Original Outlines for The 63rd Rune · 5:22pm Jun 6th, 2016
I was poking through my hard drive and discovered the original outlines I had for The 63rd Rune. I figured I'd share them.
Chapter 2(?):
- Main cast goes to collect things
- RD flies to cloud house
- Rarity goes to boutique
- Finds suits instead of dresses
- Sweetie Bell calls her "Elusive"
- Elusive tells SB she needs to watch the boutique
- Applejack goes to farm
- Greeted by Applebloom, still called Applejack
- Big Mac asks where Applejack went
- Applejack acts as normal possible
- Explains he needs to go to Canterlot for business
- Big Mac and Applebloom help him pack
- Pinkie Pie goes to Sugarcube Corner
- Greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Cake
- Fluttershy goes to cottage
- Animals don't recognize her
- Has to convince Angel to let her in the house
- Gathers things and leaves
- Tells animals he'll be normal soon
- Cast returns to the library
- Twilight gets map of Equestria
- They plan route to Canterlot
- Fairly straightfoward, but very long
- They double check supplies, then leave
- RD gets hit on as they walk through Ponyville
- Doesn't quite know how to react
- Cast leaves Ponyville
- While walking, begin discussing new bodies
- Rarity enjoys the feel and new look
- Rainbow Dash starts to like the attention
- Pinkie Pie likes her voice and mane
- Applejack enjoys the strength
- Twilight and Fluttershy want to go back to normal
- They travel until it gets dark out
- Decide to set up camp for the night
- Discuss what they'll do if this is permanent
- Twilight assures them it'll get fixed
- Cast goes to sleep, not quite convinced
Chapter 3:
- They wake up early for breakfast
- Pinkie somehow gathered food
- After a quick meal, they pack up and leave
- Eventually, they arrive at the mountain path to Canterlot
- They reach the gates of Canterlot and enter the city
- They approach the castle, the guards let them pass
- Go to the throne room
- Celestia greets them, commenting their look
- Twilight presents the book
- Celestia reads over the spell
- Recognizes it as very old experimental magic
- No pony was ever able to successfully cast it
- Celestia asks them to follow her into the library
- Celestia gets an ancient book locked in a dusty case
- She translates a forgotten language
- Tells cast they need special ingrediants from around Equestria
- The ingrediants include:
- A feather of the late Pegaus King
- An artifact of gender from the castle of the sisters
- A vial of magic from old canterlot
- Group asks where they can get the ingrediants
- They must talk to the pegasus king
- Return to the temple of the solar sisters
- Find the pool of magic within Old Canterlot
- Group decides they will begin the journey tomorrow
- Thank the Princess for her help
- Group leaves the castle and goes to an inn
- They order dinner and talk amongst themselves
- Dash gets awkwardly hit on some more
- After a laugh, the group go up to their rooms and sleep
Chapter 4:
- Cast meets downstairs
- Asks Blitz about Octavia
- Says they literally talked
- Innkeeper says goodbye
- Cast leaves
- Go back to Canterlot Castle
- Dusk uses orb to speak to Celestia
- Celestia tells them how to get to Old Canterlot
- Gain entry to castle
- Head to the lower levels
- A large sealed door awaits them
- Dusk and Elusive use their magic to open it
- Cast enters Old Canterlot
- A hallway leads them to a large cavern
- A city and old castle is in it
- Everything crumbling and decaying
- Cast makes their way to castle
- Enter castle, try to find royal library
- Find library wing
- Need to bypass traps
- Pressure plates
- Switch puzzle
- Magic shields
- Enter library
- Find pool of magic nearly drained
- Dusk takes vial and fills it
- Cast leaves
- As they exit, hear sharp cracking
- Castle and city begin to break
- Try to escape
- Barely make it out
- They bring the vial to Celestia
- Decide to head to Cloudsdale
- Celestia gives them a royal balloon
- Cast enters and begins flight
Chapter 6:
- they get there, object missing
- Dusk mentally panics
- they all look for the object
- after plenty of searching and no result, dusk snaps
- claims the whole thing is his fault
- he never should have tried the spell
- their lives will be ruined forever
- he doesn't deserve to be an element of harmony
- while being upset, he hits the throne
- it moves slightly
- Elusive notices and points it out
- AJ and Blitz push on the throne, opening a compartment
- between the thrones
- the artifact is in it
- They all tell Dusk it's okay, comfort him
- Dusk realizes they're close to the end
- they need to hurry back to the balloon
- all agree, leave the castle
- they all look at the necklace
- group leaves the forest
- Dusk worried about the necklace
- everyone has one uses left, Dusk has none
- they make it to the air balloon
- they say it's going to work out in the end
(Notice the lack of Dusk getting punched in the face)
Chapter 7:
- The group arrives at Canterlot Castle
- Celestia meets up with them
- Dusk gives the object to her
- She tells them she needs some time to prepare
- Says they need to wait for about an hour
- Tells the group to not stray from Canterlot
- The group moves to the town of canterlot to wait
- Elusive says he wants to go out window shopping
- Dusk is apprehensive about it
- Elusive convinces him by saying he'll be back on time
- Dusk agrees, but makes Blitz go with him
- Blitz and Elusive go into the town to look around
- While looking around Canterlot, Blitz is approached by Octavia
- Octavia says she has some free time, asks Blitz if he
wants to get something to eat.
- Thinking he has plenty of time, Blitz says he'll meet
with Elusive in an hour and goes with octavia
- An hour passes, with Butterscotch, Dusk and Applejack at
the same bar they were at previously.
- Dusk questions where the others are
- AJ suggests they look for them.
- Dusk agrees, tells Bubble and Butterscotch to go meet
with Celestia and explain the delay.
- BB and BS go off, D and AJ look in Canterlot
- D gives AJ the necklace, says AJ is better off with it.
- They start to search through Canterlot, looking in
stores and asking around for Elusive
- The eventually find him in a tailor shop.
- They figure out he's lost his memory and doesn't know
why he came to Canterlot, also doesn't remember Blitz
being with him.
- AJ uses the necklace on Elusive, bringing his memory back. He says that Blitz went off with Octavia
- The three then start looking for Blitz
- They find him in a small coffee shop with Octavia
- AJ comments about the location
- Blitz has also forgotten things, and says he wants to
just have his lunch with tavi
- Dusk says he needs to come with them to change him back
- Blitz doesn't know what they're talking about
- AJ uses the necklace
- Everything comes back to Blitz
- He apologizes to Octavia and says he needs to leave
- octavia questions it
- Elusive quietly breaks it what they're doing
- Octavia tells Blitz that he should go, and stop
trying to be somepony he isn't
- Blitz agrees and they leave.
- They arrive at the castle, where Celestia is waiting with BB and BS.
- They super teleport to the middle of Ponyville
- Celestia asks if this is everyone
- Dusk says he needs to get Spike
- Dusk runs to the library to get Spike
- He enters, calls for spike and looks for him
- He hears a rustling upstairs
- When he checks, it's Spike in a dress
- Tries to explain himself
- Dusk says there's no time
- Spike gets out of the dress and they leave.
- As Dusk meets back up with Celestia, his memory turns
- AJ panics because Dusk can't use the gem anymore
- They try to convince Dusk to get in the rune circle
- He doesn't, claiming it's some sort of trick
- Celestia tries to convince him, but he doesn't recognize her.
- Blitz and AJ wrestle Dusk into the rune circle, where celestia pins him down with magic
- When everyone is in place, Celestia casts the spell.
- Twilight opens her eyes to a throbbing headache and looks around
- The rest of her friends are back to normal, along with Spike.
- Celestia is in the middle, tired looking, but happy.
- When they realize it worked, they give a cheer and have a sappy group hug
- Pinkie reminds everypony that its time for a huge party.
- They party.
- End.
Unfortunately I couldn't find the notes for chapters 1 or 5. I was originally writing this story on a borrowed netbook when I was displaced due to my house being renovated because of flooding, so the fact I have this many is a miracle. Hopefully you've enjoyed this little look into the creative process.
>>Uses necklace
I remember this fic!
I've been struggling with making competent outlines, so this is pretty neat. Seeing them done by someone who doesn't suck is nice.
>tfw Alexstrazsa posting on Fimfic
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Hey, I'm still here. Sorta.
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yaaay :D
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Almost 5, actually. First chapter was published here on Fimfic July 12th, 2011.