My Little Metro has finally breached the impossible barrier of 200,000 words. This is now my official, longest ever written thing. I am so proud of myself that I was even able to come back to it, but like a spiderbug sitting quietly in its cocoon, Metro has burst forth once again like a terrible, slimy, gross parody of a butterfly. And only 9,000 words in this latest chapter! I've gotten rusty. I must thank everyone and anyone who has remembered this story fondly, and I welcome all you readers who haven't delved into the darkness yet.

It's been a long time since the last update, and that has to do with a lot of factors: flagging interest, new story ideas demanding to be written, job worries, etc. But I will be happy to say that I have finished Last Light (both endings of course), and it reinvigorated my interest in the desperately claustrophobic atmosphere of the Metro. Don't worry, this is not just a fling. I am fully invested in Metro once again and plan to see it through, however much longer it takes. We are, after all, quite far along—there's no way this will turn into the next Fallout: Equestria sized novel. At least in chapter count.

I do think the earlier chapters will need some revising. They look and feel clunky to me, but God only knows when I'll get around to that.

Unfinished will be finished much faster than this story, so fans of that needn't worry.

Quixote should appear on EQD within the next few days. It just took them a while to get to pre-reading it.

And yes, I will eventually write a sequel to Metro now that I've finished Last Light. It will be every bit as hopeless and nasty as the first one, so keep your filters clean and your trigger fingers ready, fellow tunnel rats... Lockbox is back in the Metro.

Expect a new chapter of it by this Friday or Saturday.

Hey guys.

I saw the trailer.

Astonishingly, it didn't make me vomit my insides out. It doesn't look... horrible. I'll give it that much. That being said.

Crazy idea here.

What if... bear with me now... what if... no, come closer...

Closer. Let me whisper to you.

What if it's actually good?

It was written in an hour, is probably worse than the rest of the story, and is so full of happy ending syndrome you could explode from looking at it. But I enjoyed writing it, and I hope you all enjoy reading it. Blueblood deserved more closure than I had given him. Ya'll should see it some time today, as well as on EQD once the story gets through the pre-reading.

And, guess what? I've gotten attached to that royal idiot, and I have another comedic story I'd like to write about him once Unfinished is, well, finished. The title and synopsis is thus:

Don't Call Upon the Sea Ponies

Blueblood meets a sea pony hiding in Canterlot Castle, and it is the worst day of his life.

I might as well add an epilogue chapter or something with the wariness people have had about the ending. I did mean to end it on a light-hearted note (in fact, the original ending was very somber and depressing even compared to the current one), but it seems too much was left unspoken. I don't like having to explain too much in comments like I did with that story; it means the story didn't speak enough on its own.

Don't go hoping I'll turn this into a full-fledged story arc, but it seems I'm not done with Good Guy Blueblood.

This is most pleasing to me.

All the faves and comments and watches I'm getting for this chapter alone make me squee so hard I might be related to Fluttershy.

Thank you all for making what was for me a purely experimental idea thought up at 1 AM while high on Dr. Pepper into something that is not a waste of time. I was certain a dark rule 63 story with no shipping tags would go absolutely nowhere, but I was hastily proven wrong, and thank you all for that.

Unfortunately, this is not going to be a super epic long tale. I can't promise it'll be any longer than eight to ten chapters. But I'll make sure they're well worth it for all the love this story's been getting.

After this, it's on to my other projects. Last Light comes out in a month or so, which means... not a lot of time to finish Metro.

Challenge accepted.

I don't actually have a prank to play on anyone, and you totally thought I did!

Now April Fool's is almost over and you didn't get the prank you were expecting!

Ha ha totally fooled you guys would prank again.

Like a friend of mine said: "maybe you know what you're doing with this whole poni poni poni thing."

Meaning I won, but I honestly don't know how. But the other entries were very strong, so give them a look too.

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Title: Marama

Tags: Adventure, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Thousands of years before Twilight Sparkle is born, two young sisters are on a quest of their own. They know little of their world, and less of the ancient powers waiting to build them or break them. They remember only the spires of Canterlot, the peace of a tamed land giving up its bounty, and the comforts of a loving home.

The world is not so kind. The dark whispers at the edges of Equestria have felt the sisters' coming, and they will not be ignored.

Alone in an ancient place, Celestia and Luna will learn the ways of war.

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Too mysterious, maybe?

Anyway yeah, this is in the works. Should come out a little bit after I've posted Unfinished chapter 5, which will be finished in a couple of days.

So like

Since Celestia said he didn't learn the magic of friendship, and yet was such a studious unicorn

I like the idea that Starswirl was a giant douchebag, basically Twilight if she never made friends

Like a magical Sherlock Holmes or something

Enough with Clover being his assistant or whatever, it's pretty clear they lived in different times

So yeah

Scumbag Starswirl

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