"Ah don't... she... and the shield..." Applejack stuttered, trying to find the right words.
"I’ve heard of the power of love…but I think that's stretching it..." Twilight sighed as the two finally broke the kiss...only for Cadence to faint.

Two words. Canterlot. Wedding. She's done this before.

"No.... no this is total.... you're the cowardly one aren't you?!" Three Leaf stuttered as she backed away.

Nope. Shy? Yes. Demure? Yes. Introverted? Yes. Scared of her own shadow? Sadly, yes. But she's not a coward, Fluttershy is a lot braver than you'd think. For one, she stared down a dragon. And she's got more compassion for life than you could ever dream of.

"What was that?" Velvet asked as she turned to Babs. The young city filly considered saying something smart...but then she saw the look in Velvet's eyes and decided it better if she didn't say anything.

Wise move.

"Seriously?! That's just some stupid horror story that some jerk thought up! What was her name again?"

Always nice to see RD debunk that stupid fic.

Hey there. Thanks very much for getting this next chapter up. I really appreciate you going to this effort. Once again, excellent job on the exchanges, emotional content, action and future chapter set-up in all the right places. And I also like how you are able to work in some humor despite how serious the situation is (such as Velvet scolding Apple Bloom about her [rather mild, all things considered] profanity, Cadance's hugging Twilight [and Twilight's reaction to it] and the "Take That" to a certain grimdark). Anyway, I'm going to hazard a few guesses here:

Cadance is going to be the Prime Star Sapphire of Equestria (which only makes sense because she IS the alicorn of love)

Pinkie Pie is going to be the Prime Blue Lantern (given not just her general optimism, but also her ability to inspire optimism in others

and Rarity will be the only one of the future Element Bearers to NOT be a Prime Lantern (though Orange Lantern Spike seems to be including her in his "hoard" AND it IS still possible that one of the rest of the Mane Six might induct her into THEIR Corps).

At any rate, even if my guesses are wrong, I will still be looking forward to more of this as soon as time and inspiration will allow.

“With indigo light I take great care,
To stop all evil whenever it dare,
To those who are gripped with great despair,
Compassion shall guide you, for this I swear!”

Credit where its due, nice lantern oath.

And while the alternate ring bearers may be kinda alienating, I do appreciate the skill you used to perfectly justify it with Fluttershy.

Ironically Blackest Night got a addition today too, Twilight meeting Sinestro face to face.

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While everything you say is logical... it also feels kinda cruel... fan works in general seems to have it out for Rarity for some reason (not to the insane extent as say Celestia, but still), wanting to drag her down.

I also notice Fluttershy isn't wearing the traditional indigo tribe garb. And it feels creepy Fluttershy would use her power that's meant for SOCIOPATHS and SADISTS on Spike.

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Agreed on that last one.
http://www.deviantart.com/art/LoE-the-Blackest-Night-Fear-itself-632453156

If Rarity ends up being chosen by the light of greed... it'll kinda kill my interest in the story.

By the way, what did you think of Crusaders Of the Lost Mark and Spoiled Rich? (And the reveal that Diamond Tiara isn't evil, just extremely emotionally damaged, and her ACTUAL reason for bullying the CMC was out of JEALOUSLY not sadism! ).

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I don't know if you forgot this, but Spike got the Orange Lantern ring a chapter or two ago.

I'm confused with what happened to Spike. Did Fluttershy put him under a spell? Is she trying to get him to control his greed to a level where it won't control him, but still allow him to stay as an Orange Lantern?

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It actually both, she knows that trying to remove the ring will result in him going nuts, so she basically calmed his mind with her own power.

It's rather awkward now isn't it? Having Diamond Tiara here as a mustache twirling villain and Silver Spoon her eager minion.... when the show has now shown Diamond Tiara is actually a victim of emotional abuse and getting conflicting messages from her parents, and Silver Spoon's patience is NOT infinite.

Have I screamed about rage yet this chapter? If not then...

RAGE!

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..... yeah about that....