Sorry about the wait, the whole COVID situation sucked the creative juices out of me.

Hey guys! Taka here. Chapter XV is out! Go read it!

(I also really need to not put a time or release date on my chapters, because I never follow through with them. But chapter XVI is coming, with a story arc starting with one of our secondary characters.)

This literally happened just a couple days ago. Taking a shower and then a flood of ideas come to my brain; I wanted to make Ballad of the Dawn into a trilogy. That was what that previous 'ideas' post was about.

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Hey guys! Thanks for your patience. This chapter has been in the works for a while, and it's the last filler chapter before Act 2 for the book starts up proper. Go ahead and give it a read, and I'll see y'all in the next chapter.

Hey guys! Takarashi282 here! Just wanted to update you guys on stuff real fast!

First, Act 2 of Ballad of the Dawn is called an 'act' and not an 'arc'. Just like the word 'act' better.

Second of all, I'm going to take a little more time in planning Act 2. I want it to be the best that it can be, which means a good pace, more clear character arcs, and more consistent characterization. This means that it may or may not take longer for Act 2 to come out. But this is good, because...

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... Let it not be said I'm not a man of my word. I'm just a very slow man of my word!

Anyways, chapter is out! Get a load of that sweet sweet filler. Trixie just needs a break, okay?

Also, expect the next chapter by July 21st. We're going to be deep diving into some juicy backstory with Opal. Then, arc two will kick off.

Enjoy~!

Hey guys! So just letting you know that the new chapter will drop tomorrow. It's a little later than I had anticipated, but that happens sometimes. It's unapologetic filler, but I just needed to give Trixie a little bit of a break after what's happened. The next chapter after this is going to focus on Opal and her backstory, so stay tuned for that as well!

Over the past couple weeks, I've been working with the editors at Equestria Daily to get the story featured on the site, and after a couple of changes, it finally did! A special thanks to AugieDog for helping me out with the finer details.

Expect the next chapter before the end of this month!

Click here to view the article!

Yo guys! Just wanted to do a quick update for you!

• The next chapter of Ballad of the Dawn is going smoothly. Just need to figure out an arc for it, and we're all set.
• More one shots will come out soon! I'm out of a writers block, and am up and kicking. Expect a lot of content out of me this coming month. I'm saying this because...

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To guys! Ballad of the Dawn has been a long time coming, and I have some really cool information regarding the series. Here it is:

Ballad of the Dawn: Multiverse

Q:What is it?

A: Ballad of the Dawn: Multiverse is a large crossover event across all my works. Pretty much all of it is canon to Ballad of the Dawn!

Q:... You're kidding me, right?

A: You wish I was! But all of my works will be interconnected. Here's a brief overview of my timeline:

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Hey guys! So with Arc 1 having finished up and me taking a little break from the main storyline, it's going to be a little bit before the next chapter arrives. So, I decided in the meantime to share the 'beta' stages of Ballad of the Dawn with you guys. These were the chapters that I submitted to EqD when NaPoWriMo 2017 concluded. I ended up padding out the first arc a lot, and nearly gutted chapter 4 (now chapter 8 and 9). So if you want to figure out how it all started,

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Yo guys! New chapter of Ballad of the Dawn! Go read it!

Hey guys! This is the last pre-written chapter I have in Ballad of the Dawn, so it's now on to brand new content! Enjoy!

So, it wasn't as bad as I thought. Have another chapter.

Good news is that we're nearing the climax of the first arc in Ballad of the Dawn! I'm excited to show the new revelations that this new chapter has.

Bad news... my writing sucks in Chapter 10, so it may be another complete rewrite. Given that I have to introduce a plethora of new characters and at the same time expand more on the antagonist, the chapter is in surplus of 10k words itself. This will be a doozy, but I hope to release this chapter within the next four weeks.

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The title says it all! Go read and have fun even though this is one of the most depressing chapter's I've ever written.

So, I can say for the most part we all saw this coming. It was leaked about when Season 8 was, and now it's confirmed. FiM is ending.

So, the show itself is something that I've been a fan of since I was fifteen (geez, five years), but I've always been more of a fan of the creativity of the fan base. Things like fan fiction, art, music... I've not seen a fan base so talented and artistic.

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Hey guys, Takarashi282 here! And no, I'm not dead, just had a stupid writer's block in the middle of this stupid chapter.

So yeah, the good news is that I'm now caught up to what used to be Chapter 3... four chapters later. Which means that Chapter 8 will be out sooner rather than later, because it's technically already done! I just need to go over it and see if there are any plot holes I've accidentally created and whatnot.

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Hey all, Takarashi282 here! Chapter VI of Ballad of the Dawn is now available!

(I promise that this is the last filler-esque chapter, just needed to give Trixie some character development!)

Read it here!

Yooooooooooo! It's finally here! Go read it!