This story is a sequel to The Prodigal Daughter
Part of the Wibblyverse Continuity.
Previous Story: The Clock with Three Faces
Next Story: Silent Night
(This story takes place during earlier story 'The Clock with Three Faces'. It's not absolutely necessary to read that first, but it will explain why Trixie and Sunset borrowed the TARDIS.)
Trixie and Sunset have gotten lost in space and time, crashing into strange adventures and characters along the way. Join them as they encounter bickering gods, Starswirl the Bearded's secret lover, frozen cities, rebellious griffons, and haunted houses in space while they prove friendship is magic across all timelines!
Other characters appearing in this piece but not in the tags: Anubis, Ba'ast, and Discord.
Death tag applies to the following stories:
Covenant of the Ark
The House on the Rock
Ooh... A Doctor Who story. You have my interest.
Been reading through these and definitely having a good time. I don't even know much about Dr. Who, but I'm following it pretty well. I'm liking the slow relationship buildup for the duo and look forward to seeing how that all turns out.
As I mentioned last week, my schedule's been too busy to update this story, but I thought I might try to deliver you some fresh content anyway.
Scrapped original first chapters
The Trixie/Discord dynamic is something I find utterly fascinating within ponydom. The mind of a trickster against the madness of chaos always leads to delightful encounters.
Let's hope this version of Trixie is up to the task.
Trixie's surprise was... surprisingly lame. At least Discord appreciated it.
And who knew the snake would get a good ending?
Sunset and Trixie make a good duo. A good mixture of brains and power between the both of them. It's going to be a little wistful seeing their adventures end at least.
I'll see it to the end!
Magnificent. Great adventures, intriguing mysteries, fantastic comedy, and a good reminder that asexual need not mean aromantic. And if Catshepsut is a reference to what I think it is, then I'm flattered. Thank you for this. Onward!
I had intended to just log this for later reading. I was being very good. I had the very best of intentions.
The very. Best. Of intentions.
And your story, more-or-less as usual, sucked me in.
Oops.
Anyway. Stellar as always. And Sunset taking up the mantle of Ra in any fashion is more awesome than words can say.
Aw.
Then, reading about squicking, and Trixie’s reaction...
Oh, you probably just forgot to say thank you.
One small nitpick:
Such a good chapter. I loved the crosstime shenanigans, and the mares’ developing friendship!
That is the question, isn’t it?
Also, I am so using this plot in a D&D game...
And there are many, many kinds of desire, Sunset.
Oh, Trixie, how I do love thee.
Poor Anubis, he certainly doesn’t handle grief well. Or, well... any number of other things.
And poor Ba’ast, especially.
But, man, I love where this leaves our heroes.
That was beautiful. I especially loved your taking the Haunted House idea and turning it inside out like you did. On multiple levels simultaneously.
And yes, even now, Sunny is only beginning to grasp the power she has.
And I also also love the progression of S&T’s relationship! My face right now:
(Having slept on it and returned, I keep wanting to comment more specifically on the things I loved about this chapter... but anything I commented on would be a spoiler. Every twist was perfectly timed, and every little detail (and the attention to those details that you showed, especially dealing with the old legends that inspired the story) was a joy. So rather than have an entire comment full of blacked out text, I’ll have one that’s completely parenthetical. Oh, well. Life is full of these little trade-offs.)
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Thank you. Honestly, I still have no idea how I wrote this chapter. It was never meant to be this long, but it was one of the times where the story, in a way, wrote itself. I think the muse was just with me for this one. But thank you for your high praise.
Aaaa! Shun! Shunnnnnn!
And just like that, my day is made.
I am so feeling for Starswirl in this. Hopefully Her Nibs will wise up and chill out, without deaths erupting all over the place...
You have a gift for making the reader care about newly-introduced characters almost instantly.
Also: Torch Wood. Because of course.
Also also: Trixie and Sunny are possibly the cutest couple ever. I love how you ultimately got them together.
I love that description.
Every paragraph of this chapter has been a delight.
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Thank you! It was an absolute delight to write as well.
I'll take that as a "no"
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Fixed, thanks for the catches.
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Fixed, thanks!
ICR which one of the Disc World novels that's from. I THINK it was The Thief Of Time, but couldn't swear to it
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Yep, got it in one!
You know, I was going to comment about Sutekh, and whole Pyramids of Mars thing and the Tenth Doctor's Titan Comics run and all that, but then:
And all seriousness drained away. I am legit impressed that someone managed to pull that off without looking incredibly forced.
my mother is a master gardener and I could have sworn that hemlock is highly poisonous
ok, picard
I remember reading this back on ao3! I loved Sunset and Trixie's dynamic and how fleshed out all the other characters were. It's a little complex, as there are just so many elements, and you did an absolutely wonderful job tying everything together. Definitely one of my favorite adventure stories.
You had to say her name in a Celestia free book. Damn it.
Being the Judge for Gods.
A fun start.
Friendship ahoy!
Nice use of time looping...in stopped time.
There's more to Lust than Sexuality
Lust for Knowledge etc.
RIP Set
Ya old coot.
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Delicious LORE
What a Trixie.
God i love these two's relationship.
A great adventure.
I need more.
Fantastic series you got here.