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Marvelous Cheshire


Previously known as Genosaber

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(Dark tag added due to minor themes and language that will likely pop up from time to time, may remove in the future if needed) (Removed Dark Tag for the time being, if/when such themes come up I will re-apply it)

Takes place on modern day Earth.

Fifty years after the portal between Equestria and Earth opened, humans and ponies have managed to merge their two cultures together, letting each species live among one another and, in some cases, form strong relationships. Thanks to the combined efforts of pony magic and human science, these families have given birth to children. In more recent years, pony/human hybrids, dubbed “anthros”, have started becoming more of a common sight in some regions, but still a rare sight in others. Along with their rarity, it has not been uncommon for Anthros to suffer from hate and discrimination from less welcoming members of the communities.

Despite this, many of the Anthros have managed to overcome the discrimination they’ve face and go on to become more successful in life in their still rather young lives.

Melody, a young thestral anthro, has just been accepted into Aurora Academy, the largest multi-species school in the country. Now she has to deal with balancing classes, friends, hobbies, and trying to deal with her roommate.

Chapters (8)
Comments ( 47 )

This looks interesting... I'll favorite it so I'll know when it updates.

worth a shot. I hope this hate is balanced not just human sided.

Hell, it's got my interest!

What language were they speaking?

4115421 Spanish, Melody's mother is Mexican American (accuracy of translations may not 100%, using google translate)

4115429 Ah... I see now.

4115156 Hate towards anthros? It's not as "common" as it is with humans, since ponies tend to be a bit more accepting of things, but there are still a few handfuls of ponies that aren't as welcoming.

YES! PLEASE CONTINUE! WE ENJOY THY WORK!

I'm sorry, I just had to, but seriously, keep it up! I like it.:pinkiehappy:

4115834 I intend to, I've currently got 4 chapters written up, will be posting ever other week (to give me time to write more, as well as work on my main story).

Interesting chapter.... I wait to read the plot of this story. So far its just intro. Otherwise good story

Interesting so far.

I swear someone in the postal service hates me.

I have that kind of feel too, Marcus. :pinkiesmile:

Nice chapter.

First story I decided to read for anthro. Was a bit scared at first. I see I made the right choice. :pinkiehappy: This looks like a fast favorite.

Draconequus anthro in this fic?

4254450 That... that is honestly something that never crossed my mind....

Liking the story so far

Trixie, Gilda, and Octavia as teachers should be pretty entertaining.:pinkiehappy: Looking forward to more.:twilightsmile:

God what a racist bitch.:twilightangry2:

4332403 Oh good, she was written as well as I intended (aloso the proper technical term for her would be speciesist)

I'm gonna say this right now as a minor spoiler: she will get nicer/better over time, but for the first few weeks in the story (not sure how many chapters) she's gonna be a bit of a minor antagonist, eventually the reasons behind this behavior will come up.

Also... this isn't even the worst character, the actual major antagonist will be worse (to put simply without giving too much away, Cass is the Silver Spoon of this story for now)

I must say, I'm not fan of anthro stories. The way I ser it, they are mostly used by lazy authors too lazy to deal with hooves and rest of the pony anatomy. I might be little influenced by litteral flood on Derpibooru of suggestive anthro pics seeping into any topic even with the -anthro tag.
Theese are just two main reasons I didn't come to this storry unbiassed.
Four chapters in, and I must say it's probably first time I see anthro theme to actualy make sense to be used. Actual plot is a bit short for now, but flows nicely, I had no sudden urges to hit my head on keyboard for stupidity of characters add you even got a few laughs from me.
Looking back at the wild combo of story and character tags, they just scream "badfic, go away, you won't like this", prejudice you sneaky little thing, crawl back into a dark corner you came from, this is actualy good.

From me, on anthro story, this praise to the heavens. Upvote, fave and follow for you.

4333542 I figure as much but by any chance are you going make up a racist word for anthro?

4334246 Not that big an anthro fan myself actually (read a few stories, but not a genre I'm that interested in), but the idea came to me a while back after reading some notes in a roleplaying group a friend linked (before the ban was issued) and realized that the idea was something that really wasn't all that common from what I had seen. Happy to hear this story managed to surpass your initial beliefs and earn your interest. Hope future chapters keep it that way.


4334712 Hmm, haven't really thought of any beyond the obvious "freak" honestly. I've got names for the pony races (save for crystal ponies, but those likely aren't gonna be that common, canon note is that for Equestria, this is about 10-15 years after the events of the current season <with some changes due to the addition of humans>, and Crystal ponies are still in some ways adapting to the changes, so while some have traveled to earth, and even entered relationships with humans, crystal anthros are still the rarest of the bunch.), but can;t figure anything else that would be all that insulting. If you have any suggestions though I'd be happy to hear them :twilightsmile:.

4334880 Sure if I think of any I let you know.

I don't know, from what we've seen of Mel before she doesn't seem ghe kind to act this way. What ev, this is your story, thumbs up and seeing where this goes. Oh and I really like anthros

4353443 Best way I can put is that we've seen how Melody acts with friends. She'll be acting a bit differently when dealing with Cassandra, as she holds no love for speciesist assholes. She's had to out up with their crap in the past, so having to deal withe it even now, when she's attending a major multi-species school, does annoy her quite a bit.

Also you're not the first person to bring this up, had on of my editors mention it as well (stating that she seemed timid in previous chapters... which really wasn't my intent).

Btw, what "type" of anthro Melody is? I found this nice reference.
I know she has wings, but can she fly? She's a bit heavier then average pony.
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guessing three>>4355179

It's beautiful

I literally guessed that she would have a "meanie-bo-beanie" room mate after reading the first two paragraphs. It just popped in my head and then boom, there it was. But what I din't expect was

once my father hears about this

Oh god, will she be a Malfoy-esque character:raritystarry:

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4355179
personally I'd say she'd fit as a type 4 correction, 3 fits.
As for flight, it's possible, but pegasi and thestral anthro tend to be limited in that regard (one of the main "problems" with anthros is that they end up having weaker versions of their pony counterparts abilities), usually they can only fly for a short period of time, so most don't really bother.

4358114 If anything I could probably compare Cass to Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon (the latter works better), with her father being akin to Filthy Rich (It's been a while since I last watched any of the Harry Potter films, and I was never that big a fan overall). Her father is normally a pretty nice guy, but he's under quite a bit of personal stress with his daughter's behavior towards non-humans (as well as the reason behind her behavior). Sending her to the academy is a bit of a last ditch effort on his part, he wants her to at least try to interact with them, even if it's only to a small degree.

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If I ever had a dislike for non-huans, I'd at least want a pure bred one (oh god, Now I sound like Malfoy) and not, as this fic would call it, "crossbred" anthropomorphics.

But I really do like non-humans (even much more than humans themselves0 so I would be a-okay in this situation. But I understand why Cass had an extreme reaction to an anthro.

Yes! I been hoping for this chapter for so long!

And as always I love how it's going. Feels very real, and I like that :pinkiehappy:

So the mom is to blame. Now I'm wondering why.

Well then. Now I'm curious to see the other reasons of Melody's panicking.

4540054 It's always the mother…

On the bright side she's awake! :scootangel:

This has gotten interesting.

"Why does this thing hate me?”

There are some things that have a deep hatred for humanity

It been awhile. Can't wait to read the next chapter.

It may have taken awhile to get a new chapter, but it's always worth the wait. You should've seen the joy I had when I saw this in my update feed.

6181483 this exactly

Yo, glad to see you've updated! Any more coming soon? I hope so!

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Probably Dizzy Derpy Doos soulmate:derpytongue2:

I expecting the mentioned ponies to show up, especially a certain musician

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