‘They’ are the shadowy figures lurking just beyond the corners of your eyes, pulling the strings of reality and shaping it to better suit their intentions. They are the celestial bureaucracy, ensuring that everything works together orderly, smoothly, and harmoniously. And, in order to do that, They sometimes have to change a few things.

Things like changing a stallion named Cloud Buster into a lithe cyan mare with a multicolored mane and tail, renaming her Rainbow Dash, giving her a new set of friends, and changing just about everything about her life. However, Cloud—Rainbow—whoever he or she is now—isn’t willing to give up her old life, or her choice in her own destiny, without a fight.

I don’t question the “life” bar floating over my head, or my “EXP” gauge, or the little phantasmal boxes that appear whenever I look at an “equippable” object that show its “statistics.” It’s normal for small messages to appear in the sky every now and then, such as [System update in 2 hours.] My kind worships the Developers, higher beings that direct, create, and control everything we see. It’s all normal. This is how things have always been, since I was born. My father, my grandfather, my ancestors have all accepted and coped with these elements.

So why does everything feel so... fake?

My name is Twilight_Sparkle, and I know there’s something wrong here.

Co-Written by GaruuSpike and Chaotic Dreams.

A pony raised by Hellhounds is cast out from her Pack after failing to complete a special ceremony. Hunted by those she once called family and trapped in the unfamiliar surface world of the Equestrian Wasteland, she finds refuge in the ruins of a mostly abandoned prewar seaside town. This haven, once called Point Lookout, is not without its own dangers and dark secrets, however. If the pony who thinks she’s a Hellhound ever wants to redeem herself in the eyes of her Pack, she’ll have to unravel a centuries-old mystery surrounding a once peaceful town that is now anything but.

Fluttershy was beginning to worry why everypony was acting like she wasn’t there—more so than usual—until she discovered that despite spending most of the day in Ponyville, she’d never even gotten out of bed. At least, her body hadn’t... Nor was it breathing...

Even if Fluttershy isn’t ready to give up on life just yet, The AfterLife is calling, and it isn’t patient.

Written by Chaotic Dreams and GaruuSpike.

Rarity awakes after a thousand years of forced magical slumber. How will she cope with a world where everypony she ever knew and loved is long gone, a world that has moved on without her?

Editor in Chief: GaruuSpike

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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/MillenniumWake

Additional Editors:

Darthrex

Zervziel

SennenRyu

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ShadowSolstice

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