In the village of Wellshod, a day and a third's travel from the burgeoning Ponyville, there is a general store and a tavern, and that's about it. Someone who was once "Great and Powerful" has been watering her salt lick with tears...
(This story was inspired by a pic on e621. The pic itself is safe, that website is not, so links are not being provided.)
I wrote this last summer and posted it on Fanfiction.net. I figured it's finally time to post it here on FimFiction. This'll be a chapter a day (or two chapters if I miss a day) until finished. I decided to adjust a few tiny details here and there; nothing really noticeable except for Trixie's name (now that she has an official one).
I still don't get "Lulamoon", but whatever. I'll live. I think.
So we're up to chapter eight and a dramatic cliffhanger! Oh noes!
What could it mean? Find out tomorrow! Or, you know, read the story in its original location (I haven't logged in there in months).
And that's the story, folks. Created last summer, and still finding views and likes.
Fanfiction is a very temporal medium; popularity is meme-driven, and most memes are built on what happened most recently. The first season is only a memory for most of us, and not a very fresh one. That said, I hope this story has entertained you, and I'm sorry if it didn't.
Next up, I have no idea... I'll have to find something that inspires me enough to build on it.
-- Dream well!
Interesting so will give it a read when i can.
Now that this is on EQD, mm. Talk about winning the fanfiction lottery!
... er, so i've been told.
I finished reading this story earlier this morning. I enjoyed it, it was pretty believable throughout as a response to Trixie's humiliation in Ponyville, and a pretty interesting canon of Trixie's backstory. The OC's were believable as well, maybe a touch underdeveloped, but maybe just enough. Depends on how much you wanted to lavish on the details.
The only main critique I can give is that chapter 11 felt very rushed. It definitely left me wanting a bit more explanation/detail/character interaction ~ Something. I can't quite put my finger on it; the resolution of the story is there, it is just very BAM BAM BAM DONE and before you know it the story ends.
Good story otherwise though; I'll have to check out your other work. Keep it up!
All I can say is "OUCH!"
Marvelous! I really like Trixie redemption stories, and this was a very well written one.
That kind of Trixie is very likeable. Not like the canon, obnoxious bitch type.
I hate leaving lonely chapters uncommented upon. Actually, I try to comment on every chapter I read, but that's especially true if there's no other comments yet.
Why do you write such short chapters?
Your mother's ghost doesn't love you anymore.
I don't like you. The first words I hear from you are annoying.
I worry about the general prudence of giving money to a pony who was sent to you because she couldn't afford any more salt and needed a place to sleep and sending her to the tavern. It just doesn't seem to be a good idea, given what you know.
Don't bother asking whether I think it's a good idea given what I know. I'm far from certain what I'm supposed to know, so I can't very well draw conclusions from that set.
. . . There's worse logic.
It sounds like the more thoughtful ponies were probably so glad Tia let the war ruin everything for a while before she decided to end it.
You're schizophrenic, Trixie.
Everypony's schizophrenic if I say they are.
on one hand, what a terrible and tramuatic experience, espically for a young filly, nobody should go through this
on the other hand, womp womp