Lyra has spent the last six years drifting all over the 'Verse looking for work. Usually she can find it, but sometimes the universe can be a dangerous place. Luckily, she doesn't have to face it alone; she has a good crew at her back and a dependable ship to call home. As long as she can stay out of trouble, life is good.

Unfortunately, staying out of trouble doesn't get her paid.

Unbeknownst to all ponies, Octavia also works as an assassin, aside from her cello-playing. When she is assigned the job of assassinating the well-known DJ Vinyl Scratch, she is quick to hunt her down, lest she not complete the job and be severely punished.

However, Octavia finds that her heart actually begins to open up for the mare, and she befriends—something she hasn't done in a while—Vinyl pretty quickly.

Now she is faced with the difficult choice of completing her job of assassinating Vinyl and live, or succumbing to her soft spot for the pony and have both of them die.
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I have noticed that a couple people have said this story is like Assassin's Creed. I have never played the game. I have never seen someone else play the game. I have never even read a description on the game. I have no idea what that game is about, so any similarities between this story and Assassin's Creed are only a coincidence.

Octavia had it all. Well, almost all; she had some money, some fans, some friends, her dream career, but it all lacked something, or someone to be exact. After one of her many concerts she finds herself waiting in line for, what's that? Another concert! Though she might not be the one playing in this one, this is one of the few places where she can relax.

And that is where it all began, on that one night, she found it. But it has a few secrets.

(This story, at the moment, is almost a mine field of spelling and grammar errors. Continue at your own expense as I try to fix some of them)

(Hey guys this is my first fic and comments are welcome for better or worse! Also I have a few things with my Vinyl and Octavia Fics:
~Vinyl's eyes...I have my opinion on their color...(I realize that the show revealed them to be magenta...I was bummed out by that...)
~Not a big fan of Vinyl OR Octavia dying...just not cool to me ( vinyl dies a lot in fics... )
~Don't like sad endings...(not saying there won't be any)
~Don't like unfinished stories...at all
That is all!

~Sapphic~

It's been three weeks since Octavia's smash hit, I am Octavia, and while the cellist's career is on a high note, that's about the only thing that is. Vinyl and Octavia are a complete wreck without each other, but repairing such damage to a relationship isn't easy, nor is it always possible. This is my answer (even though I know it's already been done here) to the question on everypony's mind:

Will Vinyl and Octavia be friends again?

NOTE: If you haven't listened to EileMonty's amazing song, do so before reading this.

Many generations ago, Greed reached the shores of Equestria...
Insatiable, Devastating, Willing to plunder everything...
But it didn't come from within the heart of a man.
It came from beyond the seas,
Riding the waves and winds with behemoths of iron and scales...
It was made of men and beasts, swords and claws.
The Dracans pillagers had come to ravage the prosper land of Equestria...
But, Equestria fought back!

[Humanized]
Extra character tags: Snow Drop and OCs

Note: It's hard to find Epic humanized cover art of Luna and Celestia
More informations on Dracans : here
Prequel: Side story of the Apple Scratch Verse
600 years before an Apple Scratch Toward the world

Thanks to Kapuchu for his translations and for montaging the cover.
Other character tags to come.

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A Murder Mystery starring the cast from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic with flavors of Noir and Castle. If you love a good old fashioned mystery, complex characters, romance and even a little humor you will love this story. So sit back and enter the darker side of the pony universe.

The Shaper is a smith of unparalleled skill, her creations the most sought after in the fallen world. When a pony named Lyra comes to her with a unique commission she has to put all her skill to the test to craft a weapon of great power. For Lyra's goal is not an easy one, and it is not just any weapon that can kill a Dragon.

A story inspired by this and this image, as well as this challenge by CDRW (whose fic A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits is quite good).

Octavia is a high-class pony. Fine alcohol is her wont, and uncouthness her intense chagrin. Such is her surprise to find herself lumbered with an insufferable oaf of a DJ pony. However, sometimes these situations work themselves into a satisfactory ultimatum all the same.

It's anything but a traditional story when Vinyl Scratch meets Octavia and falls in love with the colt-loving grey mare. Vinyl can't explain it, but there is something about Octavia that has sucked her into love's arms. But with Vinyl's jealous ex in the picture, she can barely find time to think straight. Can Vinyl find the will to fight through an overbearing ex and somehow win Octavia's heart? Or will it all crash and burn around her?

There was only one explanation. For all of it. All of the strange, erratic behavior. Her irrational fear of the sun. Her nocturnal habits of locking herself in in the dark and closing all the blinds. Wearing her sunglasses everywhere, even inside! It was time to invest in some silver, garlic, and a wooden stake.