In the Third and final installment of The Shadow Trilogy, Twilight Shadow seeks to bend the world to the will of her mistress - Umbra. Can Princess Celestia find a way to save her in time, or is it far too late to do anything but the unthinkable...
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Legionaries - think you typo'd and it's Legionaires, right?
Also...nice to see a shout-out to Ditzy, it's nice to see when my view of her is true in the eyes of others, when it comes to respect from Dash.
And so the fates of Equestria meet to shape the future for the second time... but will the outcome be fruitful for the light, or the dark... I guess we will see.
BURN THE HERETIC. KILL THE MUTANT. PURGE THE UNCLEAN!!
So the battle starts next chapter? You big tease you!
Didn't think that Pinkie and Dash would be sent with the troops. Looks like this battle will become a shitstorm of epic proportions!
Oh! Will I get my Gilda vs. Dash aerial duel? Will Mrs. Cake go all Princess Bride and be like: "I am Mrs. Cup Cake. You killed my husband, Prepare to die." When she finds Pinkie?
On another note I'm curious why Dash and Pinkie are acting confused that ponies are missing from Ponyville? Is this intentional? Dash herself tried to stop a group of ponies leaving Ponyville and failed...did she just forget that? Is this supposed to show the Shadow editing memories at random? That part kinda lost me.
Can't wait for the next chapter as that's the big one! Take all the time you need.
Oh, this wait is going to feel a lot longer than it likely will be.
I am kinda curious about something, though. While I can kinda understand Dash and Pinkie not really understanding that the untouched want nothing to do with them, it seems like Twilight is being naive to the point of willful ignorance. Celestia and Luna leave on an important mission to fight a terrible foe just as she is beginning her campaign? Canterlot Mountain is being turned into a veritable fortress just as she is returning from subjugating the Griffons? Granted, the cordon set up around Ponyville and the Everfree is something that might have been kept from her by Winterlight, but it seems a bit strange that the possibility has not even occurred to Twilight that the Princesses might not be all that happy about what she's doing.
Then again, this IS Twilight we are talking about, and for a genius she's a little bit thick at times...
3525136 For the
EmperorEmpress!3525199 All dash knows is that a group of Pegasus made of with a bunch of foals in a blimp. Dash herself is more worried about Scootaloo and Ditzy who I believe were not on the blimp so therefore Dash doesn't know what happened to either of them.
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I think you'd be surprised just how much better the truly gifted are at convincing themselves of things, of ignoring details, and explaining things away. I know from personal experience just how deluded someone can become over timen(not myself, if you got that impression, but a parent).
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Dash being involved should be no surprise as she is clearly a warrior type. Pinkie on the other hand appears to be a priestess and a warrior and in a previous story was shown to be quite skilled at beating foes.
3525199 While Rainbow Dash did see a bunch of foals and Cheerilee / Cherry Berry escaping via balloon, Scootaloo, Ditzy, Time Turner, Berry Punch and others left in the dead of night several days before that.
Since the only people they talked to either escaped or are dead (Meaning the Mayor) No one is alive to know exactly what happened to them beyond them simply not being there at all.
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Ah, but she DID notice Canterlot - in fact, it really depresses her that it seems Cadence and Shining are afraid of her and the Shadow. That was in The Twilight War chapter.
As to everything else, however.... Why would Celestia not approve? After all, she's saving the Citizens of Equestria the same way she has so many times before....
Right?
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Ah, fair enough, I just got the impression that Twilight believed it was the fault of the Canterlot nobility throwing their weight around and Cadance simply bowing to that pressure.
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It just felt like she was super confused on what happened to them. Just seems odd that since she knew ponies escaped that she would just figure Scoots and Ditzy did the same thing. I guess it was just the way I read it that made it seem odd.
3525136 Boo! Let the Mutants live!
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"Empress, huh? That has a nice ring to it. "
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Come here, you filthy Xeno lover!
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And... the battle is next chapter. Lapis, you are the biggest tease ever, but that's why I love your stories, coddammit.
I can't wait for what will happen next, and glad to see that Twilight indeed touched lots and lots of people... I'll feel sad if Twilight will face everything because really, she really think it's the right thing to do... :(
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The worst villain is the one who believe his cause is right, and justifies all crimes commited in order to further it.
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True that... And I think my feeling is also influenced by the fact that Twilight is my favourite character.
Shadow!!!
3531210 yes?
The die has been cast! To battle! FOR EQUESTRIA!!!
3533574 You have to win the war!
This whole thing going on with Scootaloo reminds me of Fallout: New Vegas, the way you have Scootaloo setup with all the griffons reminds me of Caesar's legion.
Congratulations on shadow ponies becoming canon.
I hope Umbra and Twilight win in the end,
because wins in stuff like this WAY TOO often.
Oh, this was published near the S4 premiere.
When I became a brony, that was so long ago... Wow~
Fantastic story so far ^^
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I joined sometime after Season 3 ended. I still remember what I did the morning of Season 4's premier. I marched in my town's Christmas parade playing the alto saxophone in eighth grade band. When I got home, i cooked up some Pillsbury cinnamon rolls that were burned on the bottom and watched the cropped two-parter uploaded onto Dailymotion by MysteriousBrony2012. Memories.