This story is a sequel to Friendship is dead
A year has passed since the wedding incident, and the passing of Ponyvilles once beloved librarian/ element of magic. Shining armor, now the prince of the Crystal empire and the captain of the Crystal guards, is struggling to forgive himself over the events last year at the hands of his corrupted sister. With his parents continuous hatred towards their son, he begins to wonder if he can truly redeem himself over his past actions and earn back his parents love.
Side note: Shining armor will be the main focus of the sequel, Applejack and the others will make some appearances here or there though and have their moments as well.
Chapters (12)
The apostrophe wants to be your friend. Why won't you let it be your friend?
Excited to see where this goes and happy new year everybody
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Me too.
Eventually goes to visit his sister’s grave.
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k apparently, since none of them have been fixed.
Because some people just don't give a f
Whoa. That’s pretty deep for Shining. I guess the pain of loosing his sister is still in his heart.
Seems weird that Spike is taking the guilt so well, considering he knew Twilight more than the Mane 6 objectively (Twilight literally being his caretaker) And considering Spike canon fear of losing Twilight in Crystal Empire episodes, it seems kind of strange. But i assume it makes sense, considering this story is mostly focused on Shining Armor
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Spike matured quite a bit after his growth spurt, so it would make sense for him to try his hardest to move on as he knew it's what his adopted sister would have wanted.
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Will we see what Velvet and Night Light are trying to deal with their strong hatred?
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You'll see later on in the story😉
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Uh where’s the next chapter?
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It’s coming don’t worry, I should have it up before the end of the week👍
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Ok
I wonder what this meeting is about?
A small suggestion for future chapters: Make sure to replace the term "Man" with "Stallion"
Gladmane, what are you up to?
I honestly thought they were gonna go with Sunset Shimmer for a while there.
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I think Shining could be the replacement for Twilight. He’s a unicorn and kind of centered around him.
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They already thought of that idea and dismissed it.
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Good point. Anyways I’m stumped.
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The story takes place before the events of Equestria girls so Sunset isn't in it. And with Twilight gone, Sunset has no means to return to Equestria since her objective in the first movie was to steal Twilight's crown.
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Doesn't mean that they still can't contact her.
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That's also true, but given that Sunset still holds a grudge against Celestia, I doubt it'd be easy to recruit her.
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Don't use man and use stallion instead, got it ; ) I just figured that since they use dude and even bro in the actual show , I figured they'd use man or woman to address stallions and mares too.
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You never know, Sunset might just decide to be the bigger mare and apologize.
We should see what Velvet and Night Light are doing.
Why did you change the name of Twilight’s dad?
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Like I said in the previous story, I preferred his fan name over his official name as Crescent moon sounded a lot cooler, especially since his cutie mark is literally a crescent moon.
Wait?! There’s a 3rd sibling?! One that Shining nor Twi knew about somewhere in Eques. I wonder who it is?
Life has a strange way to bring things into your lives. Maybe it’s Shining’s destiny to find his missing sibling and find her. An older sister.
I bet at the end of the story Shining has a dream of Twilight who is back to the way she was and tells him she forgives and telling him that she’ll always be with Shining in his heart before vanishing as her spirit can finally rest in peace.
Shining’s journey to find his older sister has begun.
Okey. I’m totally blown away. Never seen this coming.
Why didn’t you capitalize the a in Shining Armor’s name? It’s suppose to be capitalized.
The Sparkle Family is clearly falling apart and things are going from bad to worse for everyone in general, if Twilight Velvet ends up passing away I doubt that N̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶L̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ Crescent Moon will be strong enough to withstand all that, in case Crescent decided to do something unthinkable, the legacy of the Sparkles would die with Shining Armor. (and cheerilee? lol)
Just in case, does Spike know about Twilight Velvet's cancer? Honestly, it would be tragic in the hypothetical case that Spike had considered Velvet his "second mother" and now he would have absolutely nothing. It is already tragic that his last interaction with Twilight was violent and that he is indirectly to blame for Rarity losing her horn.
Honestly, regarding Twilight: From the beginning she consciously did things out of hatred and resentment, without being sorry or having any ounce of regret for hurting her friends and outside people (along with psychotic Trixie) just for being betrayed. you also emphasized that in this alternate universe the amulets did not turn their bearers evil, which is why I don't believe that "Twilight wouldn't like us to be blaming ourselves for her death" thing when in reality, under analysis of the previous story, she would be blaming them for their actions, it seems more like a way to deal with the guilt that the Mane 5 have for the events that occurred at the wedding.
Gladmane's "revenge" plan doesn't make much sense in my personal opinion, since Twilight was murdered and Trixie is in jail, so justice would have been served, but I guess this character is clearly sick in the head for his terrible actions towards Cadance.
I feel like Cadance and Shining were nerfed, it's understandable that Cadance can't handle the polymorph queen, but a princess alicorn is easily weakened by a regular unicorn?
In general, I find this story extremely interesting, despite notable flaws, and I feel that this alternate universe should be explored further, greetings!
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Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it.
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1. Don't worry the Sparkle family along with Velvet is gonna be fine, you'll see their fate later on
2. Spike still lives in Ponyville so he wouldn't know about Velvet's cancer, especially given that the couple was still furious at him, the main 5 , and Celestia. Shining was just lucky to be able to have a conversation with his father.
3. Twilight did let her anger get the better of her, especially given that she's been tricked by false friendships int he past ( Comet Tail and his peers in high school for example) And didn't wanna go through that pain again. If she hadn't have teamed up with Trixie, there could have been a chance it would have been different, she wouldn't forgive them right away but would have given them a chance to prove their friendship to her.
4. Gladmane was still furious about the humiliation that Trixie and Twilight did to him last year with that little torture gameshow session. even though they received their punishments, he wasn't satisfied as he wanted revenge on both of em in his own hooves, so he decided to take his anger out on those close to the pair in a way to get closure.
5. Remember that a dispersion band was place on both of em rendering her unable to use magic to escape
But i appreciate your feedback, and that your enjoying the story👍
Who is it?
It's Lulamoon not Lunamoon.
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really?
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You'll see
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Yes.
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Okey.
Sorry for the short chapter, there was a scene I was gonna include. But I was really tired the other night and didn't have the energy to type one more sentence
But i should have the next chapter up before the months end, until then I'll see ya'll around
I must admit, a revisit to the SPIRIT REALM came as an UNEXPECTED SURPRISE to me HANDS DOWN. Despite a few spelling errors, still SUPERB work here in the end. Though I do wish that AppleBloom had this opportunity to see G.S. & her parents in the D'S.O.P. story. For she needed this equally as much for what she & her friends have been through in that story.
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If I ever decide to make a sequel to my dictators in ponyville remake, I'll definitely have Bloom take a trip to teh spirit realm for advise from granny smith and her folks
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Works for me.
This was a heartfelt chapter, I truly enjoyed it. It would be interesting to see Trixie meet Twilight in the spirit realm.
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Whoa deep. Twi’s spirit transcended into a higher level plain of existence after she died and how many regrets and guilt she has after trying all of that.
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You could only imagine how A.B'S experience would be like if she had this experience in D'S.O.P..
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Yeah. Can’t wait to see what happens in part 2.