When the past rears its head and ancient enemy arises, Princess Celestia must send her most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, to a long and dangerous journey. Together with her friends, Twilight Sparkle must travel to the forgotten lands beyond Equestria’s borders, in order to save her homeland.
One thousand years full of schemes, tragedies and betrayals are unraveled as six ponies dive into the history of Equestria and their whole world, determined to defeat the shadow of the past.
Chapters (14)
Yay, I love you, I love you, I love you. Thanks so much I've been looking for something like this for awhile
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Glad to know what you liked it. I'll be sure to try to keep the style consistent with the following chapters, if that was what pleased you.
This seems interesting, I think I'll read it.
Why this fanfic hasn't received more views is criminal.
A darn good read. Following this til the end.
So awesome~
Really just how screwed are you trying to make Equestria?
I mean you've broken the tank, the healers about to get corrupted, the warriors are barely able to hold their own in a real fight and the archer is a one shot wonder.
Then you have Celestia and Luna who can easily be overpowered once their regular untrained pony's are eradicated. I mean they already have enough assassins on the enemy's side to easily overwhelm the sisters in one fell swoop not to mention i'm surprised they only sent one assassin after Twilight rather than sending multiple after the entire group of the elements of harmony. just killing one of them would have been enough to knock Equestria down a few notches and back a few years searching for an element of harmony. but seriously how the seven hells did Celestia make so many enemy's.
maybe once you have twilight regrow her horn give her the ability to steal the power of a goddess or god depending. either way the enemy needs to be taken down a few notches.
cheers
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When facing an enemy that has done nothing for the past few centuries than plotting your downfall, some setbacks are to be expected. I am not specifically trying to make Equestria doomed, but simply portraying what (at least in my own opinion) would happen if the country faced such an enemy.Things might seem dark because of how many antagonists have been introduced, but the way I see it, Celestia isn't helpless when it comes to defending her own kingdom. She's lived over thousand years, and must have had plenty of time to ponder on how to defend Equestria against rivaling nations
In any event, the attack of Marecedonia has barely begun, and while their ranks may be growing, that does not mean that defenders of Equestria are just sitting idly. Who knows, surprising ponies might show up to help defend their homeland... 
Anyways, thanks for reading and commenting. It is always good to hear honest opinions about your work
1473556 your welcome!
My only big beef was that you let cleateus live and defeat twi and shining armor, I mean unless you were planning on having him turn against macedonia you could have at least let twi boil his insides
. he doesn't have any honor all he follows is contracts. 
as far as I see it of course
cheers
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This won't be the last time we'll see Cleitus, and his part in the story is far from over. After all, he and Twilight do have some unfinished business...
please let his last moments be twilight turning him into a husk or entraping his soul within a gem.dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Twilight_crazy.png I want him to suffer!
Rainbow dash you bucked up you're an idiot for trying ot sneak up on an enemy that obviously can see through your style of fighting. not to mention you took out you mage. bad fighter.
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Well, at least she was trying. Charging straight ahead has worked so far, so she must've expected it to work this time. Too bad it didn't.
But on the other hand, RD is known for her ability to pick herself up after fumbling over, and doing better, so perhaps we might see her do better next time...
1579334 maybe. she really needs to work on her form though. too sloppy. anyway when will twi get her horn back or are you going to keep that affliction permanent?
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Who knows?
Twi's got a lot on her plate right now, what with battling her PTSD and trying to get her mission done. But the journey is long, and even if she doesn't end up in Prance, she might find someone to help her with that.
1579411 true enough.
So... awesome!
Man, talk about Took a Level in Badass!
And Twilight's messing around with temporal mechanics?!
That... is scary. Very, very scary. I shudder to think about what she could do if she got creative.
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Well, if there is one thing Lovely Corn is good at, it's training other ponies. She's like Mickey Goldmill in that regard
And luckily Twilight was able to do that spell only because it was just application of her "memory teleportation". Celestia knows what sort of trouble she could cause if she realized the extent of her powers, and had her horn...
The mane six are really starting to take names!
By the way, what were the influences for this chapter, all this talk about memories and strange terms?
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Well, the memory-part (at least concerning Twilight) was influenced by a psychological term called "Priming". It is basically about stimuli effecting how the subject will act. Here, the effect is easy to see: The stimuli of the "perfect recreation of her memory" causes Twilight subconsciously to believe that she is performing the teleportation spell, and thus, she immediately does. It also touches a little of the subject of world having it's own memory, and the past actions of an individual leaving their own "recording" that could be recalled.
The rest of the terms, like bhāva or arche come from either Buddhist or Greek philosophy. In general, there is an underlying current of philosophical terms and ideas that can be seen in this story. For example, in Buddhism, bhāva is the continuity of both life and death, but more than that, it is the 'feeling' of desire to further the experience of life, thus becoming what matures life and affects rebirth. Arche, on the other hand, is a term in Greek philosophy that means the "origin" or "beginning", or even "the ultimate undemonstrable principle". It is basically the beginning point of everything that exists, and what proves their conditions of possibilities. "Root" of something is a good way to think about it. These terms are used to demonstrate how the aspirations of one blood-line, springing from the single source, can eventually bloom into something otherworldly, like Silent Relic or Twilight herself.
These terms tend to appear every now and then, and when they do, I'll try to explain them as best as I can.
I might even put up a blog-post soon with short (and hopefully easily understandable) explanations of the terms so far.
Damn. This is serious business. I'm really liking this so far, and will leave a better, more lengthy comment when its not four am, but so far, awesome work!
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I'm actually currently working with an editor to fix all the grammar-mistakes and such in the story, so keep an eye out for that. Should make the story easier to read 
In any event, will be waiting to see that more in-depth comment!
Glad to hear that!
Well this is gearing up to be quite the adventure, now, isn't it? I really like the idea that Spike is going along for some reason. He doesn't usually get to in a lot of other fanfics. All of the cool gifts the ponies received seem really neat, too. I can't wait to see how they'll be used in the future. A few things that I noticed were your use of "filly" as a universal young pony term. I think its actually "foal" with filly denoting a female and colt a male. Also, you refer to Cleitus as a colt a couple times, and I think he'd be more of a stallion, given his age. Anywho, just minor things, and they didn't in any way detract from the enjoyment of the story. So far this has proved really interesting - I don't know why it doesn't have more views. Its also good to hear that Twilight's horn can be fixed eventually, too. Well - off to the next chapter!
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And thanks for pointing out the terms! I'll be sure to check how they have been used. Though I must admit, maybe the whole "Mares and Gentlecolts" saying has made me think that "colt" isn't dependent on the age - I need to research this a bit. 
As for the amount of views... honestly, I have no idea either 
Perhaps the length of the chapters is an issue, or something along those lines. I guess I'll just have to keep trying to do my best. However, I'm glad to know that you enjoyed the story! 
It was a conscious decision to have Spike join the adventure. He's one of my favorite characters in the whole show, and brings the much needed... "manliness", for the lack of a better term.
Also, as a side-note: If you're interested about the artifacts that the Mane Six received from Celestia, check my blog. I've written some background information about them, as well as what "real-world" legendary artifacts inspired them.
The best part of this fic is spotting all of the Nasuverse references in it.
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Hush. Spoilers!
Buck you Rainbow Dash, you just lost, now. you better take that Lesson and learn form it or we'll be seeing you're friends in coffins soon.
I really like this so far, it's the kind of thing that I absolutely love to read.
This is featured. DON'T PANIC
This story.... Was.... Amazing!!!!!! How has this NOT gotten over 200 likes at LEAST!?
I am more than excitedly awaiting the next chapter. Write on!
Well gee, I wonder who that guys personality is based on?
Not really surprised at a Gilgamesh, and boundaries does sort of fit...
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I'm glad that you've found the story to your liking.
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The next chapter is actually 1/3 done, but due to time constraints, I haven't had much time to write, recently.
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Arrogance is simplistic in its ways, and thus, two arrogant characters may, at quick glance, seem similar. I can promise, though, that 'Tyrant' is a different beast altogether from the guy you mentioned. However, I also admit that I studied a bit how he talks to get that certain "feel" to the dialogue. Why deviate from what works?
I honestly feel kind of sorry for the golem. If it had awareness that it was about to die, that means it has some amount of sapience, and it was programmed to do the will of another. That's kind of sad.
I gotta say, I'm very intrigued by the character-building concept of Twlight losing her horn and Pinkie being the voice of reason that helps her through it, as well of other aspects of the story.
However, I just can't continue reading due to all the bloody violence going on. So here are my compliments upon my departure.
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I am sorry to hear that. While I haven't written the story violent just for the sake of it, it does tie to the themes of the story, and thus, is a part of it. However, I can perfectly understand how it could be off-putting for someone else.