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Alaborn


Somewhere in the USA. Probably older than you. And something about MLP:FIM makes me want to write stories. Unfortunately, being gainfully employed cuts into my writing time.

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Welcome to Camp Sapphire Lake.

Nine students from Ponyville. A campground on an isolated island near the edge of the Everfree Forest. Nopony else there.

And the island is known as Madmare Island.

What could possibly go wrong?

(Set several years in the future; the characters are high school students and around 17 years old.)

Chapters (5)
Comments ( 19 )

Nice start. Nothing much to say except that it's got that nice unknown spookiness to it. Again, not much to say. Props for using Archer though, poor filly doesn't get used much.

lol at Rumble though. Makes you wonder what he's done to earn D.T.'s distrust of him so much.

Looking to see what happens next. Took a bit to get situated, but looks like things will get more spooky from here.

This looks entertaining. I'm looking forward to more. Especially seeing those ponies with spines take on the Madmare.

I've always liked Rumble, mainly because I've found him to be adorable-looking on TV. it's going to be interesting to see how you portray him - most stories make him sort of bland, the every-day jock type character(with a heart of gold, of course). Hopefully you'll give him more personality.

Snips and Snails. Depending on the fanfiction, Snails in particular could be anywhere between just being naive to being too dumb to live(Same goes for Snips, just to a lesser extent). So far, you portrayed them just fine. Not the brightest, a bit clumsy, but not s00per dumbzz, which I like.

And Archer. Well, I can count three other stories I've read where Archer was a relatively main character, so I guess there's basically no "fanon personality" for her yet.(Honestly, for the longest time, I thought she was a colt. That's how little I see her in stories), so it'd be cool to see how you go with her personality.

I see you brought back the whole "Pinkie had taught everyone how to scare off the ghosties!" thing from Daddy's Little Princess. I also compared the dates between the two stories. About 30 years apart, huh?

I also dug through Clean Slate - there's just a six year difference there. Much more plausible, since these fillies are aged up, but I don't think they're in the same universe. The only thing you're consistent with is the "14" part of the year with your different tales.

Anyways, good start. The first chapter is one of the toughest to write, in my opinion, since you gotta get the ball rolling!

3248955 I used the same relative date as Clean Slate, although the two stories share a major difference. (In this one, I'm using a modern educational system where everypony goes to high school.) The dates aren't consistent between Daddy's Little Princess because I didn't remember that I put a date in that story. However, the knowledge that you should giggle at the ghosties is something everypony should know.

The jock in this story is Archer. I don't think I've ever seen a fic with her, and just like you, I thought she was something else (a pegasus, since she looks a lot like Scootaloo). Somepony has to be heavily armed and unafraid to face the dangers!

Snips and Snails will be more than comic relief. I hope that every character will have a chance to shine before the story is over. Even Diamond Tiara.

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You know, I've actually read a few stories where Archer was a Pegasus. And since I've only read about three or four stories with her in it...eh, maybe she's a Changeling in disguise. It certainly confused me about what race that filly really was.

Haven't read yet, but looking at the description, I find it surprising and interesting that this doesn't have a dark tag.

3251095 The nature of the tags does provide a hint as to the direction a story will go, whether I want it or not.

:facehoof: Dangit, Archer, if you watched scary movies you'd know that establishing yourself as the competent one marks you as one of the first to go!

3290473 The original story idea was all about those horror film cliches.

Hey, Rumble! You shouldn't talk about your future.
Hey, Scootaloo and Rumble! Getting romantic is a sure way to summon the monster.

Don't go in the basement.
Don't take a bath.
Don't hunt for the monster.
Don't split the group.
Don't go to the graveyard.
It's never just a cat.

Sadly, only Snips and Snails appear suitably educated.

Being competent(Archer) and being romantic(Scootaloo and Rumble) are surefire ways to get yourself in trouble in horror movies.

Since Diamond Tiara mentioned Truffle, I bet he has nothing to do with this. It could be the mare the townsponies are talking about.

Or maybe Twist will suddenly come back with a vengeance due to absolutely nopony remembering to invite her.

Curious. It seems we have a genuine haunting here, or so I suspect. Definitely looking forward to seeing just what the group's gotten themselves into.

I never cease to only find updates for your stories until after midnight on school nights

It's nice to see that Snips and Snails were the most helpful this time around. Comic relief doesn't equal incompetence. And I like that little bit where the ponies all talked about their futures. The fact that they probably only have one more year of being around each other is a point that's brought up multiple times in this fic, and it's nice since just because this fic is about horror-type things, doesn't mean that it has to revolve around them being scared all the time.

3314101 I tend to write in the evening, so by the time a chapter is finished and edited, it's often past midnight.

"And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!"

"Hey, do any of us look like goats to you?! ... Except Diamond Tiara?"

"HEY!!"

Such a cute story! I like the characterization as well. I think you wrote the CMC and other colts and fillies beautifully as adults. And though its not an alltime fave of mine I admit the RumbleScoots in this was well written, not to much not to little. So a thumbs up for you and Im adding it to my favorites shelf. :twilightsmile:

3317722 love the friday the 13th referance mind making a darker version

I loved the horror theme

Jay Sun. Aaaah...so very nice. *Slow claps.* I approve! Hahaha, a very nice touch.

Oh, seems like a happy ending. Is it bad I was rooting for the lovers to go down first (even if one of them is Scootaloo)?

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