[Rationalfic Deconstruction / Subversion of Displaced]
You’ve read the stories of people from Earth being “Displaced”: Their bodies are changed, their minds are warped, and they’re thrown across the multiverse, to whatever world and timeline their supernal "Displacers" decide upon.  Well, this story isn’t one of them...

...because when they tried to remake me, I didn’t let them.

A Rationalist Horror story, in which an Occultist from some version of Earth (implied to be the World of Darkness) undermines her own Displacement and ends up as a Self-Modifying Construct. Scientific Inquiry, Philosophical Debate, Rational Discussion, Body Horror, and Existential Hijinks ensue. Themes, Concepts, and Style inspired by HP Lovecraft, Elizer Yudkowsky, Gordon R Dickson, Edgar Allen Poe, Modern Prometheus (Frankenstein), Dresden Codak, World of Darkness, and Friendship is Optimal.
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Your story breaks the shitty norm that most displaced stories have in common by being an 'actually interesting story' instead of a powertrip for a horny teen.

This is like brain porn. My head hurts but in a good way.

Author’s Notes

I often find Displaced fics to be more often Miss than Hit with me. Often, they're generic, poorly written, or just do not do anything worth reading with the concept.  This is an experiment to trt out a few other concepts which aren’t used often, even by me, including some which directly subvert Displaced as a genre, and maybe even come up with some advice for those authors. This is also a crossover with the upcoming Dragon: The Oroboroi Chronicles, a World of Darkness rulebook which I lead the development team for.

I hope you all enjoy this, and I implore you to leave some feedback in the comments section: I'll experimenting with a few uncommon concepts here, and I'd like to know how people feel about how they're coming across. :3

FAQ

Because people keep bringing these things up...

Horror/Dark Tags

I've had multiple people ask "how bad does it get?" Note the lack of the "gore", "sad", or "mature" tags or anything like that. Yes, there is blood and death at some point in this story, but the real horror of this story comes from the philosophical and scientific quandaries the characters go through: this is "intellectual horror", not "visceral horror".

Length

In the interest of this NOT becoming one of those long, sprawling fics, I plan to keep this limited to a manageable 10 chapter limit, not counting Prologue and Epilogue. No one wants to read something that long, and I'd rather not be stressing over this 6 months from now.

Sequel

The Sequel is already in the works, with scenes already written. It will be a more episodic story revolving around world optimization and interplanar hijinks.

Crossovers

To be clear, I do plan on having the main character make one of those "Token" things, but as they often get in the way of actual stories, that won't happen until the end of the story. The Sequel will be crossover-heavy.

In this tribute to the horror stories of the late, great HP Lovecraft, we are taken to a small, dank street in Canterlot. A young unicorn, studying magic in the royal city, hears strange music from the apartment above his own: Melodies and notes unlike anything he has ever heard. Ivestigating, he discovers a cello-playing mare in the room above his own. A quiet young mare known as Octavia.

Cover art by Sbshouseofpancakes.

Twilight Sparkle plunges Equestria into the depths of deprivation as she skillfully plots against her former friends and confidants, using any means at her disposal to claw her way to power.

Graciously edited by: mikewalker11

" Eyes or no eyes I'm a god to this world either way."

" What happened to the Harmony that lived in you?"

" Harmony and Despair are only words, the power within an Equestrian is what's really worth from us. If you fail to believe then I guess you'll just have to see a special friend of mine." The unicorn in question placed her hands on the ground where a sigil was made beneath her. " Reanimation!"

After Twilight's insanity brought on Princess Celestia she begins her plan of changing the world from it Harmony to a test of power. Many have fallen and are now heartless beings serving her needs. As she slowly tears away her own body for power few dependable fighters take a last stand to save Equestrian as the Elements of Harmony no longer can.

This story is a sequel to Lost into Shadow

Twilight has failed, or rather, she has succeeded. Her darkness is her power, and together with her husband, Queen Twilight has a new plan for all of Equis. The black castle rises to greater power than has ever been seen before. War is brewing while alliances are forged and others are broken. The days of harmony are dead and gone, and all the world will be forced to mobilize against the might of the Nightmare Hordes. Will they prevail in the faces of Wrath and Despair? Do they have any hope of someday returning to a time of peace and love?
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Not a chance, because in Chapter 1, Hope dies.

Twilight had reached her peak, she was at the happiest point in her young life. The day of her coronation as Equestria's newest princess had finally arrived. Then the unthinkable happened, Sombra appears in the throne room alive and well demanding his chance to be reformed by pony society. The unthinkable happens again, when his wish is granted, spearheaded by none other than Princess Twilight herself. Will Sombra's nefarious plans bring her to ruin, or will she succeed against all odds? Only time can tell as it reminds them both that plans have a way of changing all on their own.

This was my first attempt at Grimdark & horror. It's what happens when you try to mix Lovecraft & G1 Ponies with G4... For those curious on whether the ponies were being turned into humans or furries, my answer will always be, "Whatever scares you more...".

Dramatic Reading by The Living Library Player Society
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Every one hundred years, the forces of good mysteriously weaken, and Dracula gains enough strength to rise from his grave. And every one hundred years, the Belmont family stands and fights against him, eternally locked into a war between good and evil.

His castle, always waiting for its master, has now appeared in a faraway land, called "Equestria". In its sudden appearance, it has also stolen away the very goddesses that protect this land. With no goddesses to guide their subjects, good begins to falter in Equestria.

This land, governed by ponies that behave as humans, has lost its innocence. Time begins to move according to its own dementia. The earth has begun to rot. The mountains, skies, and rivers teem with unspeakable evils. The dead have begun to rise...

Dracula has come to Equestria, where there is no Belmont to stop him...

Special Thanks:

My brother, for the general idea of this story.
Jet Magnum and Razalon The Lizardman, for editing.
Kamineigh, for the title.
You, for your support!

King Sombra returns to Equestria and haunts Twilight Sparkle. Will she fall to the king? Or will she defeat him yet again?

If she falls, who is to blame?

Old foes come back and her friends face their own nightmares. All caused by a certain king and his newly found wife.

Must. Resist!

Join me and my husband. We shall rule the night!

You WILL fall to us, dear Twily. You will join us.

The life Twilight has led is a complete lie. At least that's what she falls to believe, but maybe it's true?

She may have a sister, only time will tell. It'll only tell if she'll give in and corrupt the certain unicorn with a purple mane.

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Cover art by Pinkie_Pie_ (me)

-Images used-
Corrupted Twilight Sparkle
Shadowbolts Rainbow Dash
Pinkamena Diane Pie
Nightmare Rarity
Evil Fluttershy
Nightmare Applejack
King Sombra

We were unable to find the Nightmare Moon image. Sorry!

You never know when evil will strike, but you can always be prepared for it. Seeing your heroes become the villains can be a disaster, but like wounds, disasters can heal. However, when heroes became villains once again, they won't fall for the same trick twice.

The Mane 6 once fallen to the dark side after exposing themselves to some water filled with dark magic and almost destroy Ponyville in their madness. They eventually were cured and return to their senses and cleanse the evil waters from its impurity.

However, a small bit of that dark water was saved and was given again to our heroes. With the Mane 6 fallen again to madness, it is up for other heroes must save them once again.

Assuming if they can this time...