Twilight and Spike lived their childhood in Canterlot Castle under the benevolent eye of Princess Celestia and violent protection of her resident, so called, monster. A monster she returns to to find peace with but also unexpected danger and threats.
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Can we skip past this boring part, please? It's been on repeat for what feels like years, probably has been years. We get it, they are hurt, tormented, and luna and the human keep breaking their promises. Again. And again. And again and again. Please, move on and give us something actually NEW for once. Or just end the story here with them all dying. God this shit being on repeat is soooo boring.
Fuck
So we finally can see what the other group has been up to now that Radegan is getting closer.
Applejack had me worried.
Huh massive skip of information on how luna got out.
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Well, it has been only 5 chapters in total, and you have to remember that this is the area that had been touted as "nightmarish" by Luna at the height of her power since day one. It would have been quite an undersell to make it shorter. Not to mention that there are a few cores in the story. One of them is that I don't portray 'adventures' as fun escapades and neither violence in general; I go the opposite way of glorifying it. The second is that it's the characters themselves who are, in a way or another, the issue. When that is solved, that's when the story is done. It is a huge part of the main premise.
Though, of course, you must understand that there is far more here at play than just what you read. You must look between the lines, and implications. This is all heading somewhere, and you can't have consequences without events preceding them. Not to mention that these chapters had more than just 'ponies get hurt' scenes. There is info in the Underfree, and the Mountain especially, that is something Janus would have killed to have.
But good news! Your wish is granted! They are out, and we are not visiting this place again. The next arc is also the very last one, and the story will soon end.
You misjudged Luna a bit, though. She broke no promises and hasn't for a while, at least not due to her own will :D
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Yes. The next chapter is about them. We will get, for instance, see why they kidnapped these Rarity, Applebloom, and Spike. Why would they even care about them?
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It's there, but hidden. I hope you all understood that this place was actually creating monsters by gene-splicing and the eggs were simply the incubation chambers, right?
When Raegdan falls upon the first egg, the monster that comes out and he kills is actually a copy of one of the monsters he killed before moving to attempt to destroy the Tree of Harmony. It attacked with fingers of multiple joins like whips, had an eye that shook him? That was the very same one, only half-finished. Seeing it clued Raegdan onto what was going on. This was why he started making a ruckus, in order to get the Serpent to come back. If you noticed at Fluttershy's description, that thing had pustules filled with bodies on its body, and it is described later as using its needle-like legs to impale the eggs at times. What it does is that it keeps samples, and then it injects the eggs with either direct clones or mix-and-match monstrosities. Remember, Fluttershy here sees a freshly made egg, and it's empty. They're not monster eggs. This is why Luna was still alive. The Serpent didn't eat her. It took her as a sample.
In this chapter Fluttershy mentions the ground shaking often, which is part of Raegdan's struggle to find the pustule Luna is in and get her out. We know this because where else would he have also gotten the body of the child? From then on he had to make his escape, an escape which was harder than the one Fluttershy and Applejack made because of the tentacle monsters described to be heading his direction. Hence his wounds, his complete disarmament of grenades, and why Fluttershy and Applejack escaped unmolested.
As for why the Serpent spared Raegdan, Fluttershy, and Applejack... Fluttershy mentions here that the Serpents (there are more than one) use their eyesight. It looked at Raegdan and it saw a bunch of metal which was useless and not proper material, unlike Luna. Fluttershy and Applejack? They were behind him, and he is big enough that the Serpent didn't see them that time!
How did Raegdan understand all this so very quickly and know to save Luna? Did I give him a deus ex machina burst of knowledge? No. I didn't. The answer to how he did lies in previous chapters before he heads to the Underfree. It's just all... hidden as half of it is seen by ponies who don't understand why or how, and the other half the reader probably ignores as Raegdan being delirious/crazy/unreliable.
Nothing like reading this awesome masterpiece after a day of work mid pandemic.
Was wondering when the new chapter would come out.
also
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Thank you for the insights, it does help put some things in perspective.
Like the significance of the child.
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Oh wow. Got to say your writing is too complex for my idiot brain, But thanks for clearing it up.
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There is a ton of things that can probably only be caught with a second reading. That's on purpose, and it's so it will entertain people even if they re-read the story. I'm sure almost no one even remembers the part where Raegdan talks about remembering a blood stain on asphalt at chapter 16 or when he mentions being given a motorcycle helmet as a gift for his twentieth birthday at chapter 15, but if you re-read these parts after you read the end of the story? It's going to blow your mind. So yeah, don't worry about not catching everything on the first pass. It would be impossible to do so, especially with these latest chapters taking so long to come out.
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Like I just said to Abalin, a lot of that should be caught on a second re-read after the story is done. Imagine having read this chapter, and then re-reading chapter 42, you know? You'd recognize the monster immediately and it would all make sense.
There's even a very specific reason why I refer to the Serpents 'stabbing paraphernalia' as "black spears." :D
Is the next chapter going to take a while to come out or will it be soon? I'm practically shaking in anticipation!
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Man, I would love to give an answer, but I think we all know by now that I'm consistently bad at these predictions.
I'm writing as often as I can.
MMmm, lookin forward to the next.
Two words, Crimmar.
Thank you.
excited for more! everyone is still alive, that's a good sign...
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So if, hypothetically, there is a reader who analyzes each sentence and takes mental notes of the mystery that is this man, will they also be shocked?
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Depending on how much intellect and attention this hypothetical person has, probably not so much. I toot my own horn a lot, but that doesn't mean I always deliver
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I doubt intellect has much in the way of this but I can say that he needs to remember that poor man's titanium is only as good as you refine it to be and iridium is amazing for it's corrosive resistance and platinum has a good sterile surface for use in medical tools!
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Oh and also, the bloody graboids.
Or sand worms from dune.
Damn I was busy with my graduation and forgot to read this + the previous chapter until now.
I have been following this story ever since the first couple of chapters came out years ago, and you somehow keep amazing me.
The way you described the inside of the Leviathan, it was so alien and lovecraftian and I don't think any other author have ever managed to create quite an atmosphere.
And as for the last parts of this chapter.... I just love how you manage to strike a balance between bright and dark parts of the story. It could have easily been an overly dark edgy story, or too tame for the story, but you somehow managed to always keep the story balanced between these 2 ends.
So yeah, thanks for the past 5 or so years of entertainment and I can't wait for the new chapters. This is a story that I will save in a folder titled "Best story I have ever read" once it's completed.
Hmmm... Several leviathans being thrown at Equestria: Scylla, Charybdis, Kraken, the Mountain...
I wonder if another Norse leviathan will be revealed: Jörmungandr?
Or, given all the Lovecraftian shit that's been involved with them so far, the granddaddy of them all: Cthulhu?
Anyhow, looking forward to the next chapter, when Raegdan finally catches up with the kidnappers only to find they're all dead and Rarity, Applebloom, and Spike had gone with the Mountain's brother, the Hound.
Read it, caught up, waiting for more.
God fucking damn it all to heck and back! FRICK!!
I have now caught up to this story...
You know, when I saw that forest of magic I just imagined Raegdan running through and completely fucking it all up by existing!
And I thought that the serpent didn't grab him the first time because he was humanoid and well, his armor is like Sauron's armor, so considering a certain someone that appeared in this story I thought that the serpent thought he was an inspector.
Oh god, I can just imagine now, an office comedy involving the world eating monsters and their superiors... Who would be The Karen though? Discord?
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Though here at journey's end I lie
In darkness buried deep,
Beyond all towers strong and high,
Beyond all mountains steep,
Above all shadows rides the Sun
And Stars for ever dwell:
I will not say the Day is done,
Nor bid the Stars farewell.
I Love this fic and I'm almost up to date with all the chapters but I was wondering if Raegdan and Luna ever make guns and if the Lunar guard would ever transition into a more modern special forces.
I've been looking for long good fics, and so many stories have potential and do nothing with them.. this story hit hard from chapter one and hasn't let up since, I was a tad disappointed with how quickly the lunar guard became that of the past, but I'll hold my frustration and assume that you have something excellent planned. I can't wait for the next chapter, and I can't wait to see the interaction between Reagdan and the other guys, seeing as they're almost definitely from earth.
moar?
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Yes, moar. I'm so, so, so tantalizingly close to being done with the next chapter. Rewrites galore, but I finally came down with one I like and just need to do the final stretch!
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Yay! I'm always excited for more of this story's world and characters, its my favorite one other than Bad Mondays.
Which chapter does Raegdan get his eye stabbed in?
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I see, I will have to reread to remember in that case, it must have slipped me by completely. Thanks for pointing me into the right direction.
So I spent the week reading this from start to finish and holy crap is it a ride. One of the few stories I can say actually made me feel. Everyone is making so many bad decisions and the frustration is through the roof and gargh! I hope you pick it up again soon.
Yo! Whens this next chapter out????
I hope this story continues one day :)
I can see why our hero was so pissed at Fluttershy if he was the one who carried Applejack out and found Fluttershy outside already. "Let's go save them now!" Said the girl he had hope previously to always succeed in saving others but abandoned her friend to die moments before.
Literally just outside the exit too.