Nightmare Knights is now up and ready for reading! · 1:12am Dec 11th, 2015
"Raise the Heavens!" - The Nightmare Knights' rallying cry.
Heroes are not born. They are made. And the Crystal War was a forge of heroes, hardened ponies who have stared into the abyss and emerged stronger. But six unicorns went further than any other and brought the abyss back with them. They were the same six who defeated the Night Queen herself, the six who bore Nightmare Moon's dark curse into battle against Discord, the six who quietly subverted Queen Chrysalis into becoming Equestria's secret pawn, the six most feared by both Equestria's enemies and her own citizens. This is the unsung tale of six unicorns, Twilight Sparkle N1, Starlight Glimmer N2, Sunset Shimmer N3, Trixie Lulamoon N4, Luna Eclipse N5 and Sunshine Smiles N6, and their nightmare-bonded commander, [OFFICER NAME REDACTED] N7. Together they lead Equestria's last hope, the fearsome legion of nightmare-bonded humans and their loyal nightmares, the [REGIMENT DESIGNATION REDACTED PENDING CORRECTIONS FROM THE VICEROY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS].
Brad the Brony and Not a Hat just sat with me for a good part of a week hammering away on the forge to smooth out and polish the story. But now we finally have something approaching readable. A great thank you to them both, as always.
So here it is, an HiE set in the Crystal Wars timeline. It's my first time writing a war story, let alone a pony one. MLP had never really lent itself well to such dark, gritty themes....until now. I finally feel like I can give it a go without shoehorning all the grim themes into the story (y'know, like a certain other fic of mine). So here is the fruits of my first attempt. Like it? Hate it? Please tell me what you think. Many thanks in advance!
I SWEAR TO GOD! FINISH YOUR PROJECTS! FINISH THEM OR AT LEAST UPDATE FREQUENTLY! JUST HOW MANY ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE UNFINISHED!?