This story is a sequel to Come with me, Luna
Starswirl was always Celestia's favorite wizard. From the moment she first laid eyes on him, she knew he would be different. She was right. His mind was unlike anything she had seen before. If she was going to turn anyone, it would be him. But she needed to be sure.
So she waited. She waited to see if he would suit the Game.
Finally, she decides.
Was originally supposed to be a Halloween special, so there are disturbing parts. I might bump the rating on this one.
Takes place in the Obamaverse. A fairly direct sequel to Come with Me, Luna. Might not make sense out of context.
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That was chilling, to the extreme.
Good creepy story.
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Thanks, although I actually consider it one of my more mediocre offerings, and am thinking of rewriting it eventually. :p
This felt familiar in the weirdest way. I can't quite put a finger on it, but something about this makes me think Clive Barker. Any relation to his work there?
Oh hey, finally an occasion where this is fitting:
For the life of the flesh
is the blood
And he who partakes of it
though doubly damned
shall be made strong.
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I had to look up who Clive Barker is, so no. Pretty sure I've never seen any of his work either. Is Neil Gaiman's style similar? They both sort of do modern fantasy horror, right? I've read Sandman. Maybe I was unconsciously influenced by that.
Actually, I haven't read much horror outside of a couple of Lovecraft stories. And, well, all of Kafka, but I'm not really sure if he counts as a horror writer.
Obama Goes to Equestria was influenced by Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Soarin's Folly is The Trial ponified, The Doctor Screws Up Equestria is sort of like Doctor Who meets Discworld, I guess, I think I thought up Past the Edge of Equestria after reading a bunch of Isaac Asimov, There Is No Luna was probably unconsciously inspired by that one Babylon 5 episode, but I forgot if I had anything with this story…
Maybe I'm ringing a bell here? :p
(Also, where's that poem from? It suits the story really well.)
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No, he has pretty much nothing in common with Gaiman. Maybe you've seen or heard of the movie Hellraiser before? That's Barker. One of his more famous short stories is called "The Midnight Meat Train," you might be able to find it by googling for it. The almost frivolous and casual brutality is pretty much exactly the same, which is why I guess the tone just reminded me of him.
The poem is from some old game about vampires, I don't think they've even printed any copies of it in at least 15 years or so.