Currently trying to earn another doctorate in the Magical arts, Twilight Sparkle is unable to use her previous research on the 'Magic of Friendship' for her final thesis. Forced to look elsewhere for a suitable subject matter, she approaches Zecora who directs her to an undocumented species of magical flower.
While she studies this plant, Twilight learns more about a little known field of study called 'dream magic' and some of the hidden secrets of her consciousness.
During this period of magical and self discovery, Twilight has come to realise it that everypony has a dark side, even the best of us.
But what happens when she finds hers?
Don't let the tags scare you off! Dark tag is 'Light Dark'
Rating may (most likely will) have to change in future (No higher than Teen). Character tags may be subject to change.
Coverphoto images:
Twilight's Gala Dress and Rarity's Gala dress Vectors made by http://catnipfairy.deviantart.com/
Ponyville Road Side View Vector by http://boneswolbach.deviantart.com/
Twilight Sparkle Gasping Vector by http://xpesifeindx.deviantart.com/
The rest was me with Magic of Friendship Photoshop.
So it begins, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but with ponies. The story will only copy elements from the book so don't worry about having a carbon copy of the book for those who have read it.
Authors Notes are at the bottom of the first chapter. It may be helpful to read them.
Words of warning: This will most likely be a slow fic. At least to start off with. It is going to take a several chapters to get going, not sure how many but certainly not the first 3 or 4 I think. See how I go writing the other chapters. It will almost certainly be wordy as well, possibly to excess, so forewarning there.
You're welcome to either PM or comment grammatical mistakes or typos here and I'll do my best to fix them.
First fic so don't be gentle with criticism. Lay it on me and I'll see what I can do.
Also, advice on tags for those who have read the book? This fic will have mostly the same elements as the book and I don't think this fic fits into AU or Crossover but I am open to suggestions.
Very interesting so far. A few grammatical errors:
Yours: "Ugh, Spike, let me sleep." said Twilight.
Mine: "Ugh, Spike, let me sleep," said Twilight.
Commas are useful, keep that in mind for the next chapter.
What a coincidence, I just read Jekyll and Hyde for Summer Reading at school, and I find this story. I'd like to see the twist on the original that you use.
Also, you may want to do a little bit of research on grammar, as I'm the kind of person who hates it when good stories kind of ruin the immersion with incorrect grammar. You could also post in the group of people looking for editors, I'm not sure how because I haven't really looked into it. Also, as 1203nelly pointed out, there are some grammatical errors. Most I saw were either missing periods or commas, but otherwise, I think I saw only one typo, but I'm really tired, it may have just been my eyes.
Anyway, I hope to see how this goes!
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Still trying to get the formatting down though.
I went through this chapter again and fixed up some of the errors, mostly missing punctuation as you both noted. I also changed a few sentences around. Nothing major, just a few clarification things. Also, hopefully the grammatical issues weren't too bad Falcon
There a probably some things I still missed so I suppose I will be in the market for an editor soon. I'll try to make sure that there aren't any glaring mistakes until that time though.
Next chapter is somewhere around 1/3rd finished. I'll try to get most of it finished over the weekend but I have mid semester exams coming up so no promises there.
I forgive you for your Australian spellings and the crimes your ancestors committed that resulted in them being sent to Australia. I am kind.
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Most gracious of you but my ancestors were immigrants not deported criminals
I didn't think the spelling would be much of an issue, I was just hoping to avoid corrections like 'grey' --> 'gray'. I don't mind being corrected but sometimes it annoys me when I know I'm not wrong. Though that's the same with everyone I suppose.
Please continue! I whant to see Twilights bad side!
After seeing these, I started searching for a Jekyll/Hyde story.
Finally found a good one, it seems!
I see this fanfic is kind death. Stinky, in fact. Because of the putrefaction, I´m not implying that it is bad. Anyway, I was wondering if you would mind that I used your cover for a fanfic with the same idea. Pretty please