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Shadowcolt


Heyah, got some hay?

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Imagine a simple guy like me, who after some heart breaking times decides to live alone in his wooden cottage by the lake, only to get his life flip upside-down by the group of seven talking fillies and one mare. What's worse, it doesn’t seem like my life is gonna get back to normal anytime soon, unless I get rid of them help them get back to where they came from.

Author's notes:
My fanfic is divided into two separate stories. The human world part, although written in a first person style, will also provide a perspective change adds. The Equestria’s part, where Cadence and Shining Armor need to take care of their kingdom, will have a third person perspective.

I would advise you to read the MLP Comics Reflections first. It will help you to better understand some parts of my story. I also need to warn you that my story is a slow paced one. I don’t like to rush things, so if you believe you are patient enough, then perhaps my story might be just what you need :)

Warning: There is a pony to human transformation later on<3

This story takes place after season 3. You can PM me about any mistakes. Feel free to leave a comment, and rate the story if you like it. Thanks in advance.

Editting by Angrywritingskills, BucketHelm, some advice by Ocalhoun. I appreciate your help guys.

Fan-art used by JoieArts permition, thank you so much :)

Chapters (10)
Comments ( 99 )
Comment posted by redtap deleted Jul 13th, 2014

I like were this is going but I don't know if them spelling mistakes are on purpose...
You liked spelling whole as hall and once as hole
At one spot you said steel instead of still XD
Will be waiting for a new chapter cuz dis iz gud!

Comment posted by Shadowcolt deleted Jul 8th, 2014

4636355 Atleast you can understand what you meant to spell

Glad to see you got rid of that error with the bed sheets, it was pretty funny though XD
With errors it's pretty clean for the amount of words in this chapter, only a few like tan instead of ten or using the wrong tense like this "This guy used to had talent" but there aren't any terrible ones and most people wouldn't pick up on them

All in all it's a good story and I'll probably read it until the end! :D

Your story is impressive, I'll give you that. And while it does need a bit of editing, the prose is enjoyable and vivid.

One thing, though. It's established in the Hearth's Warming Eve episode that before Celestia and Luna, the unicorns were capable of raising the sun and moon on their own, and Cadance, being an alicorn, could probably perform the task herself if need be. However, I'm going to forgive this lapse because of the lead-in to Discord's pact.

I look forward to more.

I'm happy you like it my friend. Once chapters two and three are finally edited I'll start publishing the new ones :)

Home alone. It seemed like the perfect option to take all their attention from me.

... I have a feeling Dash and Pinkie are going have some ideas from that movie... and test them on him... :P

Comment posted by Shadowcolt deleted Aug 10th, 2015

Princesses Mi Amore Cadenza.”

Titles aren't plural unless you are referring to multiple title-worthy beings ie:

Princesses Celestia and Luna

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Thank you my friend, just give me one moment.

Updating data: .................. .................. .................. 100%

The story has been corrected. Thank you very much. Any help with my story is worth a gold :ajsmug:

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Thank you my friend, I believe so too :ajsmug: And I can assure you there will be more ... Pinkie promise :pinkiesmile:

Comment posted by SwaggyPie deleted Feb 27th, 2017
Comment posted by Shadowcolt deleted Feb 27th, 2017

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Wish I knew :ajsleepy: But I won't let it get to me, because I believe in my story and writing it really gives me joy :twilightsmile:

Glad to see you got rid of that error with the bed sheets, it was pretty funny though XD

Yeah :twilightblush:

All in all it's a good story and I'll probably read it until the end! :D

I couldn't ask for more :twilightsmile:

"She needs medical treatment, but I cannot her help here."

Not sure if all of these are correct...
we have stumbled across the planet called earth
carried someone of the most importents
The train soon after arrived
a hooded pony emerged to the platform

Shining Armor could feel a sudden chill running threw out his body.

Besides Celestia and Luna, there wasn’t a single living soul in Equestria which could bring the life-giving rays to the soil ground.

runoff

Pff who needs car numbers? If you want to track someone, the best method is memorizing every last feature of their face in 5 seconds from 20 meters afar and then somehow finding it among 7 billion other faces instead of just noticing the unique car number.

Dear God, why. Her name is APPLEJACK, not apple jack. Please, do search and replace on all chapters to fix this mishap.

got home at about tan pm
there might be some crowed working on a bear chase

Might post more when I finish the chapter

P.S. the car number thingy has been sort of explained, so I guess it's almost fine now =P

Edit:
There were many murmurs threw out the room. (again)

Very well than,

The sudden voice of Canterlot I know that this is probably intentional but it looks really creepy :<

crisis is coming, the prize you would pay not sure if prize or price =\

you’re attitude

Than go, and let (again)

He couldn’t belief that

Heheh, I wonder who could have stolen the stones without anyone noticing it and asking any questions\trying to retrieve them... Power hungry much aren't we, Celestia? Or maybe it was Luna during the NM crisis. But then why didn't she return them afterwards... Anyway, I'm glad to see that you've managed to come up with a decent (though not perfect) solution to that major plot hole you had. It will probably make reading it easier.
Though I can't help but wonder if chapter proportions will stay like this or if we will be getting more Earth stuff in the future chapters. Personally I came here mostly for ponies on Earth and not for shadowy government authority elections and Discord having fun...
Seriously though, we didn't get anything from the Earth side in this chapter, so the next one is better be Earth-centered. I guess I'll see if that's the case in the morning.

BTW congrats on making my favorite pony (RD) act like a total jerk... Even if most of it is kinda-sorta realistic =P
I hope that her attitude will change in the future when she starts to trust him more.

Also, could you explain why they were keeping quiet at first? I thought that it will come up later on, but seeing as you skipped the pony viewpoint of the forest accident and the detailed exchange of explanations on both worlds, I can't help but wonder why they pretended to be stupid in a deadly forest with a predator on their heels while someone has been offering to help them.

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It seems my story also needs some medical treatment :twilightsheepish: Good to know there are grammar doctors here to provide assistance. Thank you very much, my friend :twilightsmile:

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Yup, this does look suspicious :applejackunsure: *click*, *edit*, *save* and now it looks good. Gracias! :ajsmug:

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Besides Celestia and Luna, there wasn’t a single living soul in Equestria which could bring the life-giving rays to the soil ground.

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Well, maybe a little :twilightblush: but I did it for the Discord's pact. However, I did place a little excuse for the Celestia's and Luna's monopoly powers in chapter 4.

Pff who needs car numbers? If you want to track someone, the best method is memorizing every last feature of their face in 5 seconds from 20 meters afar and then somehow finding it among 7 billion other faces instead of just noticing the unique car number.

If you're lucky to see it that is :rainbowwild:

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Dear God, why. Her name is APPLEJACK, not apple jack. Please, do search and replace on all chapters to fix this mishap.

Something tells me that my shame has just reached a new level :fluttershyouch:

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Yeah, that one was unique and kinda fun... after I finished face-palming that is XD
I can't recall seeing this done before... maybe only once in a crappy Russian fanfic where all names were changed on purpose... And maybe a couple times as a typo on the Internet, but I can't be sure about the last one since I don't clearly remember it.

BTW, it makes me wonder what was that "famous" error with the bed sheets? I don't think that it will be more surprising than re-reading that one sentence 3 times trying to understand what's wrong with it just to realize at the end that the name is wrong.

P.S. I've updated my previous comment with errors from the second part of the story and some extra stuff, so you might wanna check it. Tell me if you want these comments removed later on when I'm done and the errors are fixed.

She became quite said for a moment.

as she turned red of shame I'm not sure but maybe it should be "red with shame"... hm, now that I think about it that sounds even worse =\

my mouth went a gap

that a pony, or a hours A what now?

There’s already a double bad in the middle

down in to the basement

giber retort WUT?

Come on partner, let’s help him with does boxes probably intentional

I’ll make you eat does words AJ am I missing something?

they replied both at ones

near the fire place

while pointing at the fizzer’s door

His a predator

As of now, you still didn't use any content from the reflections comic series, so I suggest removing this requirement from the description (unless it's going to make a major appearance soon). Almost everyone has at least the basic knowledge about the mirror since it has been used in Equestria Girls movies.

Plus the whole meat thingy reaction seems VERY off. It has been shown in the show that Fluttershy has a bear as her friend. Plus she caught and fed fish to her animals with her own teeth. It is all canon and was shown in the show. Plus they should have noticed that Max's food is meat by that point and that he is a CARNIVORE. When you think about it, Winona, Owlicious, Gummy and Opal sure do eat meat, so the reaction of this size to an OMNIVORE is uncalled for. Plus it's not like them to jump to conclusions that easily (not after all the lessons they've learned). I suggest you paying more attention to the show before writing your stories. It seems to be quite a challenge for you.
Violating canon creates a major off-putting effect for everyone... not to mention that some ideas have been used so much that they've became cliche and a sign of poor writing and\or lack of original ideas. The whole meat thingy is one of these, so you should have tried to handle it properly\realistically or at least bring something new to it... Been jumped at without a chance to even finish the sentence or explain yourself is kinda-sorta... weird.

which hole you will fall in to (again)
finally began to emerged
nose pocking
if you get her in to any trouble (and again)
I putted the bags really?

I opened my eyes and as I looked deep into the salon I noticed Celestia who was still lying on the couch with her upraised head while smiling at me.

“Alex, I ...” I didn’t wait till she finishes and as I left the bags near the kitchen isle I went back to the car. maybe you should rephrase this

while making a slight green

I took out the staff that

making a slightly step back

Will post more once I finish the chapter.

Pinkie asked “what’s a popcorn?” head against surface and forgot he about his head injury. world be fun if that happen.

three double bunk beds hope that bed have good rail guard.

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Heheh, I wonder who could have stolen the stones without anyone noticing it and asking any questions\trying to retrieve them... Power hungry much aren't we, Celestia? Or maybe it was Luna during the NM crisis. But then why didn't she return them afterwards... Anyway, I'm glad to see that you've managed to come up with a decent (though not perfect) solution to that major plot hole you had. It will probably make reading it easier.

Actually, the story of their disappearance is yet to be told.

Though I can't help but wonder if chapter proportions will stay like this or if we will be getting more Earth stuff in the future chapters. Personally I came here mostly for ponies on Earth and not for shadowy government authority elections and Discord having fun...

So I see. But I bet that there are readers who are interested in the Equestria's part as well. I'll do my best to deliver the story on both sides.

BTW congrats on making my favorite pony (RD) act like a total jerk... Even if most of it is kinda-sorta realistic =P

I hope that her attitude will change in the future when she starts to trust him more.

Who knows? :]

Also, could you explain why they were keeping quiet at first? I thought that it will come up later on, but seeing as you skipped the pony viewpoint of the forest accident and the detailed exchange of explanations on both worlds, I can't help but wonder why they pretended to be stupid in a deadly forest with a predator on their heels while someone has been offering to help them.

Well, those were actually princess Luna's safety measures, although I realize now that not mentioning that in the story was a really poor move on my part :twilightoops:

Edit:

Tell me if you want these comments removed later on when I'm done and the errors are fixed.

No, they are quite helpful so I don't see the reason to delete them :twilightsmile: Let's just reduce the possible story spoilers to a minimum and everything should be fine.

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I bet :pinkiehappy: But after making him go through so much in the forest, I decided to give Alex some slack this time :rainbowwild:

As of now, you still didn't use any content from the reflections comic series, so I suggest removing this requirement from the description (unless it's going to make a major appearance soon). Almost everyone has at least the basic knowledge about the mirror since it has been used in Equestria Girls movies.

Our dear Celestia was nice enough to mention about hers and Star Swirl’s dimension travels (I doubt that Equestria Girls movies provided the audience with that knowledge). Of course this is just a tip of the ice berg because there’s no magical mirror this time and the whole portal topic thing isn’t over yet.

Plus the whole meat thingy reaction seems VERY off. It has been shown in the show that Fluttershy has a bear as her friend. Plus she caught and fed fish to her animals with her own teeth. It is all canon and was shown in the show. Plus they should have noticed that Max's food is meat by that point and that he is a CARNIVORE. When you think about it, Winona, Owlicious, Gummy and Opal sure do eat meat, so the reaction of this size to an OMNIVORE is uncalled for. Plus it's not like them to jump to conclusions that easily (not after all the lessons they've learned).

Well, it was never really mentioned in the show what the main six’s pet animals really eat (and just calling an easy speculations a canon would be pushing it). Also, considering the fact that there are no meat markets, or meat manufactures in whole Equestria, the origins of animal’s home food (unless it’s just fish, or they only tend to feed themselves behind the scene) gives a chance for a discussion. And let’s not forget that they are animals, something that we people/ponies believe is capable only to act on their own natural instincts, nothing more. That’s why we people/ponies excuse them for their carnivorous nature. But what happens if for example an Equestrian pony (a creature whose actions are similar to human, who’s supposed to be placed on a higher level of evolutionary scale) becomes a meat eater. I highly doubt that he/she would be so easily considered normal, or even safe to approach (even for the main cast after all those lessons since they never had a possibility to deal with a problem such as this). The meat eating problem was never mentioned in the series, so no need to make it canon either. I bet that if Fluttershy would suddenly walk into a butcher shop and saw some of the animals in an “easy way to cook version”, she wouldn’t take it very well.

Violating canon creates a major off-putting effect for everyone...

Perhaps you’re right and it probably gives the main reason why my story isn’t as popular as I originally hoped for. However, I don't believe that my story is violating the canons that much for people to get confused here.

… not to mention that some ideas have been used so much that they've became cliche and a sign of poor writing and\or lack of original ideas.

Of course, the matter of being original is opened here. I actually never came across any story which would deal with the carnivorous problem with the 100% same way as I did. Maybe I didn’t search good enough. But even if that’s the case, it doesn’t make my story instantly bad or not worthy of the readers time.

Been jumped at without a chance to even finish the sentence or explain yourself is kinda-sorta... weird.

Consider the fact who made that jump, my friend (although being wise, Luna didn’t learn as much as the main six did). As for the way that Alex has reacted, you must consider the fact that some people might act definitely. Just because you would try to explain yourself at all cost doesn’t mean everybody else would act the same way. Especially when they have no will to care for the other’s opinion or just wish for them to leave. It so happens that my human hero is a complex character, and he cannot be put in just one simple tag.

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I never said that it was not worth reading or that it was THAT bad... It's just that some aspects could have been done better and the overall feel and pace of the story could have been closer to optimal. But to everyone his own, I guess. And I can't really judge you since I've never written anything myself... And even if I did, it would have been about a totally OP hero or something stupid like that, so yeah, you're better off without my stories =P

About meat you were correct that most of it is a speculation... However Fluttershy did catch and feed fish to her animals in the show. And we don't know if meat markets exist or not, you can neither prove or deny it at this point (though it seems that there was a pony with a meat cutie mark somewhere in the show at one point... And sometimes there appears to be meat in their food)... But judging by the fact that there are gryphons with their own empire, and these gryphons were seen multiple times living alongside ponies... Well, let's just say that gryphons are clearly not herbivores and they must get their food from somewhere. Yet there is no such reaction to them.

As for the animals, ponies treat them more like other sapient beings since they talk to them and whatnot. Applejack has a herd of sapient cows that can TALK... Yet she keeps them as a stock... Maybe she even processes or gives them to someone else as food/material for food when they die. So, having carnivorous pets is not that far off in I guess. That is of course if you don't imply that an alligator, a dog, an owl and a cat can all survive on vegetables... Maybe they didn't show anything like this in the show, but then again describing their daily life and some less fairy tail aspects is not exactly the main focus of the show, so you might as well start applying logic to fill in the gaps that will most probably never get filled otherwise.

Now, there might have been a misunderstanding where his "guests" thought that ponies and animals on this planet were as sapient as in Equestria... Needless to say that this problem could have been solved with a simple explanation. But since I still haven't read past that point I don't know how this progresses later on. But I've seen a very similar turn of events with this particular issue in most of HiE fanfics... Though I do admit that most of the time it gets sorted quite fast, so you kinda went with a minority here. I just hope that you will manage to justify this choice and make it seem rational and believable.

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Oh, I believe our ladies will be just fine :ajsmug:

I'll be posting only the serious (in my opinion) mistakes from now on because I'm feeling tired at the moment...

I was there to you know.

While smiling Shining Armor decided to take on Discord’s mocking tactics. ........ While?

“This one by the window is mine,” she said while teleporting quickly to it and making a dangerous expression, thus scaring her friend Fluttershy. Since when Rarity can teleport? It's a complex fit of magic that ordinary filly is incapable of doing. So far we know that only Twilight and the princesses can teleport... and Discord.

She looked at me with a slightly disappointed face that I was trying to interrupt her work. Written kinda poorly =\

said Applejack as she putted her harmony jewel

As I finally collected all the elements I closed it and as I approached as...as...

http://www.fimfiction.net/group/20/human-in-equestria/thread/151296/would-eating-meat-really-be-a-big-deal-in-equestria - some more thoughts about the meat argument we had a couple chapters back.

Pick-up tracks aren’t a very popular car models.
You’re last time made my house rick of alcohol.
will cost you a few boxes of bear.
I really wasn’t in a move for another world explaining episode.
I sense errors in here. Good story still.

I intended not to post any more mistakes I found since you still haven't corrected the last bunch, but at the middle of the story I decided to do it anyway... So here it comes:

Are you sure your all ok, darlings?
As she sad that she proceeded to the exit.
I seems the portal is useless for now.
Many shelves of a small wooden cupboards where fitted also not sure about that "a".
“Alright, my dear …” Rarity saif finally
causing it to brake again.
“Are you sure you cast it right, sugar cubes?”

Strange, but after taking a short break from reading I find this chapter to be quite nice. I will be waiting for more if you ever decide to continue it! =)

P.S. Re-reading some of my comments I realized that I might have spoilered a few story events... I'm not sure if it is worth going back and "spoilering" all of them or if I should just leave it all as it is...

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I made the necessary corrections. Thanks for the advice and praise. Hope you'll enjoy what's yet to come :ajsmug:

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Thanks. As for the Rarity and her teleporting abilities I'll leave it as it is for now. Who knows? Maybe that lass knows more than meets the eye :raritywink: Perhaps season 5 will give us an answer to that question.

I also shot a picture for the meat debate page. I’ll give it a read whenever I’ll find some spare time :)

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I intended not to post any more mistakes I found since you still haven't corrected the last bunch, but at the middle of the story I decided to do it anyway

I just finished making all the corrections you suggested so please, keep posting. Those things make the story look better every time.

Strange, but after taking a short break from reading I find this chapter to be quite nice. I will be waiting for more if you ever decide to continue it! =)

:yay:

P.S. Re-reading some of my comments I realized that I might have spoilered a few story events... I'm not sure if it is worth going back and "spoilering" all of them or if I should just leave it all as it is...

To tell you the truth I'm not sure myself :applejackunsure: You can either put a black shade on them or just leave them as they are. I'll leave it to you. I placed the spoilers warning sign in the story's preview just in case.

5733162 I have found many more errors and can hardly understand some of this... Dear, do consider a panel of proof readers

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Thank you for the advice, dear Eclair. I'll try to do a little proofreader hunting. I just hope there will be someone up for the challange. Finding a proofreader is really hard these days.

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Note still found errors here and there but personally I didn't notice them until I read that last comment :P also any updates soon?

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Hard to say really. Got a writers block for the moment, but I should be back on the track soon :ajsmug:

"That's it! The My Little Dashie spell will cure the poison in us!" :twilightsmile:
"Can ah please take the poison instead?" :ajbemused:
:rainbowkiss:

I loved the chapter. Can't wait for chapter 9 to be released. Also if luna is having nightmares she should just sleep with celestia.

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Thanks, the next chapter is just around the corner :eeyup: And you're right, she should sleep beside her sister. But just like in Equestria, she is used to stay on guard during the night. Call it a professional bias. And believe me, that being she met at her dream is more real than you think

6160320 I figured that nightmare moon would play a part in the next chapter or so. She isn't a character you mention then just leave out.

Just read the first three chapters. Liking where it's going, but I better catch up through the rest of the story!

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