This is a story about a sheep. A little sheep, locked deep in prison, put there by ponies. He doesn't want to be there, but then he's had to do a lot of things he doesn't want to. It's a shame he deserves to be in there.
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THE LONG AWAITED NEXT CHAPTER IN THE COVID-APOCALYPSE
Well the wait is over and i enjoyed another chapter. Im glad they are now letting prey start to be a dangerous force, i wonder if they are going to see him use his magic.
in terms of what happens to Lily, i think that she should wake up and be drummed out of service with a medal and retirement fund. A reward for anyone else but for the action hungry mare a personal hell.
Turned an impossible situation into a hopeless situation?
I kinda of want to Lilly Blossom to live. I loved despising her character and how she brought the group together. After this dramatic event, even Prey may find her company bearable.
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Have prey force the medal maker to write idiot on the inside of the medal?
I think Lilly should survive, but live with the consequences of her actions. One does not run into the forest carelessly.
Also, I that Prey shouldn't owe Crimson anymore after preventing him from going into a coma and saving the whole squad from the Hunger.
ps. I love this story, the trill, the uncertainty, the mystery! Keep it up.
I think a great thing to have happen to Lilly would be to have her wake up eventually (Not sure when) but for her to realise what has happened to her. She then proceeds to demand to know what was done to her and for her to slowly start to lose her sanity as she realises that she won't be able to be the 'shining hero' that she had obsessed with being.
The end result will be either the surviving members to have to try and restrain her/and calm her down. Or they are forced to either knock her out or kill her.
It would be quite interesting to see what that does to their current mental state I imagine that could create quite an interesting scenario where people's mental state can really be tested.
Anyway that was an amazing chapter and I am really looking forward to seeing what happens next. I hope you have a great day and that everything goes well for you in quarantine!
Honestly, having lily live with the consequences of her actions would be a worse fate to me then just letting her die. She will be labeled as a freak by the snooty assholes that pones are.
Also, if she does live, how long will it be for? A few years at best?
For an alternate idea, it would be really shitty if some monster or more kinder snatchers came across her while she was alone, and would keep up with the theme of them Saving no one by trying to save everyone.
Hmm.
It kinda feels like they are becoming Resistance members on accident. At least for Crimson and Gloom; their mindset, anyway.
I want Lilly to wake. Just to realize her situation.
I can't help but think that some where in the multiverse someone's saying "if you can change a frog into an orange you can change wood into flesh you dissapointment of a child".
Hmm, maybe is changes her magic?
IMO, the tracks could simply be blocked by a perfectly natural avalanche or rockfall. In that case, help could come in another day or 2.
Or the warlock could have destroyed a bridge or tunnel (Gunpowder would be fairly easy to make, even if they don't have more advanced explosives) In that case, help will likely not arrive in time to save them.
In either case, it's likely that Luna knows what happened to the relief force. Otherwise she would have looked for them, at least in the dream realm -if they're in range
In any case, IMO the mere presence of the ISND force is why the warlock is hurrying. They reckon that they're on the verge of being discovered & are rushing to complete the next stage of their plans before they can be stopped
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Maybe she'll loose her ability to use magic. Think about it. The meld wood feeds on magic to survive, so it makes sense that it will consume any magic that Lilly might try to use, it might even use the magic to increase its growth and indanger her further. That also means that if she runs out of magic it gets depleted she will die.
I think Lilly should wake up. There is so much potential to her reintroduction to the team, so many interesting dynamics. What happened to her will surly crush whatever was left of her spirit. And if it didn't, if she gets in the way again, then, well, Gloom said it best, "whatever it takes".
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Gloom really is starting to sound like he's part of the resistance, in a way at least. Starting to become like those he's supposed to oppose. But he's forgetting an important detail. He's still being investigated and suspected back in Canterlot, and the ISND isn't really liked or respected. Gloom's dive into the dark side will have consequences. Unlike the day guard, he has much less protection and the public will twist his actions, they won't see Gloom as a hero. When this is over I'm not sure even Gloom will see himself as a hero.
But I'm much more interested in Prey. Suddenly he's on the opposite side. Prey is the border guard to the warlock, and the warlock is the resistance for the ISND. How will Prey cope with suddenly being on the same side as them.
Now Prey seems to be much more respected amongst the ISND. Maybe even feared a little. He might even become the shadows leader of their camp.
Anyways, another masterpiece like always, can hardly wait for the next chapter.
I think she should survive, maybe learning something about her impatience and hot headedness from all this she becomes a better Member of the ISND, or gets a Honorable Discharge from the guard.
Great chapter, can't wait to see the confrontation between the ISND and their 'little' problem
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Using the innate magic in the meld wood
Kill herIf she survives, I can see her going even more nuts, since in a lot of stories you have the hero have something unique. For her that could be the tree-leg and maybe some resilience in that limb to protect herself with. After all a piece of wood is better against blade hits than a simple leg.
That or have her stay in a coma, so pone doctors can be stumped by her condition and Gloom can break down even more.
Ahh... I've been looking forward to this chapter all week. It does not disappoint.
Should be "meted". English is dumb.
Crimson explicitly only apologising for bringing the monster back is pretty much exactly what I expected.
As for Lily? Honestly, I could go either way for her. Having her live might lead to something interesting, but we'd almost certainly never see her again for obvious reasons. And if she dies, it could torment the ponies more and drive a further wedge between them and Prey, who just won't give a flying fuck.
I suppose I'm up for a middle ground, where they manage to get her back to Canterlot, but she dies anyway without ever waking up. Ooh, that way her family can make a ruckus about it as well!
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Thank you all for giving a response and opinion of what should happen to the problem: "#Lilly Blossom".
So far, mostly people seem to want for her to survive, at least for a while, so she can wake up and face the consequences/go insane/redeem herself. So if that's what mostly everyone wants...Hmm. Hmm. Hmhmhm... Killing her now would be wrong, right?
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You are quite correct. It really is a reverse parody of the war Prey once fought. Now he's the one trying to kill the rebels hiding in the forest, the shoes on the other hoof, and he gets a taste of what it's like to be the hapless Guard in these circumstances. Poor Prey. 馃ぃ
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Thank you for the well wishes, and I return the same to you. 馃槆 Also, thank you for your suggestions and I'm glad you liked the chapter. It wasn't quite as on tender-hooks as the last chapter, but that's how a story goes. 馃槈 You gotta' have the build up chapters just as much as the grimdark horror action.
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Ah, thank you for pointing that mistake out, I've corrected it now thanks. 馃槃
There've been a lot of replies on what to do with Lilly, and I'm going to try to bear them all in mind, thank you. Most people seem to want her to live however. For some strange, inexplicable, bizarre reason. (I'm joking)
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"Killing her now would be wrong, right?"
I didn't realise that what was wrong would factor into what would happen next 馃槒
I find myself split between two thoughts. On one hand it would be fitting for Lily to die, help drive home to the rest how bleak their situation is. It would further continue the path that they've been going down, basically approaching where Prey was in the beginning. On the other hand, there's so much you could do with a living Lily, conflict, resolution, character development. You're certainly a skilled enough writer that you could make either one work, so I'm eagerly anticipating whatever you chose.
Hey Lamb鈥檚 Prey, made an account to add to this discussion.
I think Lily should live; you could create an interesting character development ark and dynamics with rest of crew with guilt, pity and consequences. Perhaps Lillie's determination is strengthened to overcome and fruitlessly search for a cure or become stronger through physical strength, magicless. Or she could slowly crumble and burn while prey smiles at the unicorn鈥檚 suffering.
Regardless there will be consequences for prey revealing just how capable he his even though it was necessary to survive.
Also something鈥檚 been irritating me for a while, not sure if it鈥檚 a forgotten detail or you got a plan for it but, didn鈥檛 prey implant an egg in himself? I haven鈥檛 seen any situation where it could be useful yet and there hasn鈥檛 been any mention of it.
I just commented something but didn't click post and left the page so dissapointed that now will ever see it and I don't remember it :c
Hell yes, my biweekly dose of good reading.
It's as good as it was since the start, really enjoyable.
Although I find a bit weird Prey didn't try to steer them out of this revenge plot, especially since they're at their wit's end, they haven't eaten, they haven't slept, they're hurt and so on.
Eh, I find the absence of the border guards very suspicious, very, very suspicious indeed.
well it's simple I want her to awake just to see how wrong she is, then just break down before charging in and be eaten alive by something from the forest, one less lose end that will spare Prey some embarassing questions.
Excellent chapter as always, I can't wait for the next one, but I will.
I think lily should survive, if only for the interactions she facilitates. Prey's unicorn encounters are always fun, and I want to see how the meldwood changes her and how other characters will react to it.
Her death is still a fine outcome though. Pick whichever options you feel makes for a more compelling story, you've done great so far. This is one of my all time favorite stories, even if I include non-fanfiction stuff.
Great chapter^^
As for lilly, im a bit torn. Its her own faulth what happened to her, sure. But i kinda want her to admit that Prey was right. And their interactions have been amusing
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Crimson isn't there, you must mean gloom.
Lilly continuously survives things she shouldn't and doubles down on her Lillyness each time. Thus annoying Prey for the rest of eternity.
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Prey could easily say he learnt from a zebra. Its true and makes enough sense.
To enforce the idea of death and desperation of what war really is, Lily must die.
Really helps that she's bloody annoying too.
lilly should get to live, then her condition will be brought up and prey will be singled out! Perfect opportunity to give him a medal! In front of both princesses! What a lovely reward dont you think?
Man, they say shit only rolls downhill, but at what point did the ISND fall off a cliff? No reinforcements (and I'm wondering which national disaster is happening to coincide here), missing almost all of their supplies, outnumbered, and everybody is losing their goddamned minds. Fun times.
Everyone wants Lily to live. I agree, if only so that she can have a poor quality of life and constantly remind the ISND why they should be paranoid always. Who knows, maybe in the future if Gloom isn't sufficiently depressed she can try to off herself. I doubt she can stay on with such debilitating injuries, but I do want to see what happens to Scenic. Will he even survive this mission? If he does, will he have the mental capacity to stay on with the ISND, or even the guard as a whole?
Great chapter! Thank you!
Lilly should "live". But she will be left behind. A few chapters after this is arc, she shows up in canterlot in bad shape and looking for prey.
Prey does not want to talk to her, avoids her for months. Then at the most inappropriate time they finally meet. Lilly thanks prey for saving her life and gives herself to him (romanticised life debt) in whatever remins in her life.
P.s. Also Luna's collar should come up as a issue in the next few chapters. Maybe it gets hit by some magic alerting luna. Something fun could happen there.
Also the egg... I wonder, that was never really explained fully.
Why did the ISND not walk along the tracks to the next town? Currently they are the only people that know what is going on and should make sure the higher ups know the reality of the situation.
When they found the kindersnatches standing in the stream, why not have Crimson use the amulet and quickly fly along the river and cut off their legs (or heads)? It would be a quick ambush attack, minimal engagement time, and it would eliminate most of the warlock's kindersnatches, at least until he makes more.
I want Lilly to live. I want to see how she deals with the fact that she should be dead, Prey had to make her part tree to save her, and by saving her 13 kindersnatches (and almost the ISND) were killed by the Hungry Thing.
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Maybe, but he is far to comfortable with the actual work to just have learned from someone else. One does not calmly amputate legs and apply meld wood without having done it many times before.
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Best idea for Lilly so far!
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He has all of the zebra (scar?) in his head so that explains it. He ate his mind and memories.
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Hello and thanks once again for helping me out here. There were definitely a couple of mistakes in that list that needed correcting pronto. 馃ぃ
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Thank you for the vote of confidence. 馃槆 Mostly everyone seems to want for her to live, so she's probably going to. But no promises!
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No, the Zebra's name was "Snake"
I don't think that it was ever explicitly stated, but Prey apparently
beat his teacher in mental combat & ate his mind, thus gaining his total knowledge
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Hello. Thank you very much for your opinion and suggestion on Lilly, I'm adding it to the list. 馃崜 And as to your second question: Spoilers 馃樁
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It's too far. There isn't a town with a telegraph office until you get to the other side of the mountains. They wouldn't make it before the warlock hunted them down
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Ha ha, a conflicting opinion! Mostly people want Lilly to live, but you want her to go out in a blaze of stupid stupidity while being stupid.
And I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter after the last one, which kinda' set a high bar for the future me. 馃槄
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What? I mean, Nothing to see here,
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Seems like you always spot a few that I miss. Thanks
Although "having stuff to hand" is an acceptable expression
Wikipedia
to hand [to hand]
DEFINITION
within easy reach.
"have a pen and paper to hand"
synonyms:
readily available 路 available 路 handy 路 near at hand 路 within reach 路 accessible 路 ready 路 close 路 close by 路 near 路 nearby 路 at the ready 路 at one's fingertips 路 at one's disposal 路 convenient 路 get-at-able
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Yep thats why. Its been awhile since i read the earlier chapters and for got his name. Dont know why i thought scar, perhaps the lion king has something to do with it. Thanks for catching that.
As for lilly i agree with toolazy however she seems more like in her desent into the depths of crazy she would blane prey and possibly... i dont know... attempt to murder him.
Well, I don't want to simply say boot Lilly out. That'd be a waste of a character, work and time. I would suggest she have purpose with Prey. Like Pink. But I'm down for anything. Keep up the good work and see you next time.
While most people want her to survive, because of course people want to, if you want to kill her, you should have full creative control over the story. So yeah, kill her rather than not know what to do with her down the line. Though having an even more nuts Lily sounds like a rather amusing contrast to Prey's gloom and angst.
If Lily died, it wouldn't be much of a surprise, but maybe her wood-fused body could raise some questions towards Prey. What if some other border guards find it and they recognise it from some 50 years old descriptions?
Also, Gloom thought he traded away the villagers for Lily's life, so if she dies he would take it... quite badly, I imagine.
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Agreed. Both options could have interesting result. Her not waking up seems like the most likely option. It will force them (with the exception of Prey and probably crimson) to face their mortality and understanding that can, and probably will, die, just like she did. And it will also force Gloom to see the mistake of his choice, to see how in his attempt to save everyone, he ended up with nothing. It might even crush him and whats left of his confidence as a leader.
In the end we should let the author do what he thinks is best. It's his story, and what he says goes. I fully trust his judgement and his skill.