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    • Racing the Starlight
      Princess: 1. Physics: O.

      1,470 words · 1,584 views · 246 likes · 1 dislikes
    • Dark Side of the Moon
      Princess Luna encounters a new society on the far side of the moon.
      37,741 words · 4,782 views · 558 likes · 7 dislikes
    • Dead or Alive
      Boba Fett attempts the greatest hunt of his career.
      29,301 words · 3,121 views · 599 likes · 12 dislikes
    • The Ballad of Echo the Diamond Dog
      A human finds himself in Equestria... He decides to forsake Ponyville and see the world instead.
      129,327 words · 16,585 views · 2,185 likes · 62 dislikes
    • Pest Control
      4,956 words · 4,207 views · 616 likes · 30 dislikes
    • Far From the Tree
      91,337 words · 4,971 views · 262 likes · 10 dislikes
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    [CANCELED AS OF NOVEMBER 24, 2012]  The Cutie Mark Crusaders have really done it this time.  In yet another attempt to earn their cutie marks after hearing an adventurous guest speaker in class,  they set out for the Everfree forest to search the old castle ruins.  After the ground collapses beneath them, they find themselves in a mysterious cavern.  The Crusaders soon discover a stallion who was turned to stone by a cockatrice.  After taking him back to town, they manage to thaw him out with the help of Twilight Sparkle.  The stallion, one Sir Buck "Buckshot" Apple, claims to be a resident of Ponyville... That is, the Ponyville of one thousand years ago.  The Crusaders take him to Sweet Apple Acres to meet the current generation of Apples, as well as to give him a tour of modern-day Ponyville.  Misadventures ensue as the time-tossed knight, now the oldest living earth pony in Equestria, shows everypony how the champion of the old school rolls, and attempts to find a place for himself in a world that's all too familiar, but all too different at the same time.  Sir Buck must come to terms with the events his disappearance gave rise to, as well as how to relate with a family legacy one thousand years in the making.  

    Edited by Nathan Traveler

    Cover Art by SchitzophrenicNeko12 of deviantart.com

    First Published
    13th Dec 2011
    Last Modified
    23rd Mar 2012

    Comments ( 532 )

    #1 · Chapter 1 · 75w, 1d ago · · ·
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    things just got interesting!!!:pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

    #2 · Chapter 1 · 75w, 1d ago · · ·
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    this is more my writing style.  I'm rather bad at dialog, so i'm looking around for an editor with some experience so i can learn

    #3 · Chapter 2 · 75w, 17h ago · · ·
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    love it

    #4 · Chapter 2 · 75w, 17h ago · · ·
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    Wow, and to think I doubted you. This is excellently written and quite fun.

    5/5.

    Awesome, can't wait to see where this goes.

    #5 · Chapter 2 · 75w, 17h ago · · ·
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    >>67963

    Thanks mate.  Honestly, i wrote the prologue like that on a dare, so i can't exactly say i put much effort into it.  i might go back and change it up once i get farther into the story.  

    #6 · Chapter 2 · 75w, 16h ago · · ·
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    so far so good. this is quite good and i would love to see more!!!

    #7 · Chapter 2 · 75w, 15h ago · · ·
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    The Fox McCloud part was Hilarious:rainbowlaugh:

    #8 · Chapter 2 · 75w, 15h ago · · ·
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    Eh i like where this is going ill stick with it keep up the work :pinkiehappy:

    #9 · Chapter 3 · 74w, 5d ago · · ·
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    I'm gonna feel really bad when Buck() gets turned to stone to find that his wife Leafdapple() and his daughter Apple Blossom() are both dead when he wakes up in the future. If seen this scenario before; at first he won't belief he's in the future till he sees the town, the farm, Celestia herself, and various family heirlooms that prove that he is indeed in the future. Then once the gravity of the situation sinks in, he'll break down emotionally and it will up to his descendants to get him through this. This a great story though and one of the best examples of this scenario.

    I loved how you fallowed the Kurt Vonnegut Guide to writing a short story:

    1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

    2.Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

    3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

    4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.

    5. Start as close to the end as possible.

    6. Be a sadist. Now matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

    7.Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

    8.Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

    Peace Out. I look forward to what happens next.

    #10 · Chapter 3 · 74w, 5d ago · · ·
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    >>71117

    Hush, you'll give everything away! :flutterrage:  Buck's made of strange stuff, tho. He might react differently than you'd expect.  Besides, I've never been good at writing heavily emotional bits.

    I'm gonna have to mix things up a little.

    Anyway, to be honest, I've never heard of the Kurt Vonnegut Guide until you mentioned it! :rainbowderp:  I just wrote down what I saw in my head!  Whoever he was tho, he was a genius- his strategies seem to work for me quite well.  Anyway, at the end of the next chapter I'll have a special announcement for everypony.  It'll put you right into the thick of things... Mwa hahahahahaha!  :trollestia:

    #11 · Chapter 3 · 74w, 5d ago · · ·
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    >>71232

    Kurt Vonnegut JR.

    1922-2007 was an American writer, artist and lecturer. He wrote mostly satire, gallows humor, and science fiction. His most famous work is Slaughterhouse-Five. He was great at giving humorous lectures about the art of story telling.

    This is him illustrating the shape of a story. (here)

    I love the way he simplifies everything into their basic plots.

    Peace Out.

    #12 · Chapter 3 · 74w, 5d ago · · ·
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    ...Celestia's Nipple Hair? Congratulations, you nearly killed me with hahas. :D

    #13 · Chapter 3 · 74w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Looking forward to what happens next! 5 stars, tracked and favorited :twilightsmile:

    #14 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I'm liking this still, wanna see the CMC find Buckshot and see how they free him from the stone

    As for an OC, I think it's fine the way it is, and the only OC I can think of right now is mine, and he's otherwise preoccupied at the moment haha.

    #15 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    interestinginteresting

    #16 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    There is no Ditzy Doo, but there is Derpy Hooves.

    #17 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>74617

    meh...

    the name is in contest.  

    officially shes called Ditzy Doo, but the fans call her Derpy.  

    Im just trying to score brownie points with Faust should she ever read this.

    #18 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Cast: Huge Jackman as Buckshot he's like the better Mel Gibson and we've got a deal. Swordfish was such a great movie. It had hacking, action, explosions, and Halle Berry's nips. God, reading this REALLY makes me wanna go watch Swordfish, you should go watch that movie right now.  

    Why I think I can make this fic better, is because I've worked on fimfiction.net user Winter Twister's: Purple Skies, Winter Skies, Applebloom's Vendetta, and I personally wrote Drago P.I and Hoity Toity Gets Possessed by Duke Nukem. Another reason I think I can make this fic great is that I'm familiar with the scenario.

    The OC's I wanna see in this fic are:

    Pale Hoof- he's the pony grim reaper that lives in ponyville he's from the fic "Near Death Experience" He speaks in the Royal Equestrian Voice(all caps lock), he's in a relationship with a pony named Pinwheel and because he's death he really shows no emotion.

    Snowstorm from the fic, called "Winter's Howl" he's Scoot's older brother and dating Rainbow Dash in the last chapters of that fic and scoots ended up killing their abusive alcoholic father after he murdered their step dad. I like that OC  because he isn't whiny, he's family orientated and has a strong moral code.    

    Smokey from the fic called "Purple Haze" and he's Twilight's stoner boyfriend whose funny, educated, charismatic and socially responsible.

    Peace Out

    #19 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Eh dont think my oc would fit in still shout out to the readers oc's    (\(^o^)/)  also great chapter:pinkiehappy:

    #20 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Eh dont think my oc would fit in still shout out to the readers oc's    (\(^o^)/)  also great chapter:pinkiehappy:

    #21 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>74699 Her name has been officially changed to Derpy Hooves.

    Don't belive me Check the MLP wiki and Equestria Daily.

    Anyway good story.

    #22 · Chapter 4 · 74w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>75245

    Hmmmm.... So be it, I'll edit the name with the next chapter release

    #23 · Chapter 5 · 74w, 1d ago · · ·
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    Nice, can't wait to see how he reacts to waking up for the first time in 1000 years

    #24 · Chapter 5 · 74w, 1d ago · · ·
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    Excellent

    #25 · Chapter 5 · 74w, 1d ago · · ·
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    I found the whole thing with the Hairbrush hi-larious. I'd vote banishing it into a black hole!

    #26 · Chapter 5 · 74w, 1d ago · · ·
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    I'm waiting to see what happens when he comes to. Future shock ho!

    #27 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 18h ago · · ·
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    fantastic

    #28 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 18h ago · · ·
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    good job on the accent

    #29 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 18h ago · · ·
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    Another excellent chapter, though I wanna see Luna's full blown reaction to finding out who he is :pinkiehappy:

    #30 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 17h ago · · ·
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    >>80416

    Actually, she already knows, but isn't letting on just yet.  It's a bit of a shock for her as well, if you think about it.

    #31 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 17h ago · · ·
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    >>80462 I figured that, but I mean I wanna see her reaction to seeing him in the flesh in the visible spectrum, and his reaction to seeing her haha

    #32 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 16h ago · · ·
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    Ah, hell I love this story, found myself laughing several times uncontrollably. plus you've gotta love all the refferences. VERY interested to see what happens next. Continue on good sir!

    That is all :moustache:

    #33 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 16h ago · · ·
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    I forgot how crude Aussie language sounds to foreigners...

    Then again, spend your entire life talking like Buckshot and you don't even notice untill they start giving you funny looks.

    Doesn't help any Aussie who talks like that is pretty much suited to the element of Honesty either...

    #34 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 15h ago · · ·
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    >>80612

    I actually developed Buck with the idea of him embodying all of the elements and all of the elements faults in some way.  But I've always liked AJ the best so Honesty is kinda his thing more than the others.

    #35 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 10h ago · · ·
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    >>80764

    WHENS THE NEXT CHAPTER cant wait

    #36 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 10h ago · · ·
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    >>80597

    how should he react? he doesn't even know that he was stoned for a 1k years.

    #37 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 7h ago · · ·
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    >>81157

    The next chapter is actually more or less all ready to go, but seeing as this one is where Buck takes the hammer I'm putting a lot of revision into it. It'll probbably be out sometime later today.

    #38 · Chapter 6 · 74w, 2h ago · · ·
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    >>81309

    YEAH WOOT CANT WAIT

    #39 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 6d ago · · ·
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    aww, a very touching chapter... though methinks there's a little more turmoil in Buckshot's head then he's letting on. Looking forward to the next chapter mate! :twilightsmile:

    #40 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 6d ago · · ·
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    he took that very well

    #41 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 6d ago · · ·
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    >>82194

    The Loch Ness looks tranquil from the surface, mate.  But apparently there's a monster down there.

    #42 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 6d ago · · ·
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    Excellent

    #43 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 6d ago · · ·
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    >>82226

    And Bruce Banner. Sure, it seems like he's a normal swell guy, but all it takes is that one little push to transform him into a hulking engine of destruction.

    #44 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 6d ago · · ·
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    I'm not sure 'Aged Wine' was the best term to use considering how the chapter openned.

    #45 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 5d ago · · ·
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    Wheres the old timey piano when I need it?

    #46 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 5d ago · · ·
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    it is christmas eve post now

    #47 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 5d ago · · ·
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    >>85401

    Lol sorry dude I meant Christmas DAY.  I can't post it now, it's not finished.

    #48 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 5d ago · · ·
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    Thanks for the new chapter. Some misspellings here and there, but otherwise pretty good.

    The image of Applebloom taking shelter under Sir Buck Apple is really cute!:twilightsmile:

    #49 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 5d ago · · ·
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    Man! another cliffhanger? I'm gonna have to get you with the ending for my Chapter 4, is a real tear-jerker :rainbowwild:

    #50 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 5d ago · · ·
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    >>85533

    Bring it!

    I'm so manly that I dont cry. I sweat through my eyes.

    Ice
    #51 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    This is amazing

    #52 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Hehe. Buckshot 'Aircraft Hangar' Apple. :3 I lol'd.

    #53 · Chapter 8 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    fantastic

    #54 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    :flutterrage: FUS RO DAH! :flutterrage: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    #55 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Love your story bro :pinkiehappy: Skyrim FTW!

    #56 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    man, all you people with Skyrim... have they released the DevKit yet? I need it first to make My Little Skyrim a reality

    #57 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Coincidentally, I accidentally played "Dragonborn" on my harmonica.

    #58 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Again It is Derpy Hooves. I also got Skyrim and a Xbox.

    #59 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Welp. Somebody needs to get Buck a ponified santa outfit. Eeyup. >_>

    #60 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Not gonna lie, clearing 5k views is a gift all in it's own.

    #61 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87447

    Congratulations bro! (Lifts bottle of soda) Here's to another 5k views!

    #62 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87449

    -Lifts a bottle of rum- I'll drink to that, mate

    #63 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87452

    You'll drink to anything!

    #64 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87483

    Eehehehee...

    Eeyup. :eeyup:

    #65 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Confound these calculators! They drive me to abithici!

    #66 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87700

    *notices the complete and utter typo*:twilightoops::facehoof:

    Time to make another account!:twilightblush:

    #67 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87702

    Or just somehow shift the blame to a completely different source, like politicians do.

    #68 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87708

    It's the ancient Greeks' fault! They're the ones who misspelt it! They also predicted their economic collapse, making each American pay quadrilians of dollars just to have them aid the Nazis in a galactic holocaust against my Shy-Shy!:fluttercry: Therefor, we must use the Orbital Friendship Cannon against the Taliban! Then we will have North Dakota secede and become the New Republic of Newt Gingrich! It seems like the next logical step in history!:derpytongue2:

    #69 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87800

    Congratulations grasshopper. You have learned the ancient art of politics.

    #70 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>87452 why rum? this calls for something fancier *lifts bottle of champagne cider

    #71 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 3d ago · · ·
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    love it

    #72 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    i kinnae wait for more, and I hope you find yourself able to type fast enough that you don't lose any of your great ideas before you have the chance to record them

    #73 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    i like the new image. buck looks good with a hat

    #74 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    What about someone trying to get the farm from the Apple? Or someone who was once a rival of Buckshot and then was somehow brought a 1000 years into the future?

    *No no no Glassed, this isn't your job, your job is to read. Let the writer do his/hers job!*... I'll just stop myself now...

    I like the chapter btw :pinkiesmile:

    -Glassed

    #75 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    become lunas personal gaurd he freinds with her

    #76 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>89408

    actually, i've got something along those lines in store.  its gotta do with the moon mark on his chest.  

    all i can say about it at this time is...

    Mother fuckin' lasers.

    nuff said.

    #77 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>89467

    Doctor Octabuckapus, BLAAA!

    #78 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    :moustache: Interesting please keep up the good work my good sir.

    #79 · Chapter 4 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    O god please don't remove my tear glands!!!!!!! also ill rate after i finish reading all up to date chapters.... right nao im thinking about a 4.5 its really good so far...

    #80 · Chapter 7 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    sniffle sniffle....

    #81 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 2d ago · · ·
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    great story 5 stars eagerly waiting for next chapter.

    #82 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 1d ago · · ·
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    I went snowboarding today, so I'll have the next chapter out by tomorrow.  

    Anyway, the mountain I went to had a trail called "Applejack" (double diamonds btw).

    I rode that trail ten times. Loved it.

    #83 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 1d ago · · ·
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    fantastic

    #84 · Chapter 9 · 73w, 1d ago · · ·
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    The story.. ME GUSTA

    #85 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 1d ago · · ·
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    >>91413 I'm hoping to go snowboarding on Thursday... also, I need to figure out making a Mane 6 board

    #86 · Chapter 10 · 73w, 1d ago · · ·
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    >>92636

    No dude, that's not Dr. Pones' hat. He's wearing Applejack's old Stetson, because he gave her a new one for Hearth's Warming.  I thought it might be a good idea for him to have a sort of physical representaion of his modern family, in addition to the symbols that his bandanna and his leg weights stand for.

    #87 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 20h ago · · ·
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    :derpyderp2::derpyderp2:

    #88 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 19h ago · · ·
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    Wait, WHAT?

    Oh god, here we go...

    #89 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 19h ago · · ·
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    " All will be revealed in the next chapter, along with several bottles of vodka."

    :fluttershysad:....... I...

    :fluttercry:............. I......

    :flutterrage: I LOVE VODKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :moustache: Please keep up the good work my good sir.

    #90 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 19h ago · · ·
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    >>93443

    Trust me on this one, I know how HiE's usually go.  I'm going to put a spin onto this one that nopony will see coming.  Regardless, Rust will be part of the plot, but not an essential character.  However, he and _______ will be pivotal in exploring what happened after Buck was frozen.

    #91 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 19h ago · · ·
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    Looking forward to more, keep em coming bro! :rainbowlaugh:

    #92 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 18h ago · · ·
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    I told you her name is now officially Derpy Hooves, It is not Ditzy Doo. even Larun Fuast says it is Derpy, Hasbro Says it is Derpy, The wiki says it is Derpy, EQD says It is Derpy.

    Any way good story, can't wait to see how Rust explains how he is still alive.

    #93 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 18h ago · · ·
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    Muffins! They do everything!:derpytongue2:

    #94 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 18h ago · · ·
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    >>93569

    I know that, mate.  At this point, I just call her Ditzy Doo because I like the name better.  It reminds me of Scooby Doo, who, incidentaly, was ALSO a loopy cartoon character with an insatiable appetite for delicious baked goods.  Go figure, eh?

    #95 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 18h ago · · ·
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    >>93601 OK It just drives me crazy that People don't use the real name of characters unless the fan names make more sense.

    Like Heartstrings Is long and a little complex(I need a spell checker to spell heart correctly) while Lyra is short and simple. And i prefer Derpy.

    Now I need to go play a video game with the word Skyward in the title.

    #96 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 17h ago · · ·
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    Did I spy with my Brony eyes a SPONGEBOB REFERENCE?!?!

    Nice touch.

    Also, WHAAAAAAATTTTT?????

    #97 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 17h ago · · ·
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    >>93653

    ACTUALLY YES!

    That was exactly what i was going for!  

    You, my good sir, have just received the Golden Horseshoe award for extreme awesomeness.  

    #98 · Chapter 2 · 73w, 16h ago · · ·
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    You got enough crazy in your head to capture the CMC in a very enjoyable way.

    #99 · Chapter 11 · 73w, 16h ago · · ·
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    i can just imagine derpy doing the same face spongebob had when she asked that

    #100 · Chapter 4 · 73w, 14h ago · · ·
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    You know, right when Buck was really really growin on me, and for cryin' out loud he has a FAMILY, he turns to stone :fluttershysad:... im excited to read more

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