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SPark


Not checking in here. I may post stories because my patrons are nice and like ponies. Otherwise out of the fandom, sorry peeps.

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Shining Armor has it pretty good. A beautiful wife, a perfect daughter, and a job he enjoys. But he recalls a night, years past, when discovering a shocking secret about his then-girlfriend almost made him throw it all away...

An entry to Cynewulf's worldbuilding contest.

Edited by the always-amazing Jordanis.

Cover art by magister39.

Chapters (1)
Comments ( 67 )

Best Flurry Heart origin theory I've ever heard.

In all seriousness, this is why I love these two so much, and why I can never get behind pairings that split them up. They are a pair of completely infatuated dorks, and I wish them nothing but the best. Fun story all around. Thank you for it.

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You're welcome! (I love them together too. I get around splitting them up by having them have threesomes, if I want to pair one of them with somebody else! I should actually write one of those someday...)

Well, now I want princess nuzzles even more. Completely unrelated, I assure you.

Dangit, Spark, I was going to write about Cadance being a vampire! If we have one more instance of weirdly specific story idea synchronicity, that will be three and that's enough to call it a pattern.

But anyway, this is a sweet, romantic little fic. I love Shining and Cadance together, and I really like how you took a kind of 'Halloween' subject matter and made it about love and family so it felt appropriate to a winter holiday.

EDIT: Hey, look at that! You got featured!

Okay, I like this. Very clever take on the Alicorn mystery...

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Hah! That's pretty weird... Are you secretly my evil twin? No, wait, I am probably the evil one.

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Princess nuzzles are the best.

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Thanks! :twilightsmile:

This was definatly a new an intresting idea.
I love dhampirs and this was a realy great story.

Are you planing to expand this?

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Thanks! I don't have any specific plans for more at the moment. But I do like vampire stories, so I may come back to it eventually.

You're right, twilight freaking out is pretty fun. Ah, dammit now I want to see that. Curse you and your really good writing skills.

Clearly, Flurry's a werewolf. Werehorse? No, 'were' means 'man'. Horsewolf? Loup-cheval. Alright, what's the Old English for horse?
...
Friþhengest. Friþhengestwolf? Yeah, that ain't catching on. Oh, hi. You still there? Yeah don't worry about me, I'll just be..., yeah, whatever.

Honestly the first story I’ve seen that even mentions in passing that Celestia has been some kind of vampire all along.

You know me well.

Definitely like this one. Adding it to the list--oh and look out for me starting a group to collect entries.

I like the "alicorns are actually changelings" thing, and I thought of a twist a while back I've never seen on it - Twilight is the first alicorn that isn't one. (And Flurry makes it even weirder - would she be a half-changeling?)

Alicorns as vampires is a neat concept, and them taking care of Fluttershy after Bats! would be interesting to see, too. (I'm still disappointed they never did anything with that single fang they showed she still had at the end.)

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If you haven't read Heavy Metal or Never Meaning to Send, those are my two most recent "Twilight freaking out" stories. :twilightsmile: That's part of why I went with this idea, because I'd done the other one twice in the last year.

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Yeah, that's a bit of a mouthful. Just whatever you do, don't call them "wereponies", I saw a story that did that for pony-verse werewolves. :facehoof: I don't even have words for how wrong that is.

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I think there's another Celestia vampire fic out there somewhere... Or maybe I was just talking to somebody who had an idea for one. Celestia as a vampire is kinda fun. Luna as a vampire has been done! Cynewulf did a great vampiric Luna, Exit Interview.

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Yay! And I shall keep my eyes peeled.


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It's hard to imagine what exactly the show would have done with it. I did a stupid humor short with it once, and Jordanis did a really sweet little bit in one of his 30 minute pony stories that I really liked, Native Soil.

(Apparently I am the story recomendation fairy today.)

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I agree a vampire celestia fic would be interesting, as she’s the one you expect least of all due to vampire stereotypes

Obviously now you have to write about Twi finding out that Shiny knows and is just totally chill with it. Poor little twily tho, I can't imagine her reaction when she first found out.

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That short was fantastically adorable.

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I read quite a funny fic mocking that incorrect use of 'werepony'.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/26758/night-of-the-werepony

Would love a sequel where Twilight gets help from her friends to deal with this issue.

This is certainly an interesting concept to base a story on, but I have to say this doesn't feel like a complete story to me. It feels more like an excerpt from something larger, because on it's own, there isn't really any conflict. The only hint of a conflict that I get is Shining being slightly concerned for a few moments. Because we already know that Shining isn't particularly bothered, Cadance worrying about his reaction doesn't hold much weight at all.

I imagine that if I was seeing this from her perspective, then her anxieties and conflicting thoughts (which we are only told about after the fact) would actually make this be a pretty tense moment. As it is, though, our main character Shining doesn't give us much reason to be emotionally invested.

(Edit: I realized later that my use of "we" instead of "I" might have made people think I was trying to speak for everyone, so sorry if I gave that impression.)

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Oooo, an "All stories require conflict" in the wild. :pinkiehappy:

It might be a longer story or a more intense story, and certainly it would be a different story if it were conflict driven, but it's tagged with "slice of life" for a reason. It's not trying to be anything other than a little world-building idea and a small slice of life moment or two. There's no requirement that it try to be anything else.

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You could, I think, also call them 'horswolves', or 'mearhwolves' (or even 'marewolves,' by happy coincidence). :twilightsmile:

Another nice name would be 'Verequine,' or 'Werequine' but with an accent, and thus the 'v' sound, heh. Maybe Werequin.

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No, that still doesn't work. "Werewolf" means "man wolf", so "were equine" would mean "man pony". So that'd be a human who turns into a pony at the full moon, not a pony who turns into a wolf! :twilightsmile:

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Definitely like marewolves :twilightsmile:

for some reason :twilightoops:

that I have no idea:rainbowderp:

Additional headcanon: she's not really drinking blood at all, it's just that Shiny is made entirely of Oreo frosting.

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That's fair, and I'm not gonna try to tell you how you should be writing. I just thought I ought to explain why I personally wasn't satisfied, even though there's a lot to like about it.

As a side note, I've now become aware of what the literary definition of "slice of life" is, and I can now see exactly why the story being the way it is is warranted. The more you know, I guess.

But he recalls a night, years past, when discovering a shocking secret about his then-girlfriend almost made him throw it all away...

Uh, he never really seemed even close to "throwing it all away." He didn't even really freak ou t. Just kind of sat up going, "Uh... what?"

Great story, but maybe consider changing the synopsis.

Is this a clopfic or is the sexual content merely implied?

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It's not a clopfic. (It's teen! It'd be tagged M if it were.)

8621379 Just making sure. I'm not a big fan of clop, which was why I asked. Thank you for letting me know. I'll take a look. :twilightsmile:

Now this is an interesting story. I'd love a sequel where Flurry Heart does her first time!

great story! Ive always loved this concept. Good to see it put into writing :D

I love this idea SO MUCH

Congrats on top feature!

Also, I can't stop loving these two dorks; they balance each other out.

Also also, this makes for some interesting ideas as far as bedroom play is concerned.

Very well done. Headcanon accepted.

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I really want to write more of them, I just keep ending up getting overwhelmed with other ideas instead. Too many stories, never enough time!

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The eternal struggle

"Have to stop and count small objects if they're spilled in front of you?"

Mr. Vampire series of movies, anyone?

I really like this story. Funny yet heartwarming at the same time.

Now that was cute. And quite sexy. And the whole vampire alicorn thing was quite unexpected... though it makes perfect sense for Celestia to have started the idea that vampires melt in the sun. :trollestia:

"And you don't sleep in a coffin?"

She giggled. "No."

"Turn into a bat?"

"Definitely not."

"Lack a reflection?"

"How would I do my mane without a mirror?"

"Have to stop and count small objects if they're spilled in front of you?"

Cadance blinked. "I've never even heard of that one."

"It was in a book I read once."

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That particular bit of myth is supposedly why The Count is into counting, yes. :pinkiehappy:

i liked it so have a fav

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Particularly fine nets/screens work too, because the vampire will stop to count all of the tiny holes.

"Have to stop and count small objects if they're spilled in front of you?"

Did... Did you just reference the Count from Sesame Street...?

Yup.

~Skeeter The Lurker

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As long as he's naming vampire trivia....here's mine

"Stake through the heart?"
-flat stare- "That would kill anyone."
"Oh,right.Huh,in retrospect that's kinda dumb even in the movies isn't it?"

Nopony has ever been born an alicorn before

Nitpicking a bit... no alicorn has ever been born in Equestria...
Luna and Celestia were Alicorn from the get go... it's just undefined when and how they were born. ^^;;;

The picture of cadence is adorable "nomnomnom"

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