memory's shit.
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>drowning her anger in root beer.
Surprised she didn't ask Rainbow. And sad that Sunset will have a harder time now.
I did enjoy the bits between Lightning and Shining. Off to a good start
Interesting use of powering the blaster that makes sense
Loved it!
Overall good job. Like the armor design
I love this. Amazing stuff and I haven't actually read the first story, though I might now. But even still I really like this, I always feel like Lightning's lacking in love from both the fandom and the show, so I'm happy to see stuff like this.
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Here's hoping it does well, then.
The other commenters have a point in that it does seem incomplete, in two aspects. First, the story seems as though it's laying groundwork for an expanded universe in a way that Color Scheme's story didn't. A technological revolution, sparked by an answer to a "What-If?" spell, is about to happen in the original universe, and I'm fascinated by the potential alternate outcomes to canon. (Off the top of my head, the movie, Starlight Glimmer and Our Town, Chrysalis... and I'm missing a lot more, besides.)
Second, there's still that ghost of TYC Lightning Dust hovering in the background. Yes, this Dust wants to let it lie. But, ghosts have a way of coming back to their haunts sooner or later, and that unresolved issue is likely to pop out again. No idea how that gets resolved,
In any case, liked and tracked, original fav'ed
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Ghost?
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It was a couple of months ago. It took that long for the cover art to be commissioned
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Also planned ideas are Lightning Dust defending the castle from Starlight in season 5, alt form season 6 finale, and movie
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Metaphorically speaking, yes. Although Twilight's experiences with this universe's Dust seem to be helping with that...
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Ah, well Lightning accident was more of a trigger. Remember that Twilight witnessed the TYC Lightning die. Seeing her universe's Lightning get into an accident brought back those memories.
Meh, this was interesting, but like the original TYC, a lot of the dialogue is oddly stilted and robotic. Some characters are oddly out of character in random ways. Another flaw it shares with the original TYC is the weird insistence of the author on blowing small things out of proportion. Things like the Rainbow Falls Wonderbolts and the aggressive insistence that Equestria is a racist cesspool just make the whole thing feel more like someone's sci-fi fixfic than anything else. Speaking of sci-fi, the technology in this and TYC are both pseudo-science at best. This is the sort of thing that I would accept if it was a combination of magic and tech, but it’s being presented as wholly tech which I find more than a little hard to believe.
This also seems like it’s incomplete. I get the feeling that there was supposed to be more chapters, but you kinda just went "eh, good enough" and left it.
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That's my point. You call them triggers, I call them ghosts. (And, yeah, I've got a ghost or two lurking in my own memories.)
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Sorry you didn't like it.
At the end, I had planned on making it an open ending so if I and the readers wanted more I could do so.
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I agree. We need more Lightning. If Starlight can get a crappy redemption and characters like Gilda can come back [which was amazing] so should Lightning
and next for lighting is being training in guard so she is skill in weapons and such......
I agree with the others this should have gone further.
I also like to see at some point seeing the what if aftermath in that what if.
I also wonder why Celestia has not tried reforms especially after what the alternate Blue blood did.
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As I said in the comments it might. I already have a few ideas lined up
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Awesome.
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Oh, was it that one document and then you split it into like, 4 parts or something?
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Yep
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sound good for me,
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Yeah. After seeing Iron Will last season I'm giving low hopes that maybe we'll get at least something on Lightning in the next, though I'm not putting any bets on it.
By the way you wrote cannon (the weapon) instead of canon in the story description up top.
That was a really abrupt ending. Is this really completed or just checked of the wrong box?
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I gave it an open ending in case I ever wanted to continue so there might be more chapters
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Actually, Iron will got a redemption story in the comics, actually befriending Fluttershy while he was having trouble with his wife and son. It was touching to see her help him try and control his shouting/demanding approach to things. However, it was undone in the Siege of the Crystal Empire story line when it showed that his new outlook on life was hurting his job so he joined up with other villians (like Lightning Dust and the Flim Flam brother) to restore Sombra. Sadly they were dropped quickly
This was a good story but it ends rather abruptly. Felt like the end of a chapter rather than a story. Also:
That should be "obviously"
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would love too see more
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Here's also hoping you decide to continue it or make a new mini story like this so we can get more snapshots into whats going on afterwards, and if she ever does get to take a look inside the other universe again (or send someone else inside to take a look for her......)
Ohhhh would love to see even more of this universe!
Good to see a sequel, even if it's only a short one. Always thought it was a shame what happened to Changeverse Lightning Dust.
Also...Does Genetic Code exist in the canonverse?
Oh man, this was great! I loved seeing gigawatt and Overkill and the like make comebacks!
Also that hospital revelation for lightning listening in on twilight and spitfire was a really really gripping scene to watch unfold within lightning.
Loved it, and the color one as well. Looking forward to more side stories as you create them.
I do not know why but this reminds me of Dead Pool
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oww I got to the end.I have to admit that it would have been interesting to see more
Lightning Dust is one of my guilty pleasure characters. This read looks interesting.
I was thinking about this song when I started reading this paragraph
what do you think>>8601348 Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way
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always a goodie