Applejack! One of the most useful ones in the group!
You forgot her lasso though...

hey im really want to get in touch with you....

im not good at art but i have been working on a pic of rarity casting her blade, along with pictures of the pieces of the blade itsself...

not sure what you want but this is how i immagned it

imma scan and vectorize it when im done ok?

just wanted to let you know

so so good

You guys are awesome.

I'll be fixing this up sometime this week so that it's readable on FimFiction and nopony is forced to use the Google Docs.

Still loving this story, and now I have an urge to make some fanart of Rarity wielding her blade.

Holy Mother of God. This is insanely awesome. I know that that's not really the most... 'in depth' response to a chapter, but frankly, it sums it up really, really well, haha. It's just so very, very epic. I can't wait to keep reading!

Why was Luna so angry all of the sudden? Was it from her memories?

Nope, she's just got her war face on.

I noticed one of your cutie-mark-viewpoint-divider-things was wrong though. The second section should be from Rarity's perspective, not Applejack's.
Other than that, awesome as always.

Holy crap, that was amazing.

And please, take all of my organs. This story deserves every last one.

*Rips out heart and hands it over* "I don't need it anymore, it hurts too much..."

Wow, that was a good chapter.
And all the lore and info on unicorn blades, is being added to my head-canon.

Pinkie Pie saying she has no militaristic worth? I call bullshit on that statement Pinkie! If I remember correctly she ends up being very useful.

And dangerous if a little unconventional but that's kinda Pinkie's forte anyways!

I love how Luna told off Applejack and told her she was a soldier even Applejack doesn't like that. I would have done the same in her hooves.

I love the backstory and I would squeal like a fangirl if someone made a turn-based or real-time strategy game for that ancient war between Titan and Terra or this war in the present.

Or both!

Yes! Both!

This story is really deep and has so many dynamics to it that I just have to force myself to read slow so I don't miss anything!

There is much more I want to say...believe me, but it will take too damn long and be WAY too in-depth. I'm stretched for time as it is.

However, I promise you a mega-review at the very end.

It'll be long as hell and I will probably save it in Microsoft Word because I may not be able to finish writing it in one day.

So there's that to look forward to!

I will leave a comment on every chapter though and that's a Pinkie promise!

Silver out!

Amazing Story

Donate an organ to you for what? I is Confluttered...

Pinkie... Has no unexplainable powers...
Anyway, that "24 hours of night" thing sounds interesting. Makes me want to write a fic where luna and celestia have a 6 month day, 6 month night thing going on.
You get The 'Stache

18 weeks ago, Silverstein left an, to me, random comment on my user page about that I'd probably like this fic.
I really didn't disagree, but, well, had my read laters swamped, and stuff like that. As well as this seemed inactive (I didn't know the only chapter left was the epilogue, now I've read what you wrote in that blog post), beeing incomplete and not updated for a while.

Tod- Tonight, at 1:30 AM, I decided to read some competed fic from my read laters, and, well. Seeng this, and remembering how awesome the story sounds, I thought that it was a good idea to read a chapter, to see what it is.
Now, at 5:15, and at the end of chapter 4, I realise that was a trap, haha!
But Wow!

This fic is amazing, and I'm just 4 chapters into it. Blaming the late hour, I won't write any very explaining comment, but, another reason is also that I'm partly at a loss of words describing this fic.
Amazing works, I guess.

You've build such an complex world and situation, in "just" four chapters. And, onto that you have added so much own fanon/lore that build not only the world, but the characters to the point that they are now.
..
Just amazing ()

Now I'll catch some sleep, but, really looking forward to continuing reading this!
Thanks a lot for writing it and putting it up for everyone to enjoy!
Liked and faved!
And thanks Silver for the link!
M

Also, I tend to sometimes try helping with poiting out minor errors (formatting, uppercase/lowercase letters etc), would you be interested in a list with such errors if I find any?

This is that Astor mare that Celly liked so much. Crazy action and all that in this chapter. Holy crap, I really like that reasoning as to why she was sent to the Web moon. Heck, that is probably going to end up as my new head-canon.

There was a certain timelessness to her bearing, as though she could, and had, simply stare at the sky all night.
This sentence bothers me for some reason.

Yeehaw! Applejack was great in her role as the mother of the group this chapter, making for some really sweet moments, just what I needed to relax from the carnage of the previous chapters. And then Luna's flashback sequence happens.

AESTHETIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!

In all seriousness, this was a very enjoyable chapter. Despite being a breather chapter we still get some cool action in without getting too grimdark, mainly because we know it gets resolved beforehand and we even get to see the resolution. It seems that Rarity's and Luna's inner conflicts have only just now come to light and still have deep depths to explore, and this chapter both explored those depths a little bit and showed us there was much more. There's also the possible beginning for an inner conflict for Fluttershy and perhaps even one for Pinkie, but due to Pinkie being, well, Pinkie, I'm not sure about that.

Then there's the thing with the Mane 6's inexplicable powers (I'm not sure if I should be expecting a piece of Chekov or not) and Luna's exposition on mind-altering spells and how Twilight seemingly broke all the rules surrounding them. If that's not a Chekov's Skill I'll eat my emergency edible boots.
Then there's the blades. Good lord, the blades. I've refrained from discussing them the previous couple of chapters since we didn't know too much about them yet, but holy hell are they fantastic. This is a great addition to the canon of your story and really makes this story yours rather than a darkfic set in Equestria. I really hope to get to see more surrounding these blades in other chapters, and I'm sure you won't disappoint me.

As for what I didn't like, well, nothing major, really. Although I have to point out that in both cases it's "Melancholic", not "Melancholy". Also, Applejack seems to be unaffected by these events, but that's kinda her role in the group anyway, being the level-headed mother of the group. It just irked me a bit to see everypony mentally distressed except for her. Eh, I guess I'll just have to wait until later for an emotional Applejack scene.

Apparently,
MLP + Greek mythology = win

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[enter spazman, I must correct 68 day old mistakes]

Terra is latin for earth.
Nihilus is latin for Nothing.
Titan is latin for titan.

Pls don't confuse the two. Pls.

I can't recall if I've said this before, but I think Rainbow Dark's part goes well with Monster by skillet. Anyone with me?

4400198 To some degree MLP is influenced by greek mythology already, things like Tartarus, Cerberus, and Pegasi. Having god figures for all sorts of things, like a god of the sun and one for the moon (or goddess in this case) and a god of chaos, the show is heavily influenced by a lot of things. Canterlot and starswirl the bearded, they have a pretty good resemblance to camelot and merlin don't you think? There are so many little things all over the place!

5104152 I'm with you

And this is why Celestia Chose to martyr herself and save Luna. She knew Luna would have the Strength, Resolve, and Fury needed to get the job done, and done right. Celestia, while stronger, was always ever the politician. Luna was the fighter.

Astor Coruscare is by far one of my favorite characters. So interesting in so many of my favorite topics; magic, history, and unicorns! Does she have her own story? She definitely should. If so I would really appreciate a link to it!

4742092 I'm fairly certain that Titan is greek, at the very least that's the culture they came from. You do know that most of the roman mythology we know is ripped of from greek.

(Also I must correct 104 week old mistakes rekt nub)

Still don't understand how they're going to save Twilight

“...It is she who maketh the puppets who attacked ponyville...”

maketh is present tense, you need past tense here.

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I mean Luna could use the elements from inside the sliver so Twilight could top to rod herself of the sliver

Mind magic is completely illegal. Nopony is allowed to influence another pony’s will with magic, under any circumstances.

Starlight: *Looks away and backs up*

Verily looking forward to Luna and the remane four dealing with each other.

Also:

Luna, warrior princess, was thirty-seven.

In 1995, when Xena Warrior Princess began, Lucy Lawless was 27. COINCIDENCE!??

“Any inexplicable special powers?”

“Noperoo!” Bounce . Pinkie Pie gave a sly wink.

You might wanna pay attention to those bounces Luna...

-GM, master of I'm on to you pink horse.

“Twilight made us remember how much our friendship is really worth, and wiped away his magic just like that. Ah reckon she can do the same thing again. She’s the most magical pony in all of Equestria. An’ Rainbow Dash is the strongest mare Ah know, and the Element of Loyalty to boot.”
“Speaking of which, Ah’m the element of honesty. And Ah’m telling you now, that I truly believe we are gunna find Twilight, and then we’re gunna find Rainbow Dash. Then we’ll find out whoever is behind all this mess and teach them a lesson!”

Well, I sure hope you've got a plan B for removing at least one mental spell...
Also, you're not supposed to close the quotation if it continues in the next paragraph.

“I know I’m not good at flying, or fighting, or farming, and I can’t do magic, but that was okay because I always had my special place in the world. But now...” Fluttershy looked at Applejack, and she looked more terrified than the earthpony had ever seen her before- and Applejack was no stranger when it came to seeing Fluttershy afraid.
“I can’t talk to them anymore, Applejack!” There were fresh tears in her eyes. “The animals act like I’m some kind of monster from the Everfree forest! They screech and growl and run away and all I want to do is help them.

Oh, it's not guilt over poofing the minion. Nice to see she's not too shaken up about that.

One thought nagged at her, however. Soldiers, Luna had said. What if she didn’t want to be a soldier?

Then ye shall either run and hide, or ye shall die.

She spun it through the air some more, letting the diamonds catch the sunlight. “And doesn’t it look fabulous! Who knew that something with such a function could have such form!”
Rarity watched as the expressions on her friends’ faces turned from shock to sympathy. Princess Luna’s expression, however, was unreadable.
[...]
“That explanation will suffice for now,” Luna said.

Luna suspects there is more. Somehow, I doubt she'd have bought Rarity’s lie she was considering.

Mind magic is completely illegal. Nopony is allowed to influence another pony’s will with magic, under any circumstances. But nopony can perform mind magic on a pony without their express permission. They have to allow it.

...Discord didn’t have Fluttershy’s permission. And I doubt Twilight gave Titan or Terra permission.

“Didst thou destroy any puppets?” Luna asked with a smile.
“Nope.” Bounce.
“Hast thou any secret knowledge of the art of war you’d like to share?”
“Nuh-uh!” Bounce.
“Any inexplicable special powers?”
“Noperoo!” Bounce. Pinkie Pie gave a sly wink.
“Then we shall get to you later.” Pinkie Pie slumped.

I can't tell if Luna noticed, but I think not. It's hard to get more inexplicable than Pinkie Pie.

But Titan and Terra predate incest. Alicorns don’t reproduce via mammalian means. In fact, they may actually be siblings.

Unless you're sayig they lay eggs, I don't think it's specifically mammalian means they eschew.

She found Celestia travelling in the opposite direction as she passed through her father’s courtyard. The left side of her sister’s face was swollen and bruised, and a thin cut ran along her neck, from the base of her ear to her collarbone. They regarded each other's ragged and beaten state, then smiled in unison.
“Got a question about monarchical ethics wrong,” Celestia explained.

First of all, I see the irony in beating your student for getting an ethics question wrong. Secondly, Titan knows slash cares about ethics? That's odd.

They descended upon him, his daughters, hacking until they were sure he had spent every last vestige of his power to keep himself alive. It was grisly work.
“Impossible,” Titan said weakly from the ground after they were finished. “I gave you everything,” he continued, dropping the use of the majestic plural.
The sisters insulted him in the worst way they knew how: they ignored him. Their horns began to glow, and they tapped their alicorn magic, most mysterious of all the powers they had available to them. It showed them what to do.
“You betray the very nature of existence by defying me. I am order. I am control. Without me, chaos will consume you all.”
They began to construct a prison.

Every time you lock an immortal away forever, you simply delay the inevitable. Kill him while you have the chance, he'll not fall any easier next time.

“I know it is going to be a long week, but we do not have to like each other. We just have to win.”

I don't know, Luna. The show's not called Begrudging Tolerance is Magic...

Maybe they won’t act normal again until we fix all this.”
“But we will fix all this, and they’ll come back to you either way.

“For now, I think, the beginning will have to wait, as we address the more immediately important details.”
“Those black ponies that attacked Ponyville are called puppets.

“I am not sure if I could kick a tree that hard, to be honest.”
“Moving on.”

He was above her, and so she must obey him.”
“Naturally, Terra disagreed”

“It helps to explain the monster I became. The monsters we made our people become.”
“You see, that last pegasus I killed had been a good friend of Celestia’s. Celestia had known all of her guards, and when they came for me, I had slaughtered them, to a pony. I only felt guilty about the last one, however- she hadn’t attacked me. I found out that she had been the only parent of an infant daughter, whom I took under my wing. She was not the only ward I took in. But I was no better to them than my own parents were to me.”
“Under the tutelage of our parents and subject to the horrors of war, Celestia and I became horrible, cruel monsters.

But with our father gone, we inherited his ancient enemy.”
“Discord was a creature unlike anything we had ever seen before, and without Titan to fight him off, there was nothing to stop him from taking our world from us. We were powerless against him.”
“These were some of the darkest days ponykind had ever faced, and they are not necessary to our story.

And I know our enemies better than any of ye.”
“Thou art a soldier now, whether thou likest it or not, and thou shalt do as I tell you.

More extra closing quotations.

“She can kick an apple tree so hard all the apples all off!”

I think this is supposed to be fall.